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	Blackwork Embroidery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blackwork is usually executed on even-weave fabric that is easily countable.
		Blackwork in silk on linen was a predominant domestic embroidery technique for clothing (shirts, smocks, sleeves, ruffs, and caps) and for household items such as cushion covers throughout the reign of Elizabeth I, but it lost its popularity by the 17th century.
		Blackwork is also an integral part of Assisi Embroidery where it is used to outline the main motif and some of the decoration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackwork_Embroidery (483 words)

	Blackwork Embroidery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Historically, flwork was used on clothing in the time of Henry VIII.
		Initially it was known as "Spanish work" since Catherine of Aragon is said to have brought many flwork dresses with her from Spain.
		Blackwork continued to thrive under the reign of Elizabeth I, but it lost its popularity during the 17th century.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/bl/blackwork_embroidery.html (244 words)

	Technique - Blackwork
		Blackwork became popular in England during the reign of Henry VIII, and the style is often called Spanishe Worke, a name given to it due to its introduction to England being linked with the Henry's wife, Catherine of Aragon.
		This type of flwork consists of free form shapes, (most popularly, flowers and leaves) that are then filled in with repeating geometric fill patterns.
		This type of flwork was used extensively in the production of pillow covers and various forms of clothing, such as large sleeves, coifs, nightcaps, smocks and skirt foreparts.
	medieval.webcon.net.au /technique_blackwork.html (531 words)

	Blackwork Embroidery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		flwork was used on clothing in the of Henry VIII.
		A favourite on her clothing was the pomegranate which was used as a heraldic in Granada where Catherine lived as a child.
		There is a short section on the history of flwork that makes some assumptions about historic pieces without explaining why the author believes it and in some cases s...
	www.freeglossary.com /Blackwork_Embroidery (421 words)

	Blackwork Embroidery
		Blackwork creates the look of lace, making a dramatic appearance, as simple or complex as the stitcher desires.
		Contrary to its name, flwork does not require the stitching to be done in fl.
		Blackwork can be stitched on many types of fabric to adorn everything from handkerchiefs and cross stitch samplers, to fancy dress attire.
	www.hobbyloco.com /blackwork.html (306 words)

	A Blackwork Embroidery Primer
		It is often said that Blackwork became so popular in Tudor England was because it was a less expensive alternative to lace, but more likely, it was popular due to the sumptuary laws that prevented anyone except for ranking nobility from wearing frivolous or excessive clothing.
		The introduction of this type of Blackwork to England is frequently attributed to Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, who was sent to England at the tender age of sixteen to be wed to Prince Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII.
		Blackwork seems to be popular with more experienced stitchers, despite the fact that it is actually quite simple to master.
	prettyimpressivestuff.com /blackwork.htm (2537 words)

	Blackwork Embroidery Kits - Blackwork Embroidery, Hand Embroidery Designs as an Alternative to Cross-stitch.
		Blackwork embroidery can be worked within a tacked outline of the design using the variety of different Blackwork stitches provided or it can be worked directly from the chart, instructions for both methods are given in the instruction booklet.
		The design is not worked as a two-sided piece of flwork but as dimensional picture by changing the thickness of the thread and by reducing the stitches in the pattern.
		Blackwork embroidery is worked within a tacked outline of the design using the variety of different Blackwork stitches provided.
	www.berlinembroidery.com /blackwork.htm (1908 words)

	Lady Roxanne's Blackwork Article
		Blackwork is a counted thread technique, except when it’s not.
		Blackwork is called “flwork,” except (you guessed it) when it’s not.
		Hans Holbein the Younger is best known for his depictions of counted-thread flwork, and for this reason, reversible flwork is often known as the “Holbein stitch.” Shirts and smocks get the attention first, and by the late 16th century, entire foreparts, sleeves, stomachers, partlets, coifs, and ruffs all became vehicles for flwork.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Crete/1581/art1.htm (795 words)

	ANG: American Needlepoint Guild - Blackwork -- An Introduction
		Blackwork is in its greatest revival at the moment.
		Originally flwork was done on fine white linen with fl silk thread.
		Blackwork may be combined with other forms of needlework.
	www.needlepoint.org /Archives/Blackwork/Article.php (1180 words)

	Counted Thread Work
		It was very popular in Spain, and although there is evidence of Blackwork prior to Katherine of Aragon, she is said to have popularized it when she came to England after her marriage to King Henry VIII.
		Blackwork is also sometimes thought of as a counted thread type of embroidery and while this can be true, looking at the elaborate free-style designs on Elizabethan sleeves, it is obviously not always the case.
		Blackwork, because of its emphasis on geometrical designs and counted stitches, is generally treated as a form of counted cross stitch.
	users.egix.net /advancenet/jscole/counted.html (5247 words)

