Issue 8 - October 2005

Contents: Henry V at Monmouth; Visiting Exhibitions; Reflections on visiting collections; Preparing to create a piece of embroidery; Working a design together; Further thoughts on counching - diagrams by Colin Squire; Using string to create patterns in couching - diagrams by Colin Squire; Are you visiting the Auvergne region of France?; Books to borrow or buy; and more.

Issue 7 - July 2005

Contents: Brief summary of the style & use of goldwork embroidery since Saxon times, and illustrations; Lantern Flowers, Fleur de Lis - and Seraphs, and illustrations; Tambouring & Chain Stitch, with diagrams; Further study of Chinese embroidery through copying; Are you visiting; Information; Books in print & for reference; Background - Plain or Pattern; & more

Issue 6 - April 2005

Contents: Pen & ink Illustrations of Seventeenth Century Gloves; A Study of Gloves; Gloves, Poems and Perfume; Remember the People Involved with Goldwork; Further Thoughts on Ceremony; Kits and Information on Kits; Suggestions on Recording Individual Pieces of Work for Research, Collections or Insurance; Using a Circle as a Basis for a Design; Replacing the Circle with Ideas for Goldwork Embroidery; Book Review; & more

Issue 5 - January 2005

Contents: Use of Motives in Ceremonial Dress and Textiles; The Use of Plate; Analysis of Working the Motives of the Lord Chancellor's Robe; The Use of Wire in Goldwork Embroidery; Working Needlelace in Metal Threads or Wire; Books in Print; & more.

Issue 4 - October 2004

Contents: Lettering in Goldwork; Use of Bullion and Purl; Two Colour Cords, Pencil & Doorknob Method; The Last Padding Covered in the Background Material; Know the Best Equipment for the Job -- Frames; How to Frame Up; Project: Securing a Photograph; Books in Print -- Reference Books; Working a Sampler; & more.

Issue 3 - July 2004

Contents: Four hundred years and forty years - Diane Bates and Sara McGonagle; Laid work: Technique and variations; Barbara Byfield - A Homeworker; A day of Or Nue, 'Summer Flight' - Angela Old; Answers to your questions; Using passing thread in the needle; Using a framework for surface stitching; 'A sun pitcher plant' - from a botanical illustration - Eva Witton; 'Sundew' - Jean Rowles; Book review and Sir Ninian Comper.

Issue 2 - April 2004

Contents: St Cuthbert's Maniple & Stole; Know the Best Equipment for the Job -- Needles; Actual Size Needles, Courtesy of John James; Padding & Applying Metallic Skin Bullion and Purl; The Preparation and Stitching of Purl; Couching -- A Continuation; Comparative Sizes of Yarn; Using a Monocular; Books in Print -- Reference Books; & more.

Issue 1 - January 2004

Contents: A Brief History; Equipment; Using Traditional Goldwork in a Modern Context; Relative Sizes of Jap Threads; Other Traditional Threads; Couching -- A Starting Point; The Pierna Cope; Books in Print -- Reference Books; Project: Tracing of a Chinese Iris; & more.