Here's the pattern for a project I've been working on sporadically for the last few weeks. The pattern is adapted from a photo of a tray cloth embroidered by Olive Prior shown in Blackwork embroidery: Design and technique by Margaret Pascoe (London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1986). The pomegranate motif is a symbol of Catherine of Aragon, who is credited with introducing blackwork to England.
Although I am obviously deviating from the traditional colour scheme by working with purple floss on pink gingham, I will be making the design fully reversible in the best blackwork tradition. (I find Paula Kate Marmor's explanation of how to analyze patterns to render them in Holbein stitch most helpful.)
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