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Applique Knotwork Belt Favor

by Sidney Eileen
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor, by Sidney Eileen, wool applique on wool with linen thread
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor

This knotwork applique belt favor was created as part of the Made it at War contest at Talon Crescent War I, located in the Barony of Starkhafn, Kingdom of Caid, SCA.

I had linen thread in my sewing kit at war, so I cut strips of wool, pinned and then basted them into a knotwork pattern, and then appliqued them down with a blanket stitch. By the time I finished with the applique there was very little time left, so I turned it into a belt favor. It is entirely hand stitched using linen thread.

Knotwork Applique Belt Favor - Back Side, by Sidney Eileen, wool on wool with linen thread
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor – Back Side
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor - Applique, by Sidney Eileen, wool on wool with linen thread
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor – Applique
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor - Detail, by Sidney Eileen, wool on wool with linen thread
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor – Detail
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor - WIP2, by Sidney Eileen, wool on wool with linen thread
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor – WIP2. When I took this photo I had just finished the blanket stitches and removed the basting stitches.
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor - WIP1, by Sidney Eileen, wool on wool with linen thread
Knotwork Applique Belt Favor – WIP1. When I took this photo I was mostly finished with the blanket stitching, and had not yet removed the basting stitches running down the center of the grey strips of wool.

My apologies that I neglected to take a photo of this when the wool was held in place by pins, before I had basted it in place.  There were LOTS of pins.