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Looks Good! Great Quote! Ive never tried this Blackwork...is it just repeated backstitch patterns? the projects Ive seen with it always look good. I may have to do some research.
This was my first time doing blackwork, and I'm pretty sure I didn't do it right, because the back is not the same as the front, and I really can't figure out how to decide how to make that happen lol
This was my first time doing blackwork, and I'm pretty sure I didn't do it right, because the back is not the same as the front, and I really can't figure out how to decide how to make that happen lol
I'm pretty sure that you're never going to have the back looking the same as the front...
Currently attempting: Epic Pokemon Cross Stitch Gen I, M'aiq the Liar
Knitting - Fusion in Paris
Well, technically, blackwork should look the same on both sides. However, some patterns would be nigh impossible to be so (like the words probably wouldn't come out right on the back). Blackwork was usually used to embroider cuffs and parts of clothing that would often be seen from both sides (either on purpose or possibly on accident) so they used patterns that could be done in such a way as to be the same on the front and the back. I'm fairly certain your frame could have been done this way and would have turned out on both sides if you had wanted it to. It is a lot of work and a lot of spatial thinking though so if you aren't going to have the back of your project seen, you might as well not bother, imo anyway.
MeiTow wrote:Well, technically, blackwork should look the same on both sides. However, some patterns would be nigh impossible to be so (like the words probably wouldn't come out right on the back). Blackwork was usually used to embroider cuffs and parts of clothing that would often be seen from both sides (either on purpose or possibly on accident) so they used patterns that could be done in such a way as to be the same on the front and the back. I'm fairly certain your frame could have been done this way and would have turned out on both sides if you had wanted it to. It is a lot of work and a lot of spatial thinking though so if you aren't going to have the back of your project seen, you might as well not bother, imo anyway.
Also, it looks great!
How would you start and end stitches if the back should look perfect? My backs look nice, but not perfect.
I love this quote. I saw your post title and thought "it's going to be the awesome one"
