#oseberg

This was my first sweater knitted in the round, first stranded colourwork project, and my first time steeking. It was definitely my most challenging project so far, and a lot of learning and research was involved. I used a colourwork chart created by the very talented Molly Gifford, which is available for free on Ravelry

For reference, this is one of the fragments uncovered from the gravesite:

Some scholars think that the Oseberg tapestry includes the earliest known artistic depiction of Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn. So I added them to the sleeves as a little Easter egg.

Got enough to do the cuff trim on the klappenrock finally! It’s not the smoothest job, but it was educational and I went straight to lace weight linen for my second project from mercerized cotton and let me tell you, that is a fuckin’ skill jump lol. Worth it, this is home grown and dyed all on one farm, and it’ll suit the wool better than shiny cotton.

This stuff does not slide at all and there’s zero flex. I had to wax it thoroughly so it would slide through the cards and this both helps with the knotting and also makes the tangling worse, make sense of that if you can, good luck.

Strong as an ox though. Had to cut it off the loom because the tension was getting too high to work, so we’ll finish the rest proper Viking style tied to a doorknob and my belt lol. (This is backwards at the moment, the actual setup has the band tied across from you and not the warp threads, but you can do it this way too. Not as smooth and even as loom work though)

ok tried weaving something for the first time seriously, chose to do it in the most hellish way possible (backstrap, but I hold all the tension in the warp with my hand bc I’m stupid), losing my mind and eyesight good night

I was looking for resources on Viking/Norse art and art styles, and came across The Anatomy of Viking Art by Jonas Lau Markussen. It's a quick guide to the major styles of Norse animal ornament art, with maps, timelines, tutorials and descriptions.

The whole guide is freely available to read in its entirety online, and there are also downloadable graphics sets and illustrations.

Timeline of the Norse art styles

Tutorials explaining the anatomy of each style

shapes, outlines, flow, patterns, composition, and motifs

Downloadable graphics sets

Germanic and Norse inspired ornaments and designs, and border chain patterns (free for non-commercial use, reasonably priced for commercial use)

But wait, there's more!

A weekly newsletter, featuring original art and illustrations of Norse archaeological artifacts.

Most of the known Nordic rune stones are or will be listed, with transcripts in unicode runes, transliterated to Latin alphabet, and translated to English.

Sections under development on Germanic art and Norse runestone styles.