I will be teaching a class on freehand blackwork embroidery techniques this coming weekend at Talon Crescent War (with the SCA), so I have created some new materials and posted them on this web site.

Basics of Elizabethan Freehand Blackwork Embroidery
Blackwork embroidery is monochromatic embroidery in both counted and freehand forms, but this article specifically focuses on the styles and basic techniques of freehand blackwork embroidery in the Elizabethan and Tudor eras in England.

Freehand Blackwork Embroidery Patterns
This page contains freehand blackwork embroidery patterns that I have transcribed from extant pieces, or created in the style of extant pieces and portraits.  They are all appropriate for 16th and early 17th century style freehand blackwork embroidery, especially English style.