	Stitch On Line from the Skinner Sisters
		I do urge everyone to look at every example they see labeled as "flwork" and at embroidery in general and to develop their own personal theories.
		In the 16th/17th century flwork designs would most likely have been executed on either silk or linen fabric with fl silk and metallic threads although speckling designs are found in reds, blues and greens.
		Today flwork designs are found in all sorts of colors and executed with many different fibers.
	www.skinnersisters.com /stitch/issue1 (582 words)

	Blackwork Info
		Blackwork embroidery was first thought to have come from Spain to England where Catherine of Aragon, the wife of Henry the VIII made the embroidery style most popular for cuffs and collars etc during the Tudor period.
		This style of design was brought about as a cheaper version of lace around the period of 1509, as taxes on lace were high.
		An even weave fabric (same amount of threads per weft and warp in a 1 inch measurement) is needed for Blackwork.
	www.jmddesigns.co.nz /bwhis.htm (744 words)

	Blackwork Techniques and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The art of Blackwork, a simple yet challenging counted thread embroidery, was widely practiced in the Elizabethan era.
		Blackwork embroidery was not limited to the garments of the fairer sex.
		Blackwork is a bit of a misnomer, as the patterns were worked in other colors, most often red (Scarletwork) and white (Whitework).
	home.aol.com /lclacemker/blkwk1.html (391 words)

	Blackwork Embroidery Archives
		Blackwork is a counted-thread embroidery worked in geometric designs with fl silk on even-weave linen.
		Blackwork is typically worked in the double-running or Holbein stitch, which is reversible.
		Portrait of Elizabeth Brydges (detail), showing flwork on cuffs and at the square neckline of her smock, by Hieronimo Custodis, 1589, from Tudor and Elizabethan Portraits.
	www.blackworkarchives.com /bw_cost.html (382 words)

	M'Lady Osanna's Blackwork Designs
		The carpenter's wife is quoted as wearing a flwork smock and cap.
		Of coal-fl silk, on both sides, in and out; the strings of the white cap upon her head were like her collar, fl silk worked with thread.
		Blackwork again changed from the more geometric designs to the free style designs during the reign of Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry.
	www.angelfire.com /band/samplers/osanna4.html (261 words)

	Blackwork - Cunnan
		Blackwork is a form of embroidery which involves the use of fl thread on a white background fabric.
		Linear, Reversable Blackwork - This is the type of work that most people associate with flwork.
		The most common materials for working flwork in the 16th Century were fl silk thread on a white linen ground.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /wiki/Blackwork (509 words)

	Redwork,Greenwork,Bluework,Blackwork
		Blackwork is a classic 16th century embroidery technique in which stunning monochrome designs are created by embroidering a large variety of counted-thread geometric patterns in fl thread.
		Trace flwork's evolution, with many classic examples displayed in photographs, and begin the pleasurable task of embroidering your own.
		Complete charts, instructions and materials lists are included as well as a page of wonderful "precision flwork" tips from Leon.
	www.jdr-be.com /redwork-greenwork-bluework-blackwork.htm (688 words)

	Find Blackwork Online Classes Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Blackwork Embroidery Kits - Blackwork Embroidery, Hand Embroidery Designs as an Alternative to Cross-stitch.
		Blackwork Embroidery kits, Blackwork kits on a choice of linen fabrics or evenweave fabrics.
		Blackwork is counted thread embroidery on evenweave fabric with various threads to create geometric patterns and filled spaces.
	www.thinkeractive.com /learning/A-B/blackwork-online-classes.html (386 words)

	The Elizabethan Practical Companion: Blackwork Gallery
		Blackwork embroidery was used in many forms on a variety of different garments.
		This gallery is intended to assist costumers in looking at ways of incorporating flwork embroidery into Renaissance-era costume.
		Fragment of a man's cap, late 16th or early 17th century
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Crete/1581/bwgallery (107 words)

	blackwork
		Blackwork is a form of embroidery that uses fl thread on a white or cream ground.
		I don't have any information on exactly when flwork made it to America, so this is a matter of speculation.
		Blackwork Embroidery by Elizabeth Geddes and Moyra McNeill.
	www.white-works.com /blackwork.htm (1043 words)

