Silk knots Birka Viking belt
Birka (near Stockholm, Sweden) was an important viking
age economic, power and cultural center where many textiles
have been found and studied. Fabrics and woven bands there
oftentimes shows distinctive patterns and designs which took
the name Birka afterwards.
Here, Sivrúnr experimented with a technique called Brocade
Weaving, which consists of weaving an additionnal thread over
some of the background threads in order to accentuate shapes
and motifs. Traditionnaly, such a technique would be made with
a gold or a silver thread on a silken band. But here, Sivrúnr
simply made a 100% grey and black woolen band and added
100% very soft pale blue silk as the brocade thread
Sivrúnr, Etsy
Birka (near Stockholm, Sweden) was an important viking
age economic, power and cultural center where many textiles
have been found and studied. Fabrics and woven bands there
oftentimes shows distinctive patterns and designs which took
the name Birka afterwards.
Here, Sivrúnr experimented with a technique called Brocade
Weaving, which consists of weaving an additionnal thread over
some of the background threads in order to accentuate shapes
and motifs. Traditionnaly, such a technique would be made with
a gold or a silver thread on a silken band. But here, Sivrúnr
simply made a 100% grey and black woolen band and added
100% very soft pale blue silk as the brocade thread
Sivrúnr, Etsy
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