Thread Tales: Continuing the Bayeux Tapestry Embroidery Laid and Couch (Bayeux Stitch)

I'm recreating part of the Bayeux Tapestry embroidery using authentic materials and equipment. I want to explore how it was made, the techniques used, the time it took, how the materials and equipment reacted to being used, and how the embroiderers may have made decisions and felt as they worked.

In this video we continue the embroidery. We're now filling some of the design we outlined in the previous videos with Laid and Couched Work / Bayeux Stitch.

As we go I talk about different aspects of the stitching, the hows and whys of the stitch and discussion where else you see it, my observations and I answer and discuss some of your questions and comments.

Other project, stitch and Bayeux Tapestry related videos:
Day 1 - Stitching:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation - Starting the ...  
How to embroiderer stem stitch:    • How to Embroider Stem Stitch  
How many stitches does it take:    • How many stitches does it take to make the...  
The Back of the BT:    • The Back of a Bayeux Tapestry inspired emb...  
Transferring the Design:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Transfe...  
Framing up the ground fabric:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Framing Up  
The equipment:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Update ...  
The design:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Design ...  
Introducing the project:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project First U...  

My published analyses can be found here:
'The Front tells, the Story the Back tells the History: a technical discussion of the embroidering of the Bayeux Tapestry', in Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry Readings and Reworkings, ed. Anna C. Henderson with Gale R. Owen-Crocker (Manchester University Press, 2016)
'Les six Chateaux de la Tâpisserie de Bayeux: une discussion technique du travail de broderie de la Tapisserie de Bayeux' in L'invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, ed. Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown & Gale Owen-Crocker (Point de Vues, 2018)
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: the sacred and secular power of embroidery (Oxbow, 2019)


Websites mentioned in the video:
The border: https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/la-tapis...

Dr Alexandra Makin
Early Medieval Embroidery
Professional Embroiderer
Textile Archaeologist
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