Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Charted Mordvin Patterns UPDATED

This blog has some examples and a link to more charted traditional Mordvin clothing patterns. They'd make a very pretty sampler or perhaps the basis for a geometric pattern, wouldn't they?  I can see blackwork backgrounds based on some of these.
http://www.presentandcorrect.com/blog/14845

https://archive.org/stream/mordvalaistenpuk00heik#page/n7/mode/thumb

Many thanks to Two Nerdy History Girls for pointing this out.

UPDATE:  Playing with the patterns
https://suetortoise.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/woven-circles-and-a-fascinating-book/

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