Viking Embroidery Stitches & Motifs

© 1997 C. Priest-Dorma

 

 

While I was poking about on http://caeranterth.northshield.org, which is the website for The Barony of Caer Anterth Mawr in the Kingdom of Northshield, I found a link to "Viking Embroidery Stitches and Motifs" by  Þóra Sharptooth MKA Carolyn Priest-Dorma.

The images of the motifs are charming, and there's a nice discussion of Viking textiles, threads, and embroideries from tenth-century grave sites.  I especially enjoyed reading about Viking ornamentation on seams. 

The bibliography is an excellent resource for locating photographs of extant embroidery samples.

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikembroid.html