An incomplete history, description and guide as it applies to the particular style from the area of Tinn in northern Telemark, Norway.

This is details from my national costume, called “bunad” in Norwegian. I won’t wear it tomorrow since we’re going away, so I thought it was a good idea to show some of it t…

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If I could categorize embroidery books into types, I’d probably divide them up like this: Embroidery techniques, embroidery projects, embroidery history (and culture), old embroidery books, embroidery patterns… I’m sure if we all put our heads together, we could come up with a few more general categories that hand embroidery books usually fall into, but ...

The Norwegian National Costume (or "Bunad" as it is called in norwegian) is often heavily decorated with embroidery. What makes this garment so special is that they are all hand made and all the embroidery is done by hand. To be able to make a "bunad" you have to take make course and be taught how to do it correctly. We (by me meaning norwegians) are very proud of our culture and history and despite it being easier to do this by machine it is part of our cultural history that they are hand…