HOLBEIN STITCH | Step by Step 16th Century Blackwork Embroidery

Holbein stitch, also referred to as double-running stitch or Spanish stitch, is a reversible stitch used in early 16th century blackwork embroidery. Follow along step by step as I embroider a flower inside of a braided diamond pattern. Both of these patterns are located on Jane Bostocke's embroidery sampler from 1598, currently at the V&A Museum in London.

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If you would like more information on blackwork embroidery, please check out other videos on my channel, as well as my blackwork embroidery blog (link below).

Picture credit:
"Sampler." V&A Museum. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O4...

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16th to 18th Century Double-Running Stitch Embroidery Patterns (2nd edition on Amazon): https://amzn.to/42NlF4P
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Slate Frame (T.F. Woodcraft): https://www.tfwoodcraft.com/shop/slat...
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For anyone curious about what exactly the 'SCA' is -- The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international, non-profit educational organization that studies and recreates the medieval and Renaissance years of 600-1600AD.

For more information and to locate your local branch, please check out http://www.sca.org


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