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♥ From My Collection ♥ (Which, is just another way of me saying I spent some time cleaning out closets and drawers this weekend.) But look at this! Behold! This is simply too gorgeous to languish in a chest. This is a pillowcase that I no longer recall from whence it came (I don't know who did it.) And, I'll admit that, like most needleworkers, I immediately looked at the backside. Not to see how neat it is, but to see if the back will offer any clues to the technique.
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What did I see on the backside? Nothing. I mean, it was blank. Or, almost blank. So, my eyes popped out of my head, and I looked at the front of it again. I finally realized that all of the floss had been woven, meticulously, <i>perfectly</i>, again and again, only on the topside of the fabric, by taking up counted stitches here and there.
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Oh, wise and wonderful internets! Tell me what this is!
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<p>
<b>"Huck Work"</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>It's Swedish in origin</li>
<li>Was very popular in the 30's and 40's. </li>
</ul>
<p>
Aaand, not much else. What do you know about it? If you notice the visible "weft and weave" (the fabric's texture -like a waffle), this is a characteristic of the cloth used for doing Huck work. I would think any type of cloth that has a visible, even weave could be used for this type of needlework. Don't you? It's just so pretty! And pretty psychedelic, too. There's something almost Mayan about the motifs.
</p>
<p>
Hold it! Even though you (and I) might not be taking up Huck work in the next five minutes, nothing says we can't enjoy looking at it. I mean, isn't' that the other half of enjoying embroidery? Doing it and then, <i>looking at it</i>? I think so. That's why:
</p>
<p>
<b>
</b>✓<b> I've attached a large version of my photo below so you can set it as your wallpaper! </b>
</p>
<p>
When someone asks you "Hey- what's that?" you can say "It's Huck work! It's Swedish! Don't you know? It was popular in the 30's and 40's. It's a weaving technique."
</p>
<p>
<i><b>UPDATE:</b></i> Some real-live Swedes have so generously weighed in with more thorough info in the comments!
</p>
<p>
x - x - x
</p>
<p>
(Yes, yes. I know. I need to add this to my languishing, little <a href="/glossary/9#letterh" target="_blank">Decorative Needlework Dictionary</a>)
</p>
<p>
Previously From My Collection: <a href="/embroideredmap.html" target="_blank">Embroidered Map </a>
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♥ From My Collection ♥ (Which, is just another way of me saying I spent some time cleaning out closets and drawers this weekend.) But look at this! Behold! This is simply too gorgeous to languish in a chest. This is a pillowcase that I no longer recall from whence it came (I don't know who did it.) And, I'll admit that, like most needleworkers, I immediately looked at the backside. Not to see how neat it is, but to see if the back will offer any clues to the technique.
</p>
<p>
What did I see on the backside? Nothing. I mean, it was blank. Or, almost blank. So, my eyes popped out of my head, and I looked at the front of it again. I finally realized that all of the floss had been woven, meticulously, <i>perfectly</i>, again and again, only on the topside of the fabric, by taking up counted stitches here and there.
</p>
<p>
Oh, wise and wonderful internets! Tell me what this is!
</p>
<p>
<b>"Huck Work"</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>It's Swedish in origin</li>
<li>Was very popular in the 30's and 40's. </li>
</ul>
<p>
Aaand, not much else. What do you know about it? If you notice the visible "weft and weave" (the fabric's texture -like a waffle), this is a characteristic of the cloth used for doing Huck work. I would think any type of cloth that has a visible, even weave could be used for this type of needlework. Don't you? It's just so pretty! And pretty psychedelic, too. There's something almost Mayan about the motifs.
</p>
<p>
Hold it! Even though you (and I) might not be taking up Huck work in the next five minutes, nothing says we can't enjoy looking at it. I mean, isn't' that the other half of enjoying embroidery? Doing it and then, <i>looking at it</i>? I think so. That's why:
</p>
<p>
<b>
</b>✓<b> I've attached a large version of my photo below so you can set it as your wallpaper! </b>
</p>
<p>
When someone asks you "Hey- what's that?" you can say "It's Huck work! It's Swedish! Don't you know? It was popular in the 30's and 40's. It's a weaving technique."
</p>
<p>
<i><b>UPDATE:</b></i> Some real-live Swedes have so generously weighed in with more thorough info in the comments!
</p>
<p>
x - x - x
</p>
<p>
(Yes, yes. I know. I need to add this to my languishing, little <a href="/glossary/9#letterh" target="_blank">Decorative Needlework Dictionary</a>)
</p>
<p>
Previously From My Collection: <a href="/embroideredmap.html" target="_blank">Embroidered Map </a>
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♥ From My Collection ♥ (Which, is just another way of me saying I spent some time cleaning out closets and drawers this weekend.) But look at this! Behold! This is simply too gorgeous to languish in a chest. This is a pillowcase that I no longer recall from whence it came (I don't know who did it.) And, I'll admit that, like most needleworkers, I immediately looked at the backside. Not to see how neat it is, but to see if the back will offer any clues to the technique.
