Urnes-Style Interlaced Beast Embroidery Design

Description

Title: Urnes-Style Interlaced Beast 1
History: Based on decoration incised into a Viking Age silver bowl, buried circa 1050 CE in Gotland, Sweden. It was made in the late Viking Age style of decoration known as the Urnes style.

Color Changes w/suggested colors:

01 – Beast’s Body – Silver
02 – Outlining – Black

Tips:

1. This piece, being dimensionally carved from satin stitches, looks great without the outline as a single-color motif if you want a more understated look. See how the light plays on the thread!