Sooo… I have decided to abort the Opus Anglicanum stitch-along. I’ll start it over again later, probably in the middle of August. I’ve made a lot of mistakes since the start, but I was trying to see it through. However, at this point the mistakes are too glaring and grievous, and I hate how it’s turning
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In part 4 of the Opus Anglicanum stitch along, we will be stitching in the spirals of the right cheek and chin, outline most of the face, and fill in around one eye.
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They are medieval-ish bookmarks made from lucet braided #10 cotton crochet thread, ended with tassels hand made from perle cotton.
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In part 3 of my Opus Anglicanum Stitch-Along, we will be filling in the forehead and nose, creating the round of the cheek, and filling in the eyes. At this time we are almost exclusively using split stitch, and using flat silk embroidery floss.
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In part two of my opus anglicanum stitch-along, we will embroider the black outlines around the face, and fill in the barbette and neck.
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I wore the open red hood I hand stitched and embroidered to Collegium Caidis, and before we left on the second day I took some photos of myself wearing it. They have been added to my portfolio, and are also posted here for your convenience if you were wondering exactly how it looked on an actual human being.
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I have posted a new tutorial, Basics of Opus Anglicanum Embroidery. It outlines the stylistic details that make opus anglicanum embroidery unique, and provides instructions in the basics of how to emulate the style in your own embroidery. It’s an online version of a handout I have created for an opus anglicanum workshop I will be
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I have posted six new tutorials on hand sewing. The majority of the content I wrote about four months ago for a worskhop handout, and I am very happy to finally have it converted to tutorial format on my web site. Hand Sewing Tutorials New menu page for tutorials on hand sewing. Medieval Hand Stitching
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The red linen open hood is made from 100% linen fabric, with a linen embroidered scrolling vine pattern, mostly in chain stitch, and it is entirely hand stitched with linen thread. The main seam down the center of the hood is embroidered with fishbone stitch, also using linen thread.
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This is the project I started over the weekend of Pentathlon. I like to always have some sort of portable project going, so I have something to work on when I would otherwise be sitting around, as I like to keep my hands busy. The driving force behind making it is to help avoid sunburn.
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