Blackwork embroidery. A step by step guide

[@ajisaipress]

Holbein stitch is used if the piece needs to be reversible, but backstitch is a good alternative. The filling patterns are always geometric and repetitive... This is the main characteristic of blackwork embroidery :-)

[@winacahyani6750]

awesome work. i wouldn't know where to begin!

[@lisalisa13green]

Lovely! Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@olgamorderer]

Thank you so much for this video! Very helpful and inspiring:)

[@eileenfb1948]

This certainly is not a step by step guide. Very lovely work.

[@franciscalima1007]

very Good...thank you!!👏👏👏👏

[@5877user]

When doing the fill in pattern, do you always start with the outermost outline pattern and then work your way back and forth changing the stitches until you get the complete pattern? Would it be more difficult to complete the whole pattern one row at a time? Thx

[@ajisaipress]

There is not a rule :-) If you are following a chart, you can also complete the pattern one row at a time.

[@대화참여하기-n8w]

amazing talent!!

[@RinaDasler]

So... all Ajisai charts should be stitched with thread folded in half? I never done any blackwork before

[@ajisaipress]

+RinaDasler Not always, but the outlines are often stitched with double thread.

[@MsGinger41]

Love it!!! BUT where to I get the pattern???

[@ajisaipress]

MsGinger41 www.ajisaipress.com/product/mini-blackwork-motifs-tea-time/

[@TVkpei]

Wonderful so impressed.

[@Stervela]

Огромное спасибо!!!

[@lydiastevenson8502]

is this traditional or could the lines be other stitches...like filling as turkey work andthe border lines as backstitch?

[@Marny5580]

Does the back have to be a mirror image of the front?

[@ajisaipress]

No, not always. A perfect back is only necessary if both sides of the embroidery will be visible, also because many patterns are very intricate and not always reversible.

[@ajisaipress]