MusingsOfHulda

The Germanic Phenotype Artwork by Wolfgang Willrich (German, 1897-1948)

Sketch of a girl in white blouse by Hans Dahl (Norwegian, 1849-1937)

Custom spots full for February. Now accepting custom spots for March. 🪡⚡️

This northern medieval style of embroidered earrings has taken me a while to design and I went back to the drawing board a few times. I thought the Othala/Ingwaz pattern was so beautiful though that it had to be worn as jewelry.

This northern medieval style of embroidered earrings has taken me a while to design and I went back to the drawing board a few times. I thought the Othala/Ingwaz pattern was so beautiful though that it had to be worn as jewelry.

Imbolc is a special holiday for shepherds and often marks the start of lambing season. Festivals were often celebrated with ewe’s milk. The festival itself likely gets its name from the old Irish word imbolg, meaning in ‘the belly’, referring to the pregnancy of the ewes. Many other herd animals give birth during this time of year as well.

Finnish Karelian woman embroidering a Karelian ritual towel, a käspaikka, in llomantsi, Finland. 1927.

A young Icelandic girl, 1955

Postcard from Lillehammer, Norway. 1959

Mother Denmark by Elisabeth Jerichau-Bauman, 1851

My own Hardanger embroidery piece. 🪡🇳🇴

Hardanger embroidery (Norwegian: Hardangersøm) is a type of whitework embroidery popularized in the Hardanger region of Norway. This style requires an even-weave linen and uses a counted-thread technique. Hardanger was used to decorate traditional Norwegian costumes called bunads as well as other items of clothing and household linens such as mats, curtains and bedspreads.

Sif by Dilyana Bozhinova

Interesting fact about cross-stitch; it is one of oldest styles of embroidery (the earliest existing example dates from AD 850) and is a style found across many cultures. It is especially cherished in European culture for its association with honest simplicity.

Work in progress: Kolovrat. ☀️

Stunning details of Upphlutur, traditional Icelandic bodice costume

Karelian woman making kalittoja, a traditional Karelian pasty

"Osterdalskongen" - "The King of Osterdal" Andreas Bloch (1860-1917) Norwegian painter. The bear-like man in the picture is Knut Strand, the main character in Jacob Breda Bull's novel Osterdalskongen, which describes the life of Jacob Eriksen Haarset (1818-1903), a very wealthy forest owner, timber merchant, farmer, and mayor of Rendalen.