Várblót / Spring Equinox Altar Cloth
For my very first várblót / spring equinox celebration, i want to make a special altar cloth runner that i can lay on top of my usual altar cloth for the celebration.
Here's the cross stitch pattern i made (feel free to use it yourself if you'd like :) (it's about 280 x 140 stitches)):
I decided to use motives that represent abundance, prosperity, and fertility (from a more nature-based viewpoint). I also wanted to have loooads of flowers. The overall design and the patterns are all taken from old traditional German embroidery patterns from the 16th to 18th century. Here are all the sources:
the animals are from a German pattern book from 1760 (some of the flowers are from there as well)
the top and bottom border are from a Swiss pattern book from 1600
the left and right border and one of the flowers are from a pattern book from ca. 1596
some of the smaller flowers are from a pattern book from 1608 and from a pattern book from 1604
(Now, unfortunately, the fabric and embroidery floss are still on their way and with only 6 days to go until the spring equinox, i'm 99.9% sure i won't finish it in time. But that's okay, i'll work on it throughout spring and then i'll have a finished product for the next spring equinox)
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