Monochrome embroidery - fascinating handicrafts for experienced and novice craftsmen.

Cross-stitch embroidery is a fascinating activity, in which there is no limit to the degree of mastery. Since ancient times, our grandmothers and great-grandmothers have worked wonders, creating intricate ornaments on details of clothes, decorating the house with beautiful embroidered curtains, napkins, towels, towels, pillows.

Many traditions and tendencies in needlework are venerated and passed on from generation to generation. For example, ornaments with a black and red color scheme depicting geometric figures (rhomboid, triangular), objects of flora and fauna, symbolized love and sadness, sad and cheerful, positive and negative.

Monochrome embroidery in general terms is embroidery, which is performed in a limited range of colors. Often - this is a single color, and it is also possible to use several shades along with one basic color.

You can trace these kinds of this technique:

• Classical monochrome cross-stitch. Schemes for it contain, as a rule, one main color, which can be shaded by several close semitones. This gives the volume and depth to the image.
• Monochrome embroidery: contour technique. Only the outline, the silhouette of objects, is embroidered. Often the scheme offers only partial framing This or that subject, at the same time, the outlines are quite understandable. This gives the zest to the picture, excites the imagination, gives the chance to imagine the continuation of the work. This kind of monochrome embroidery is one of the simplest. For beginners it's worth trying your strength with it.
• Technique «Blackwork» (Blackwok). It is also called "black and white". Two contrasting colors create a beautiful pattern, emphasizing the clarity of the image. Basically it is performed by a stitch "back needle".

It is worth noting that in its pure form the presented species, of course, exist, however, creative activity is very difficult to give to any clear structuring. Flight of the imagination of needlewomen is always so free from canons that in works we often observe a combination of several types of techniques simultaneously. For example: "Blackwork" can complement the embroidered classic monochrome work, etc.

Over time, trends in the preferences of skilled workers change. The industry of the goods for needlework offers today the widest assortment, the color scale of threads is capable to amaze imagination of any masteress. But ... at the same time, monochrome embroidery does not give up its position. There are new and new techniques for its implementation, beautiful schemes with exclusive silhouettes. Given the fashion trends in the design of interiors, monochrome embroidery with a cross very often fits well into the designer's design. Paintings made in this way can often be seen in elite cafes and restaurants, cozy hotels and, of course, in their own homes. It is in this technique that you can very easily vary between a classic, futuristic style, and also perform a widely beloved abstraction.

So, the advantages that monochrome embroidery possesses are as follows: the economy of this kind of needlework; The ability to perform by experienced craftsmen and novice beginners. Depending on the chosen pattern, the number of shades, volume, the difficulty level varies; stylish design. Performed in a certain color range of work, easily and harmoniously blends in with various interiors and can be the decor of modern clothing.