The West Kingdom Needleworker's Guild is having a silent auction at the upcoming 12th Night in order to raise funds for our coffers. I have volunteered to embroider a set of blackwork cuffs and trim to donate to the effort.

I've decided to do this trim on clothing linen, which adds a level of difficulty to the project. I am using one strand of black Splendor silk and a tapestry needle. I've started with the embroidery and will do all the tie offs later. I'm just lazy that way.

I got the pattern from the copies of Bronwen's Blackwork Archives that Catherine Lorraine made for me. The patterns were charted from a 16 th century Italian sampler in the Victoria and Albert Museum (item # T.14-1931).

The following pictures show one cuff with the embroidery done, and a closeup of the embroidery.

I've finished the embroidery tonight. I kept a time log for this project and all of the embroidery has taken 19 hours. The first cuff took 6.75 hours, the second took 3.25, and the collar took 9 hours. I still have to tie off all the ends, which will take a few more hours. But *perhaps* I can have it done for the due date of October Crown.

The following pictures show all pieces with the embroidery done, and a closeup of the embroidery.

Yay, it's done! Long after the deadline, but better late than never. I tied off all the ends, which took 2 1/2 hours, and which put the total project time at 21 1/2 hours. Not bad for trim like this. I'll get it mailed out sometime this week.

Here are a couple of pictures. Since Mistress Isela suggested that I take pictures of it on a colored fabric instead of my lovely yet subtly-colored bedspread, I have pulled out the fabric that will become my 12th Night gown. Isn't it pretty . . I can't wait until it becomes a dress!