	Kiara's Historic Blackwork Page
		Blackwork is the modern term for what the Elizabethans called "Spanish Stitche", among other names.
		Blackwork Designs from 16th century sources Details of portraits with the flwork pattern charted
		Historic Needlecrafts Some freebie Blackwork Patterns and SCA Kingdom cross stitch kits for sale.
	www.angelfire.com /zine/kiarapanther/embroidery/bw.html (53 words)

	Aion Designs - original blackwork and cross stitch needlework designs
		We are an independent design studio offering a range of original cross stitch, flwork and other needlework designs.
		All our needlework designs are offered as design charts or books only, giving customers the freedom and flexibility to use their preferred choice of fabric and threads from their own stock of materials.
		Using a single colour of thread and focussing on the pattern and form of the stitches instead of a multitude of colours, these stylish and elegant designs will appeal to the stitching connoisseur and enhance any home.
	www.aion-needlecrafts.co.uk /designs (430 words)

	Blackwork Products from Leon Conrad Designs
		A series of beaded flwork ornaments on Aida fabric.
		The original models for this design, worked by Leon Conrad, were hung on The Queen's Christmas Tree at Buckingham Palace in 1998.
		Another 100 Authentic Elizbaethan Filling Patterns, Motifs and Borders This volume includes large scale borders and bands, and spot motifs in flwork, including a rather fancy unicorn.
	www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk /blackwor.htm (402 words)

	blackwork embroidery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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		Blackwork Embroidery Information Article There are many different types of fabrics available.
	www.embroideredcreations.com /blackworkembroidery (749 words)

	Ladyshield Stitchcrafts cross stitch and blackwork kits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ladyshield Stitchcrafts is a U.K. company providing original designs of counted cross stitch, flwork, and embroidery kits.
		We have cross-stitch and needlework kits to suit stitchers of all sewing abilities, from beginners to the most experienced.
		You can be be redirected to our online shop where you can see our complete range of cross stitch and flwork kits by clicking on the button below.
	www.ladyshield-stitchcrafts.co.uk (88 words)

	Amazon.com: Blackwork: Books: Lesley Barnett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The book does include photographs of some stunning flwork embroidery, but there aren't any charts for the less gifted such as myself,(!) to work from although with the aid of a magnifier, it would be possible to use the photos instead of charts.
		This is an 'inspirational' book and would be great for the experienced embroiderer who can look at a leaf, a photograph or an interesting geometric design and turn it into a needleworked piece.
		For the 'imaginatively challenged' among us,and newcomers to Blackwork Embroidery, this book is great to own and would grace any needlworker's library, but not overly useful.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0855328061?v=glance (627 words)

	Blackwork Crafts, Blackwork Supplies, Blackwork Accessories
		Tarart designs produces a variety of flwork and cross stitch designs plus a free flwork christmas tree
		Includes historical notes on flwork in renaissance costume, instructions for working double-running stitch, bibliography and links.
		Contains charts for hundreds of authentic English, German, and Italian flwork patterns from sixteenth and seventeenth century sources.
	www.craftdirectory.org /directory/links/Needlework/Blackwork/index.php (137 words)

	Petit Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Based predominantly on traditional Jacobean crewel work embroidery, this section includes a comprehensive range of designs by the Crewel Work Company and the Mary Jane Collection suitable for beginners and experienced stitchers.
		A range of traditional and comtemporary flwork designs by Leon Contrad, Derwentwater Designs and the Mary Jane Collection.
		There are a number of small projects ideal for stitchers who are new to this style of needlework but would like to try something a little different!
	ekminternet.co.uk /ekmps/shops/petitpoint/index.asp?...&catid=23 (359 words)

	Stitchers' Paradise: Special Techniques
		Here you will find some Blackwork charts and books.
		So please take you time to see our entire Blackwork Collection.
		Blackwork Embroidery - Elizabeth Geddes and Moyra McNeill
	www.stitchers-paradise.com /Special_Techniques/Blackwork.htm (179 words)

	Amazon.com: Blackwork: Books: Mary Gostelow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This book is very well written, and whilst I do not agree with all her conclusions about what flwork is - her reasoning is logical and she includes lovely pictures - both of historical and modern flwork.
		There are also instructions for doing flwork, though the explanations are a bit hard to follow in places.
		This book has a lot more information on flwork than I was expecting, so as a researcher, I find it very useful.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486401782?v=glance (1088 words)

	Book catalog: middle ages, renaissance for historical reenactment, SCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She illustrated it with many examples of existing pieces, and of portraits in which the finest 15th century professional needlework is flaunted by royalty.
		A visual history of flwork, plus stitch techniques and charted designs: this book has all you need to begin, and more.
		The history of flwork is illustrated with period portraits.
	www.small-churl-books.com (6544 words)

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