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Lace (pattern)

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​A complex decorative blackwork pattern made up of an open cross shape and a lozenge. It is a large scale of pattern and is suitable for rounded shapes and for depicting the natural world.

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Flat Pattern Shading Open Filling Blackwork

Further Reading

RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Blackwork by Becky Hogg
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Method

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Lace (pattern) method stage 1 illustration
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Study the pattern and divide the pattern into areas that can be easily worked back and forth across the shape to be filled.

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Systematically work across the shape using a combination of back stitch and double running stitch

Back stitch Holbein stitch
Lace (pattern)

Structure of stitch

Flat Pattern

Common uses

Shading Open Filling

Embroidery Techniques

Blackwork

References

  • Various Authors, The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery (2018) , p.142