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Blackwork Embroidery: Design and Technique
Blackwork Embroidery Design and Technique Author:Margaret Pascoe Blackwork is a counted thread technique build up from the simplest embroidery stitch -- a short straight stitch made over two or more threads. Combinations of these stitches make lines and geometric patterns, which can be used to build abstract designs or representational pictures. Margaret Pascoe traces the development of blackwork from the ear... more »liest authentic records to the present day, followed by chapters on the practical aspects of the technique. Good design is essential for a successful piece of work, and
so the various methods that can be used are described. Subsequent chapters are devoted to materials, making a sampler, making a panel, mounting and framing, blackwork on clothing and mixed techniques. The book is illustrated throughout with charted stitch diagrams, close-up photographs of stitches and illustrations of modern pieces with helpful comments on how they were designed and made.
Over 150 photographs and line drawings.
The front cover shows "Autumn Leaves" by Daphne Nicholson (photograph: Jim Pascoe)
(British publication, (c) 1986, first published in paperback 1989, reprinted 1993)« less