Hand-Embroidered Altar Blot Pouch to Eir
Depicting items of importance to my work with Eir (healing sage, my seidr staff, and a needle for suturing), this felt blot pouch was hand-embroidered and sewn with galdr worked into each stitch. I’ve been trying for a long time to settle on a way to incorporate embroidery into my devotional work, symbolically stitching material in honor of Eir’s duty as surgeon, but nothing seemed right. I considered making altar cloths, but I wanted something functional as well as decorative. I decided on a pouch in which I can place all my offerings and easily change them out as needed without disturbing the arrangement of my altar overmuch; it’s a good compromise. I may make a set of smaller ones for the other goddesses I honor as well and add hooks on the wall above the altar so that I can hang them there for ease of use.
