So I decided to try my hand at blackwork for the very first time…you’d think that, being a beginner, I would have cut myself some slack…but noOOOooo…I was all “I’ll just count the threads!” I’ve learned a couple of important lessons in my first bit of blackwork experience. I should have drawn a straight line to follow for that very first pass. I think the problem was primarily that this was my very first time doing it and it was definitely easier once I got the hang of it. Hopefully the other wrist will come out better…and either way, they mostly get hidden underneath the sleeves anyway.
There were a couple of little things I learned about doing this particular pattern. On the first pass of the laced section in the middle I should not have done the tops of the long sections. They get passed over again when I do the other half (I hope that made sense). Here are some images of the embroidery so far. First is an all-over glance, second is a closeup sorry about the blurriness…click on the pictures for a bigger version.
Btw…I got this blackwork pattern from the Elizabethan Blackwork page. This is the pattern I am using. I added a glass, gold bead in each flower.
Enjoy!
