Viking Age Pattern Darning - A Plausible Viking Tablecloth

[ragnvaeig]

My table linens project ideas have come to fruition, and I have put together what I think is a really pretty linen tablecloth for use with our feast gear. This is going to be one of the projects I'm intending to show at Pennsic A&S, because I believe that some of the following stitches represent pattern darning, and they come from graves at

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[kass_rants]

Amazing work! Amazing documentation! I stand in awe.

[ragnvaeig]

Thank you. :) I squeed my pants when I saw the description in Textilfunde. I'm sure you can relate to what I call my "professor mood swings", where one minute I'm cackling madly at how awesome the idea is, the next freaking out that I'm wrong, the next being paranoid someone would scoop me...I've had those for the past few months while I waited for the cojones to try some new embroidery (and the ILL delivery to be absolutely certain).

[kass_rants]

I can definitely relate! And I thought I was the only one who documents the piss out of something before she does it. Well, maybe not the only one... ;)

[ragnvaeig]

You are definitely not alone! It pays to be rigorous.

[kass_rants]

It sure does. I hate doing all that work and then finding out it's not right.

[ragnvaeig]

And then needing to live with it in its wrongness!

[kass_rants]

Yes, because you can't give it away because it's SOOOOOO WRONG!!!!! LOL

We've got a sickness you know.