Lindisfarne Gospel using burden stitch

work in progress

detail of stitch and the working needle

burden stitchI have continued a little progress with my piece for the North East Embroiderers' Guild regional exhibition celebrating the Lindisfarne Gospels coming to Durham city this summer.  I decided to work burden stitch which has a weaving quality about it and thought it worked quite well.  I used some old silk threads I had and outlined with gold couching.  I wanted the blue area to have a different look to the red area which is very open silk shading with curled couching. The exhibition will be held in Durham Cathedral from 27th May to 23th June.