Pattern

[curiouswombat]

Some of my favourite patterns are the interlaced Celtic and Viking ones...

Comments

[chamekke]

What a fascinating picture! I love how you've got several patterns going here - the knotwork, the rounded pebble cobbles, and those Ogham-looking runes. A great choice :-)

[curiouswombat]

Thank you!

[shirebound]

So amazing. I hope the sculptors and stone-cutters of the time were held in high esteem.

[curiouswombat]

They certainly seemed to be - and some of the stones, at least, are signed.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I agree; Celtic patterns are mesmerising sometimes. And ancient ones always get my vote!

[curiouswombat]

We have a wide selection of them. Mainly still either inside the relevant parish church or, as in the second one, in a lean-to in the church yard.

[slaymesoftly]

Those are lovely and interesting. They look very old.

[curiouswombat]

Aren't they! Both are about 1,150 years old.

[thismaz]

Oh yes, I love the intricacy of Celtic and Viking knot work, too.
That second one is really interesting, because it looks like a six-ways plait, until you look hard at it. I don't think I ever seen a pattern like that before.

[curiouswombat]

Yes - the second one is clever, isn't it? I picked from some of the others because it is purely pattern without 'picture', and when I looked carefully at the pattern I realised what a neat 'cheat' it was.