Muffin - Pattern darning
Adapted from a longstitch design in "Martin Lehrman's needlepoint cats". Pattern darning in variegated silk (about perle #12 in thickness), with blackwork border. The bold stripes and speckling show on top of the fabric, while the thread on the underside suggests the body shape in shadow form. I count it as blackwork, because pattern darning is a part of blackwork, historically. In fact it was my major piece when I did my Intermediate Blackwork course.
Muffin - Pattern darning
Adapted from a longstitch design in "Martin Lehrman's needlepoint cats". Pattern darning in variegated silk (about perle #12 in thickness), with blackwork border. The bold stripes and speckling show on top of the fabric, while the thread on the underside suggests the body shape in shadow form. I count it as blackwork, because pattern darning is a part of blackwork, historically. In fact it was my major piece when I did my Intermediate Blackwork course.