RUGA - Gleann Abhann

TEX03A08 Blackwork

(Created by THL Karis apa Mehlan Er Kapas)

Level of Content: Beginner

Estimated Length of Class: 2 hours. Suggest having open time afterwards for those who are having a difficult time.

Course Description: This class teaches the students how to do basic the basic of blackwork including blackwork stitches (back stitch and running stitch), reading a blackwork pattern, supplies required for blackwork and preparation of sewing surface. It also includes a brief history of blackwork and a list of blackwork resources.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this class, students should be able to:

Perform the basic double running stitch and back stitch.

Read and follow a blackwork pattern.

Begin a small blackwork item for practice.

Be aware of the uses of blackwork “in period”.

Suggested Teaching Resources:

• Geddes, Elizabeth, and McNeill, Moyra. Blackwork Embroidery. Dover, New York, 1976.
  ISBN 0-486-23245-X
• Gostelow, Mary. Blackwork. Reinhold, New York, 1976.
• Reader’s Digest Association. Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. 1979.
  ISBN 0-89577-059-8
• Skinner, Linn. 100 Blackwork Charts. 1997.
• Skinner, Linn. Another 100 Blackwork Charts. 1996.
• Strong, Roy. The Elizabethan Image: Painting in England 1540-1620. Arno Press, New York, 1969.
• Zimmerman, Jane D. The Art of English Blackwork. Jane D. Zimmerman:California, 1996.

http://www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/blackwork/blackwork.html

http://www.blackworkarchives.com/