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== Introduction ==
Countess Ianthé d'Averoigne, OL, OR, CoC, CCoM.  Mostly retired from eventing life these days, although may be found online, especially on her blog [http://string-or-nothing.com String-or-Nothing] or occasionally on FaceBook, dabbling in historical embroidery and knitting forums.

== Projects & Publications ==
*''Blackwork'', Hand-drawn booklet on blackwork embroidery, June 1977.
*''Counted Patterns from Before 1600'', hand-drawn booklet of stitching patterns, June 1979, June 1980.
*''The New Carolingian Modelbook: Counted Embroidery Patterns from Before 1600'', Outlaw Press, 1995.
*''Ensamplario Atlantio: Being a Collection of Filling Patterns Suitable for Blackwork Embroidery'', Black Rose Press, 2011.
* "Observations on a Blackwork Smock," ''Ars Scientia Orientalis'', May 2014.
*''Ensamplario Atlantio II'', Black Rose Press, 2020.
*''The Second Carolingian Modelbook: More Counted Patterns from Historical Sources'', Wild Puma Press, 2021.


== Accomplishments ==
* Cofounder of Carolingia's Borough of Fenmere (On-campus group at Brandeis University)
* First East Kingdom Queen to take up arms (AS XI - note - not Queen by right of arms, but the first Eastern Queen to fight, and lead troops on the field).
* With [[Fernando Salazar y Perez|Don Fernando Salazar y Perez]], Count, Knight and Puma - East Kingdom monarchs when Pennsic VI was held (first War at Coopers' Lake).  Participated in talks on selecting and commissioning Coopers' Lake as war site for Pennsic VI.
* Wrote initial set of laws and procedures governing Courts of Courtesy in the East (now long since superseded).
* Founding Guildmistress of the Carolingian Needleworkers Guild (AS XII)
* Work in embroidery research, recreation, publishing, teaching, and otherwise fostering interest in blackwork embroidery and allied counted thread styles recognized by award of a Laurel in AS XIII.
* Only recently took her first Apprentice - the Noble Iulia Crispina (aka [[Cristina Volpina]]), of the Barony of the Bridge.
* Embroidered blackwork coif accepted to the Victoria and Albert Museum's permanent collection, as part of the mundane 'Unstitched Coif' Project led by Toni Buckby, 2023

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