RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Blackwork
A new, larger format edition of the Royal School of Needlework's essential guide to blackwork.

The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new and innovative ways. This series of Essential Stitch Guides provides expert tuition on a variety of techniques. In this guide to blackwork, Graduate Apprentice and tutor, Becky Hogg, shows how to develop many different patterns from the basic blackwork stitches, using detailed instructions and beautiful examples of traditional and contemporary embroideries. There is a fascinating look at the history of blackwork, a guide to the materials needed, and then a detailed look at the stitches used. These are then developed into a huge variety of beautiful patterns, and finally there is a guide to varying the look of these patterns through the use of different shading techniques. There are inspiring embroideries throughout the book, both historical pieces and contemporary works by the author and other RSN apprentices.
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RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Blackwork
A new, larger format edition of the Royal School of Needlework's essential guide to blackwork.

The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new and innovative ways. This series of Essential Stitch Guides provides expert tuition on a variety of techniques. In this guide to blackwork, Graduate Apprentice and tutor, Becky Hogg, shows how to develop many different patterns from the basic blackwork stitches, using detailed instructions and beautiful examples of traditional and contemporary embroideries. There is a fascinating look at the history of blackwork, a guide to the materials needed, and then a detailed look at the stitches used. These are then developed into a huge variety of beautiful patterns, and finally there is a guide to varying the look of these patterns through the use of different shading techniques. There are inspiring embroideries throughout the book, both historical pieces and contemporary works by the author and other RSN apprentices.
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RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Blackwork

RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Blackwork

by Becky Hogg
RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Blackwork

RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Blackwork

by Becky Hogg

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A new, larger format edition of the Royal School of Needlework's essential guide to blackwork.

The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new and innovative ways. This series of Essential Stitch Guides provides expert tuition on a variety of techniques. In this guide to blackwork, Graduate Apprentice and tutor, Becky Hogg, shows how to develop many different patterns from the basic blackwork stitches, using detailed instructions and beautiful examples of traditional and contemporary embroideries. There is a fascinating look at the history of blackwork, a guide to the materials needed, and then a detailed look at the stitches used. These are then developed into a huge variety of beautiful patterns, and finally there is a guide to varying the look of these patterns through the use of different shading techniques. There are inspiring embroideries throughout the book, both historical pieces and contemporary works by the author and other RSN apprentices.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782219323
Publisher: Search Press
Publication date: 09/07/2021
Series: RSN ESG LF
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 8.56(w) x 11.06(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

Becky Hogg achieved a first class honours degree in Textiles at Loughborough School of Art, then specialised in traditional hand embroidery as a Graduate Apprentice at the Royal School of Needlework, where she learned blackwork, goldwork, silk shading and whitework. She worked in the studios of the Royal School of Needlework for nine years on diverse and prestigious commissions including replica curtains for the Royal Opera House and the Commonwealth banner for the Queen's Jubilee. She now works freelance from her London studio and teaches hand embroidery at art colleges and at the Royal School of Needlework.

Table of Contents

The Royal School of Needlework 6

Introduction 8

The history of blackwork 10

Materials 12

Framing up 20

Design 22

Stitches 26

Back stitch and double running stitch 28

Chain stitch 30

Sketched satin stitch 32

Stem stitch 34

Patterns 36

Hexagonal lozenge 37

Fan 37

Small diamond 38

Octagon star 39

Lace 40

Waffle 42

Interlocking 'I's 43

Interlocking 'Z's 44

Interlocking 'Y's 45

Chevron 46

Open lace 48

Honeycomb 49

Zigzag 50

Grecian curls 51

Open zigzag 52

Leaves 54

Diagonal weave 55

'T' blocks 56

Diagonal tile 57

Diamond tile 58

Compressed lace 60

Open honeycomb 61

Floral lace 62

Rounded eyelet 63

Octagonal square 64

Scattered triangle 65

Darning patterns 66

Block trellis 70

Tulip 71

Diamond eyelet 72

Diagonal trellis 74

Diamond trellis 75

Bricked wave 76

Diagonal wave 77

Harlequin 78

Shading 80

Changing the thread thickness 82

Breaking up the pattern 84

Combining the techniques 86

Moving On 92

Index 96

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