</p>
<p>
What did I see on the backside? Nothing. I mean, it was blank. Or, almost blank. So, my eyes popped out of my head, and I looked at the front of it again. I finally realized that all of the floss had been woven, meticulously, <i>perfectly</i>, again and again, only on the topside of the fabric, by taking up counted stitches here and there.
</p>
<p>
Oh, wise and wonderful internets! Tell me what this is!
</p>
<p>
<b>"Huck Work"</b>
</p>
<ul>
<li>It's Swedish in origin</li>
<li>Was very popular in the 30's and 40's. </li>
</ul>
<p>
Aaand, not much else. What do you know about it? If you notice the visible "weft and weave" (the fabric's texture -like a waffle), this is a characteristic of the cloth used for doing Huck work. I would think any type of cloth that has a visible, even weave could be used for this type of needlework. Don't you? It's just so pretty! And pretty psychedelic, too. There's something almost Mayan about the motifs.
</p>
<p>
Hold it! Even though you (and I) might not be taking up Huck work in the next five minutes, nothing says we can't enjoy looking at it. I mean, isn't' that the other half of enjoying embroidery? Doing it and then, <i>looking at it</i>? I think so. That's why:
</p>
<p>
<b>
</b>✓<b> I've attached a large version of my photo below so you can set it as your wallpaper! </b>
</p>
<p>
When someone asks you "Hey- what's that?" you can say "It's Huck work! It's Swedish! Don't you know? It was popular in the 30's and 40's. It's a weaving technique."
</p>
<p>
<i><b>UPDATE:</b></i> Some real-live Swedes have so generously weighed in with more thorough info in the comments!
</p>
<p>
x - x - x
</p>
<p>
(Yes, yes. I know. I need to add this to my languishing, little <a href="/glossary/9#letterh" target="_blank">Decorative Needlework Dictionary</a>)
</p>
<p>
Previously From My Collection: <a href="/embroideredmap.html" target="_blank">Embroidered Map </a>
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Huckwork
So cute! I love the colours and I've never seen this technique before, or if I did, I had no idea that it was actually embroidery. Nice one Jenny!
Joey x
Huck work aka. vävsöm
Since I am both a happy embroiderist AND from Sweden I can tell you the story of the huck. In Sweden it´s called vävsöm that translated means weaving stich, and it has been around since the middle ages. Originally it´s said to come from the small island Öland on the swedish eastcoast. It was used to copy weaved patterns and some of the work is really hard to tell if its woven or embroiderd. It is still very popular in the circles of swedish handicrafters and there is a lot of patterns to choose from. The textile that most often is used to embroider on is what in swedish is called panama weave, its like plain weave but with dubble threads in both warp and weft instead.
So, that is some real swedish textile history for you!!
Hejdå!!
Erika
Holy Cow
That is amazing work! I am in complete awe but don't think I will be taking up "hucking" anytime soon.
Huck Work
It looks really delicious! But when I come to think of it - I recognizes it from the elementary school too! :) So, the technique itself isn´t that hard, but a work like this would make me quite dizzy!
Since I'm a Swede I dived into the National Encyclopedia. It didn't reveal much but it says that "the huck work (in swedish it's called "dräll", comes from the german "drilich" which means "threefold" in latin) is a weaving technique with which you can produce a geometrical pattern by the contrasting surface where the weft is dominating on one side and the warp one the other. Most used is the fiveshafted(?) satin." But there's also "droppdräll" where the threads are a bit loose and are divided in little uplifted squares on a plain weave, often in linen. Plus there's "daldräll", which has been very popular when creating distinctive patterns in the districts of Dalecarlia (Dalarna).
It's not much, but it's something! :D
Oh! I am making that design!
over July 4th vacation with family, I bought a book at Hobby Lobby about Swedish Huck Weaving. It's by Leisure Arts. Last night I couldn't sleep so I started my first one, it's that design there in fact. About to go in and work on it a little more before bed tonight. I'm doing it up in two shades of pink. It's very easy once you get started.
I seem to remember seeing
I seem to remember seeing huck work tea towels on Craftster quite some time ago, maybe last year some time? There was someone who was posting a bunch of them and seemed quite familiar with the method. Maybe she'd be a good resource. :) It's a beautiful technique.
Huck work
This was one of the first projects I did in Home Economics, in a Canadian elementary school in the late 60s. We made tea towels and could use fairly blunt needles given the nature of the work. I'd love to do it again....it works up so quickly and makes an impressive gift, but I've never been able to find huck towelling (as I remember my home ec teacher calling it).
Huck work
I have seen a SLEW of this stuff in thrift stores, and I knew it was hand-made, but didn't know what it was called. It does look amazing, and most of the motifs I've seen look exactly like the picture you've posted, I haven't seen too many deviations from that "look."