A Crafty Challenge

A Crafty Challenge - my gift for Cristina Stolte (a small needle roll) :)

...btw. you can find this nice pattern and many others at the "Medieval Arts & Crafts" blog - medievalartcraft.blogspot.com/

Addtition: I used silk thread bought at the 'Handweavers Studio' store in London

Greetings to all,

Here my first needle-book. It´s peal cotton on wool. The pattern on the front page was coined by the book “Fibel- und Gürtelmode der Hochgotik” from Gösta Ditmar-Trauth, page 42. The Flower is from a brooch (Fürspan) from Ekklesia from Straßburger Münster from the 1230 ages. The rest was fantasy.

A Crafty Challenge

A Crafty Challenge - my gift for Brooke :)
Klosterstich, Stem Stitch, needlemade lace: "Glattes geschlungenes Stäbchen" (Abb. 866, p. 604) & "Gewöhnlicher Tüllstich - Erster Spitzenstich" (Abb. 890, p. 611) - see chapter "Nadelspitzen" in the book "Encyklopaedie der weiblichen Handarbeiten von Thérèse de Dillmont"