6.1 “knædug”

6.1 knædug

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TYPE: knædug
TECHNIQUE: square cut work, counted thread work
”Knædug” with square cut work and counted thread work. The ”knædug” has a plain pattern with square areas embroidered with counted thread work. Inside the areas, hearts, stars, and squares are embroidered with square cut work and counted thread work. The embroidery is divided into borders by H hemstitching. A loose plaited warp of a more coarse fabric is attached to the ”knædug” like a ‘false’ hemstitch, by weaving over thicker threads which span the two pieces of fabric.

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Please note

• How the needlewoman uses her imagination with counted thread work and square cut work patterns in the small diagonal squares which form the characteristic diagonal rows of counted thread work
• How some of the square cut work areas are surrounded by a row of backstitch while others are not
• The monograms embroidered with both red and blue cross-stitching, with crowns flanked by reindeer and cockerels above them
• The embroidery is made by a very experienced needlewoman. The embroidery was given to Greve Museum together with textile nr 6.2 and 8.2 and has, together with these, been shown in the exhibition Folk Embroideries at the end of the 1950s