[Regia-NA] featherstitching

[Hrolf Douglasson]

ahh the old problems with names...what I call feather stitch is what is on
Don's tunic.....along the seams.
and the 30inches bit for width of cloth is practical I and other hand
weavers find any wider d**m near impossible to do unless there are two of
you at the loom.try it your arms don't reach:) and I have had this confirmed
via the spinners and weavers guild over here. widths increased with the
introduction of the flying shuttle
vara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hazel Uzzell" <gythe@snrd.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] featherstitching


> In the drawings from 'Mammen Grav, kunst og samfund i vikingtid'  Ed.
Mette
> Iverson. p136. The stitch edging the cushion is described as a 'raised
> fishbone stitch'  placed over the seam. This does not resemble either the
> fishbone stitch or the herringbone stitch so named in the Madeira book of
> embroidery stitches. In Birka III  Agnes Geiger p110 there is a drawing of
> what I considered to be the closest to Van Dike stitch, although this is
not
> identical. This resembles cross stitch with one 'long leg' when worked. I
> mistakenly attributed this stitch to the Mammen cushion.Geiger calls this
> 'osenstitch'
> 'Feather stitch' in the above named stitch book does not resemble anything
> that I have seen from the period. Any ideas where I can find it Vara?
> Cheers,
> Hazel
>
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