Pattern Darning
February 23, 2018
I have always liked pattern darning. Maybe it is the regularity of the patterns, it's geometric base, or maybe it was because running stitch was the first stitch I learnt and all it's variations? What every the reason I like it, so it is with great interest that I see that Yvette Stanton has a new book coming out this year about Norwegian Pattern Darning.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/vettycreations
I started to do some digging into this technique and found that there isn't a lot to find. I did find this image that shows a historical piece.
source:http://medieval.webcon.net.au/loc_scandinavia_norway.html
A book was also given as a reference and I found a copy on Amazon.
Other than this Medieval piece I have only been able to find examples of baby clothes on Pinterest, no source given.
So it is with interest that I await the publication of this book.
Pattern darning is an endless source of delight to me, too. It's found in so many places, with so many both parallel and divergent elements, as one would expect a form governed by both weaving's geometry and cultural preferences to be.
Here's another for your collection - the embroidery of the Toda people of South India, one of the happy things we found prowling the fair trade artisans' markets there :
https://string-or-nothing.com/2013/11/14/in-which-we-buy-embroideriespart-ii/
Posted by: D | February 24, 2018 at 04:55 AM
Thanks for the link. This one reminds me of the New Zealand Maori patterns. Same colours and very similar designs. I wonder if there is some link to the tattoos they share?
Posted by: Carolyn Foley | February 25, 2018 at 03:18 PM
If you search for smøyg on Pinterest, you will get a lot of results:)
Posted by: A | July 07, 2018 at 01:15 AM