Newsletters

In the early years before online communication was so ubiquitous, the Company had a quarterly newsletter, with instructional articles on embroidery styles, reports on museum visits, research articles and book reviews. They was handed out to members at major events or sent by email or mail.

The Company has tried to restart the Newsletter a few times, but the new media are so much richer for sharing ideas, projects, competitions and the like. However, they remain of historic interest are are preserved here for that purpose. Note that not all issues have survived and the numbering is erratic!

2014

#31, Midwinter AS49 (July 2014)

  • Festival meeting
  • A Broad Overview of Blackwork References and Resources
  • The Laurel Cloak and Presentations

(There was a hiatus of several years at this point)

2010

Vol 2, No 1 May Crown (PDF 1.9Mb)

  • WCoB Gatherings at Festival, Suth Moot
  • WCoB at May Crown
  • Blackwork Cuffs for Aedward & Yolande
  • Mini-Project – Gilliflower
  • Hemstitch

(There was a hiatus in the Newsletter during 2008 and 2009)

2008

#29 12th NightCoronation (PDF 1.3Mb)

  • Article – WIP – Tuscan 16th Century Camica
  • Article – WIP – An Elizabethan Style Smock
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Free Form Pattern)
  • Pattern Page – 16th Century Stripe Patterns
  • Pattern Page – 16th Century Strapwork Patterns

2007

#28 Midwinter Coronation (PDF 1.1Mb)

  • Article – A Company Crowned
  • Article – Mammen Style Cushions
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Counted Square)

#27 May Crown (PDF 1Mb)

  • Article – Bookcover Goldwork
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Counted Square) 

#26 12th Night Coronation (PDF 1Mb)

  • Article – Opus Anglicanum Stole
  • Article – Italian Partlet
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Counted Square) 

2006

#25 November Crown Tourney (PDF 1.1Mb)

  • Article – Men’s Elizabethan Nightcap
  • Article – Cluain School of Needlework
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Counted Square)

#24 July Midwinter Coronation (PDF 1.3Mb)

  • Article – Wedding Blackwork Shirt
  • Article – Thoughts on Documentation
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Counted Square)
  • Pattern Page – Anglo-Saxon Roundels (Jane Stockton)

#23 12th Night January Coronation (PDF1.3Mb)

  • The Company Banner Update (Rowan)
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Counted Square)
  • Pattern Page – Puffball and Simple Gillyflower(Jane Stockton)
  • Pattern Page – Anglo-Saxon Roundels (Jane Stockton)

2005

#22 November Crown Tourney (PDF 1.3Mb)

  • The Company Banner Update (Rowan)
  • Finished Work Report (Lady Katerina da Brecia)
  • Research – Don’t Panic! (Jane Stockton)
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Freeform/Surface)
  • Pattern Page – Pomegranate (Jane Stockton)
  • Pattern Page – Anglo-Saxon Roundals (Jane Stockton)

#21 July Midwinter Coronation (PDF 1.2 Mb)

  • The Company Banner Update (Rowan)
  • Presentation Piece of HRM Mathilde
  • Works in Progress (Fina ingen Scolaighe)
  • Klosterstickerei (Karen Larsdatter)
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Freeform/Surface)
  • Pattern Page – Pomegranate (Jane Stockton)

#20 May Crown (PDF 1.6 Mb)

  • The Company Banner Update (Rowan)
  • Updated Gradings Info (Keridwen)
  • German Counted Work Links (Jane Stockton)
  • Populace Badge Pattern (Freeform/Surface)
  • Pattern Page – Gillyflower (Jane Stockton)

2004

#19 Midwinter Coronation (July) (PDF 397 kb)

  • Five Period Embroidery Stitches – Part 4 – Back Stitch (Jane Stockton)
  • Combined Guilds Day Information (Including timetable)
  • Full Guild Ordinances
  • Banner Update (Rowan)
  • New Project – Mouse Guard Pouches (Keridwen)

#18 May Crown (PDF 337 kb)

  • Guild Update (Including Festival) (Keridwen)
  • Banner Update (Rowan)
  • Five Period Embroidery Stitches – Part 3 – Chain Stitch (Jane Stockton)
  • Updates to Guild Ordinances

