Posament Handout Version 3

Pictures of the Birka posaments can be found at the Swedish History Museum website (http://historiska.se), along with a link to several resources, including Birka III (the textile finds).  

 

Posament group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/679673238710312/

 

Ethni has a lovely spreadsheet of posament finds, relevant links, and she has started adding tutorials.  http://eithni.com/posaments/

 

Tenntråd comes in various dimensions, with .30 mm being fairly common.  The percentage of silver versus pewter also varies.  I recommend the following links for purchasing it:  

Range of sizes and metals http://www.pewterofsweden.com/en/

Ethni’s etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheExcellentFrog?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Caid Populace Badges

Badges are displayed on a circle, and as people get pictures of them to me, or I draw them, I will update this.

Al-Sahid: Scorpion in yellow on a blue background.

Altavia:

Angels: All in gold, with no background color.

Calafia: The same but without the laurel wreath.

Carrag Wen: Purple crosses on a white background.

Darach: White background, surrounded by a blue border, and the acorn in black with the leaf to the right side.

Dreiburgen:

Dun Or: Just the tower, with the left side yellow and the right side blue, on no background color.

Gyldenholt:

Isles: The same, but without the laurel wreath.

Lyondemere: A yellow shell, and a green and white wavy background.

Naevehjem: Two yellow rings on a black background at the top, and a red ermine spot on a white background in the bottom two thirds of the circle.

Nordwache: A yellow phoenix on a blue tower, with no background color.

Starkhafn: A black coffin with a white eight pointed star.

Western Seas: Like the device, except it has a black clarion instead of the boat, and no laurel wreath.

                                Clarion:

Wintermist: Red snowflake with no background color.

Bayeux Tapestry Stitch/Laid and Couching Work Handout

 This is most often done to fill an area drawn onto fabric, which may have already been outlined using stem or split stitches.

As used in the Bayeux Tapestry

 

Step 1:  Lay single stitches from one edge of the area to another, passing slightly to the side under the fabric, before crossing the area again with a stitch from the opposite direction.  Repeat, keeping gaps between the laid threads as small as possible.

Step 2:  Lay single stitches across (perpendicular) the first stitches, in the same manner, leaving regularly spaced gaps between them. 

Step 3:  Couch the threads laid in step two by using a small stitch coming up from the back of the fabric to tie them down.  These should be offset from the previous line.

Norse Embroidery Stitches Updated Handout

 

Nalbinding Mammen Stitch