Coaster Blackwork

Hamsteren09

Free blackwork charts - step 1
Take 2 strands of cotton/floss and thread your needle.
We will start with the outlines. Looking at the chart can you see there are two different shapes of petal? We will start with the one that has the zigzag fill inside it, on the right hand side of your chart. It is outlined in a dashed red line. Each red line represents a running stitch. Work your way around the petal stitching all the red lines then when you arrive back at the beginning again, reverse direction and go around again, filling in the gaps to create a solid outline.  If you run out of thread use the stitching you have already done to secure the end of your thread and to attach the new length to. Next work the outline of the other petal shape. I have designed this chart so that you do not have to count across long distances. If you turn your chart around so that the diagonal petal with the red dashed outline is at the top, it will enable you to just run your thread under a few outline stitches ready to start again.  Continue turning the chart and stitching the outlines until they are all in place.  

Free blackwork charts - step 2

Now we will move on to the first fill pattern. This is a super simple one of just one outward and one return journey. Again we will stitch it in double running stitch.

Making sure your chart is the right way up (so that you can read the words) attach a single strand of thread to the outside edge of the first petal where the diagonal red line slants down to the right. Work each red line as a running stitch down the length of the petal. Remember to leave space for the return diagonals. When I have taught this at workshops, many students started the next stitch on the same horizontal line as the first one which will not work.  When you reach the other end of the petal, towards the center of the design, bring the needle back up at the red dot and continue back up to the top of the petal filling in the gaps as we did with the outlines.  Continue to fill this petal in the same way moving across towards the sides of the petal, to first fill one side then the other with the pattern.  

Free blackwork charts - step 3

The pattern in the alternate petals is not difficult but a little more involved. I have split it four steps on your chart to make it easier to follow.

Again with the chart the right way up (so that the petal with the single red dashed line is at the top left) attach a single strand of thread to the outside edge at the position of the red horizontal line.  Carefully following the chart, as the stitches change directions, work across the petal in running stitch. At the centre, bring the needle back up at the red dot and work the first return stitch (coloured blue). Continue across the petal filling in the gaps to get the result shown in the top right petal on the chart.  Repeat this procedure following the red lines in the bottom left petal on the chart, turn at the red dot and complete the pattern on the way back. I hope you have enjoyed stitching this little blackwork design with me, and have realised that it is not as difficult as it may appear. You will find more free blackwork charts on this site.

kitaro320

Very nice work thank you for sharing

masema64.yl@gma

Muchas gracias me gusta mucho

Very nice , thanks for sharing.

Yan526

Really useful. Thank you!

krystal

Very pretty. Nice to explain blackwork. Thank you:)

csc0312

thanks Jenny! very nice chart! :)

lalla9902

1# Hamsteren09


very good

yaned

I love the blackwork, thank you very much for the explanation

lunarshining

thanks Jenny! very nice chart!

pipou

Thank you :loveliness:

MaryGas70

Thanks a lot for the explanation!!:victory:

viky

Thank you very much for the explanation!:handshake

chipie

Très joli et merci pour les explications