Saturday, September 12, 2009
Brick stitch pattern #19
Since it's been a while since I posted a new pattern, here one is. The source is a hanging from Isenhagen, dated to the 14th century (Kroos, item #66). The full size of the hanging is 120 cm high by 315 cm wide. I don't know the original colors, but it appears that white stitches were on a natural linen colored background, and some of the linen was left unstitched. In the pattern on the left, I indicated the unstitched areas with a beige color. In the pattern on the right I used colors that are period appropriate but not known to have ever been used together in this pattern; I just thought it looked pretty and wanted to provide an alternative to the white. This pattern was used in the original embroidery to fill the halo of a winged bull.
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2 comments:
Why must you come up with another delightful pattern right when I'm trying to cut my project load DOWN?
Looks excellent in nice contrasting colors.I love this brick stitch which I am seeing for the first time...and the use of wool in it makes me love it more.
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