Viking Embroidery - TEX03A05

(Created by Herrin Auriana Ravenstein)

Level of Content: Beginner. Students become familiar basic embroidery techniques and how they were manipulated to make Viking Embroidered pieces

Estimated Length of Class: 1 hour, depending on amount of students, student participation, and modern world information.

Course Description: This class will familiarize the student's with motifs of the Vikings, colors and dyes used by the Vikings, how some Viking motifs can be used with Celtic Embroidery.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this class, students should be able to:

Identify common Viking motifs;

Identify common stitches used in Viking embroidery;

Recognize certain colors and dyes used in Viking embroidery.

Suggested Teaching Resources:

• Bender Jørgensen, Lise. Forhistoriske textiler I Skandinavien (Prehistoric Scandinavian Textiles). Copenhagen: Det Kongelige nordiske Oldskriftselskab, 1986.
• Carlson, Jennifer L. Sewing Stitches Used inMedieval Clothing, 1999,2003

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm

• Geijer, Agnes. Birka III, Die Textilfunde aus den Gräber. Birka: Untersuchungen und Studien II. Uppsala: Kungl. 1938.
• Hägg, Inga. Die Textilfunde aus dem Hafen von Haithabu. Schleswig, Germany: Karl Wachholtz Verlag Neumunster, 1984.
• Hald, Margrethe. Ancient Danish Textiles From Bogs and Burials. Denmark: Fyens Stiftsbogtrykkeri, 1980.
• Nichols, Marion. Encyclopedia of Embroidery Stitches, Including Crewel, New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. 1974
• Preist-Dorman, Carolyn, Viking Embroidery Stitches and Motifs, - 1993,1994,1997
• All photos of Mammen Cloak courtesy of :  Ward, Christie (Mistress Gunnvor silfraharr) http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/embroid.htm

Syllabus kindly created for RUGA by Herrin Auriana Ravenstein, June 2007.