Comments | ragnvaeig: Beginning Blackwork

ragnvaeig

Beginning Blackwork - Starting the Collar

May 28, 2007 10:33

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scarletwork, sewing, string, projects, sca, embroidery, blackwork

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fauvel May 28 2007, 14:42:19 UTC

It looks spiff, nonetheless.

ragnvaeig May 28 2007, 16:00:57 UTC

Thanks. I have one more mistake in it that I'm entirely unwilling to go back and undo, and/but no one could tell it's there. :)

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ragnvaeig May 28 2007, 15:57:41 UTC

Thank you--thirteen_letter picked it out; it's from the same Holbein portrait as the other blackwork pieces I've been doing. I think he has much more faith in my skills as a seamstress than I'd anticipated.

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ragnvaeig May 28 2007, 22:10:08 UTC

Thanks. I've been embroidering for a long time--even did some in high school--but this is probably the most purely ambitious project I've taken on to date.

j00licious May 28 2007, 15:03:28 UTC

Gorgeous!

ragnvaeig May 28 2007, 16:01:47 UTC

Thank you. :) I see all my friends doing these fab knitting projects, and I've decided I'm pants at knitting, so it's nice to be able to do something to keep up!

florentinescot May 29 2007, 02:12:50 UTC

That's just gorgeous! I can't wait to see when it's finished! Which Holbein portrait is it from? thirteen_letter certainly has good taste doesn't he!

ragnvaeig May 29 2007, 13:34:45 UTC

He certainly does, though as mentioned above it's rather ambitious for a girl who's never done blackwork/scarletwork before. I keep thinking that I might have started with something simpler, but this is a real challenge, and I seem to be living up to it. Hm. Upon thinking, that may have been the point.

It's from Holbein's portrait of Mrs. Pemberton from 1540. I have the pattern transcribed onto a grid for simplicity's sake.

florentinescot May 29 2007, 15:15:01 UTC

Details, details. I find that jumping in with both feet is the best way for me to go! rolls eyes. It also leads to some really interesting outcomes!

Yeah. That portrait. I just couldn't figure out where I'd seen it before. I think most folks chart like that before they stitch.

ragnvaeig May 29 2007, 15:27:17 UTC

I find that sink-or-swim is a good way for me to learn languages, and I'm muddling through this piece well enough, I think. I did end up redoing that second cross last night, and I'm much happier. My little OCD monkeybrain was protesting that my counting was off and that it wasn't, holy of holies, symmetrical.

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Worth entering in Arts and Sciences ladymockingbird May 29 2007, 06:40:44 UTC

You are doing beautiful work there. And yes the stiffness of the worked fabric does make for structural benefits.