Blackwork Embroidery
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Blackwork embroidery. Despite the name blackwork it was also done in blue green gold or silver. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about blackwork embroidery. The most common blackwork embroidery material is cotton. Blackwork consists of outlines and fill or repeating diaper patterns.
Stitches techniques and 13 modern projects. The most popular color. It goes a long way back in history and given the fact the stitches themselves are relatively simple the vast array of complex patterns that can be created is amazing. Because many of the designs are geometric it is most often stitched on an even weave fabric.
Blackwork embroidery is a very old form of counted thread embroidery. Traditionally it was worked in black silk on white linen and was used to decorate clothing in particular collars and cuffs. It earned the dubious title of poor man s lace as it cost less to embroider garments than to attach expensive handmade lace. Well you re in luck because here they come.
Sometimes it is counted thread embroidery which is usually stitched on even weave fabric. Traditionally blackwork is stitched in silk thread on white or off white linen or cotton fabric.