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Pattern Darning

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.

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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.

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A book was also given as a reference and I found a copy on Amazon.

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Other than this Medieval piece  I have only been able to find examples of baby clothes on Pinterest, no source given.

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So it is with interest that I await the publication of this book.

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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/

Carolyn Foley


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?

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If you search for smøyg on Pinterest, you will get a lot of results:)

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