Today's post is about the gifts I gave at our recent Coronation. This event happens every six months, when the past King and Queen step down and the new King and Queen take the throne. There is a lot of ceremony during this event, and part of that ceremony is to give gifts to the new Crowns.
These are five handkerchiefs that I made for our new Queen. Blackwork, as usual! All these handkerchiefs were made out of lightweight linen, hand-hemmed, and stitched with black silk. Here are the five handkerchiefs all together. Each one has the same design but they were all stitched with different fill patterns.
This handkerchief is my favorite. You can't see it very clearly in the small picture, but the shading on the rose petals are actually tiny squares. You can see it better in the detail picture.
The tiny writing beneath the k (our new Queen's name is Kenna) reads XLVII. In the SCA, our year begins in May, and at the turn of the year it will be Anno Societas (in the Year of the Society) 47.
These are the other four handkerchiefs. All of them were reversible - their backs would be seen while the handkerchiefs are used. It's so important to keep your work absolutely neat when creating an item that will be seen from both sides.
I did the petals on this hanky a little different. The fill on each petal is pointing a different direction, parallel to the top of the petal.
All of the fill patterns were taken from the book Esamplario Atlantico, a fill pattern book from the author of the blog String or Nothing. Seriously, if you're interested in anything to do with embroidery, knitting or crochet, go visit her blog!
I hope you enjoy these images of my work as much as I enjoyed creating them!
