Scandinavian Folk Patterns for Counted Thread Embroidery - Softcover

Finseth, Claudia Riiff

 
9780931397202: Scandinavian Folk Patterns for Counted Thread Embroidery
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0931397200 ISBN 13: 9780931397202
Publisher: Pacific Search Pr, 1987

Synopsis

Scandinavian Folk Patterns for Counted Thread Embroidery draws needle workers into the world of Nordic folklore and tradition. In addition to presenting a comprehensive discussion of mythology and the folk history of narrative textiles in Scandinavia, Claudia Finseth creates fifty-eight striking original counted thread designs. Nordic history, culture and tradition come to life for modern embroiderers through the imaginative adaptation of traditional themes. Many of the projects feature the classic decorations that once adorned Norwegian, Swedish and Danish homes: bell pulls, table runners, wall hangings, samplers and Christmas decorations. The designs fall into five categories, each containing numerous spin-off projects for varying skill levels and imaginations. Each collection is centered around a traditional motif: Homestead (featuring ancestral farms and fjords); Snowflake (celebrating such northern symbols as snow and reindeer); Bits of Christmas (inspiring stockings and tree deco

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Publisher
Pacific Search Pr
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0931397200
ISBN 13 
9780931397202
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
182

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