#17 12th Night Coronation (PDF 89kb)

  • Pattern for Competition at Nov Crown
  • Five Period Embroidery Stitches – Part 2 – Stem Stitch (Jane Stockton)
  • Book Review – “Here by Wyverns” by Nancy Spies (Review by Jane Stockton)
  • Embroidery Trivia

2003

#16 Crown (Nov) (PDF 976 kb)

  • Book Review – “Art of Embroidery” by Lanto Synge (Jane Stockton)
  • Five Period Embroidery Stitches – Part 1 – Split Stitch (Jane Stockton)
  • Scandinavian Embroidery (Marienna Jensdattar)

#16 Midwinter (Oct) (PDF 293 kb)

  • LOG Pouches
  • Guild Badge
  • Company Banner

2002

#18 Spring Coronet

  • Occupational Names for Medieval Embroiderers (Bess la Seour)
  • Opus Teutonicum – Twelfth Night Competition (Bess Haddon)

#17 Midwinter

  • What I did on my Holidays (Keridwen visits London again – Globe Theatre, Hatfield House, the V&A);
  • A Brief History of the Human Figure in Embroidery (Acacia)

#16 May Coronet

  • Islamic/Middle Eastern Embroidery (Leonie)

#15 12th Night (PDF 937kb)

  • Silk from an Unusual Source (Bess)
  • Items from CIETA newsletter (Picture story of Gawain, English medieval cope)
  • Book Review; German 14th – 15th Century Embroidery

2001

#14 Spring Coronet (PDF 1.3Mb)

  • Accession Day Guild Event (Bess)
  • Lochac Ceremonial Cloaks (Bartolemao)
  • Gold and Metal Thread Embroidery (Bess)
  • Proposal to Lochac Kingdom Regalia Committee for a Royal Carpet (Rowan)

#13 Midwinter

  • What I did on my Holidays again (Bess visits museums in Chicago, Toronto and Boston)
  • Embroidered Headwear: A Brief and Inexact Summary (Bartolemeo)
  • Kingdom Ceremonial Cloaks (Bess)

#12 May Coronet

  • Elizabethan Embroidered Underwear (Keridwen)
  • Shop reviews

#9 12th Night (PDF 431kb)

  • Documentation and Presentation from Company Competitions and Ranking (Bess)

2000

#8 Spring Coronet (PDF 1.3Mb)

  • What I did on my Holidays part 2 (Keridwen visits Hardwick Hall, Bath and the Globe)
  • Pre 100 AD Embroidery (Keridwen)

#7 Midwinter (October) (PDF 1.3Mb)

  • What I did on my Holidays (Keridwen visits the V&A in London)
  • Linn Skinner’s Goldwork Class (Iseala – West Patron)
  • Embroidery for Bed, Bath and Table (Bess)
  • Opus Anglicanum (Iseala)

#7 12th Night (PDF 584kb)

  • What I did on my Holidays part 5 (Bess visits embroideries in Erfurt)
  • May Coronet Competition – Research paper
  • “Bayeux and Beyond” review (Bartholemeo)

1999

#6 Spring Coronet (PDF 341 kb)

  • What I did on my Holidays part 4 (Bess visits museums in Brauschweig)
  • Book review: German Renaissance Patterns for Embroidery
  • Needlemade Lace before 1600 (Keridwen)

#5 Midwinter (PDF 182 kb)

  • Renaissance Pattern Books (Bess)

#4 May Coronet (PDF 777kb)

  • What I did on my Holidays part 3 (Bess visits Nuremberg, Regensburg)
  • Report on Metal Thread class (Madilyn)
  • New Judging Forms for Competitions
  • The Technique of Couching (Bess)

#3 12th Night (PDF 682kb)

  • What I did on my Holidays part 2 (Bess visits Florence, Bargello Tristan Quilt)
  • Embroidered pouches (Bess)

1998

#2 Spring Coronet (PDF 168 kb)

  • What I did on my Holidays (Bess visits Vienna)

#1 Midwinter (PDF 807kb)

  • Lochac Needleworkers Guild becomes the Worshipful Company of Broiderers of Lochac (Keridwen)