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SUMMARY:Njálurefill Icelandic Saga Tapestry exhibition and public education
DESCRIPTION:\nMay 12-19 | See schedule below \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe public is invited to view the tapestry and listen to presentations by Claudia Pétursson about The Njál’s Saga Tapestry Project of Iceland. Local school groups are being invited too, for special viewings and educational talks about the tapestry and the stories in the saga. \n\n\n\n\nAbout this tapestry:\n\n\n\nIn the town of Hvolsvöllur, South Iceland, the community hand-embroidered a 90 meter-long tapestry depicting Iceland’s most famous saga, Njál’s Saga• this may be the longest, hand-stitched tapestry in the world• they completed the entire tapestry in 7 years, with 12,518 discrete sewing entries• the artists used natural Icelandic sheep’s wool and hand-dyed the wool with local plants• visitors from every continent on earth, except Antarctica, came to sew• the tapestry is sewn in the Bayeux style, like the 1000-year old tapestry in Bayeux, France• 1,000 years later, 400,000 people still visit the Bayeux Tapestry each year\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy donation.\n\n\n\nOverview and background to these events: https://studiohcanadaresidency.ca/2025/04/09/the-longest-tapestry-in-the-world-comes-to-metchosin-from-iceland/\n\n\n\nRegistration for FREE Embroidery Workshops: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTABR9xTUPcnDlGbBjz8cg_2j1RnNz4JpYZ_onafMPboy9Vg/viewform?usp=sharing\n\n\n\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/Njalurefill?fref=ts ( https://www.facebook.com/Njalurefill?fref=ts )\n
URL:https://metchosinartcentre.ca/events/njalurefill-icelandic-saga-tapestry-exhibition-and-public-education-855/
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