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Blackwork embroidery : techniques and projects / Jen Goodwin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ramsbury, Marlborough : The Crowood Press, 2020Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781785007750
  • 1785007750
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction and history -- Materials -- Getting started -- Designing for blackwork -- Blackwork patterns -- Darning patterns -- Other useful stitches -- Stitch exercises and projects -- Developing shaded blackwork -- Finishing and framing.
Summary: Blackwork has a rich history that has developed over the years into an iconic and sophisticated style of embroidery. This practical book presents a number of ways to approach blackwork embroidery, from forming basic stitches and patterns to developing complex shaded pieces with confidence. Through an assortment of exercises, it introduces the principles of shading along with several projects to further explore the potential of blackwork. Detailed instructions on designing and developing shaded pieces of blackwork embroidery are given along with guidance on how to choose suitable images for translating into stitch. Step-by-step instructions on how to form basic stitches and how to form patterns are included as well as almost 250 shaded patterns, indicating how differing patterns appear when worked in different thicknesses of thread. Finally, patterns are grouped by family for easy identification and pattern blending.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Blackwork has a rich history that has developed over the years into an iconic and sophisticated style of embroidery. This practical book presents a number of ways to approach blackwork embroidery, from forming basic stitches and patterns to developing complex shaded pieces with confidence. Through an assortment of exercises, it introduces the principles of shading along with several projects to further explore the potential of blackwork. Detailed instructions on designing and developing shaded pieces of blackwork embroidery Guidance on how to choose suitable images for translating into stitch Step-by-step instructions on how to form basic stitches and how to form patterns Almost 250 shaded patterns, indicating how differing patterns appear when worked in different thicknesses of thread Patterns are grouped by family for easy identification and pattern blending Advice on what to consider when working more complex designs and how to fix problems when they do occur

Includes index.

Introduction and history -- Materials -- Getting started -- Designing for blackwork -- Blackwork patterns -- Darning patterns -- Other useful stitches -- Stitch exercises and projects -- Developing shaded blackwork -- Finishing and framing.

Blackwork has a rich history that has developed over the years into an iconic and sophisticated style of embroidery. This practical book presents a number of ways to approach blackwork embroidery, from forming basic stitches and patterns to developing complex shaded pieces with confidence. Through an assortment of exercises, it introduces the principles of shading along with several projects to further explore the potential of blackwork. Detailed instructions on designing and developing shaded pieces of blackwork embroidery are given along with guidance on how to choose suitable images for translating into stitch. Step-by-step instructions on how to form basic stitches and how to form patterns are included as well as almost 250 shaded patterns, indicating how differing patterns appear when worked in different thicknesses of thread. Finally, patterns are grouped by family for easy identification and pattern blending.

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