I’ve been on a bit of a roundels kick lately. Maybe that’s because arranging an allover pattern of evenly spaced circles — even circles with elaborate designs in them — is a lot easier than arranging one of those asymmetric medieval damasks. And maybe I’m into roundels right now because it’s less than 100 days until Pennsic (that’s the Pennsic War, the biggest event held each year by the Society for Creative Anachronism), and Byzantine-style clothing is popular for hot-weather SCA events.
I’m also continuing to work on designs inspired by the Manesse Codex. The floral allover still isn’t what I want it to be, but the rows-of-people turned out well. And the tea towel/wall hanging design, which I always think of as “A Pike on Your Head” because of the fish adorning the knight’s helmet. (Okay, maybe that pun only makes sense if you know that pike can mean a fish or a polearm, among other things.)