Making Detachable Cuffs with 16th Century Blackwork Embroidery

In 16th century ladies' fashion, women periodically wore foresleeves (aka false sleeves) and sometimes the cuffs of their sleeves would have blackwork embroidery (aka Holbein Stitch or double running stitch).

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Holbein stitch, also referred to as double-running stitch or Spanish stitch, is a reversible counted stitch used in early 16th century blackwork embroidery. 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).

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0:00 | Introduction
5:24 | Making the Cuffs
10:23 | Ending

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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.

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Music credit:
"Greensleeves / What Child is this?" Music by JuliusH.

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[karengoodson]

Beautiful work!, How long, wide was the blackwork panel? And the cuff?