Birka and Beyond

This page supports my article "Birka and Beyond" published in the TWIST Journal of Fall 2002. To learn more about TWIST, please visit TWIST's website.

All patterns of this page can be downloaded by clicking on the links labeled "Download Pattern: xyz". To make use of the downloaded pattern files you first need to download and install the software.

#	Icon	Description
1	Download Pattern: birka	Starting point: the traditional Birka pattern.	5 Download Pattern: bbsnake A confused snake.
2	Download Pattern: birka2	Step 1: the sides are "bent".
3	Download Pattern: birka1 Download Pattern: birka7 Weaving directions for these patterns.	Step 2: top and bottom are bent, white space is added... voilà - we have a knot!
4	Download Pattern: birka5   Download Pattern: birka10 Download Pattern: birka6	More knots.

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