yuletart | Giftart for Xenakis

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Giftart for Xenakis_!

Title: Carry On
Gift for:

xenakis_
Artist:

lady_ganesh
Rating: G
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Warnings: N/A
Artist's Notes: Made with authentic medieval stitch patterns, though perhaps not authentic colors.
Summary: Every wizard needs a carry-all.

MOD NOTE: Dear

xenakis_, your Mystery Artist has offered to send you this beautiful craft! Arrangements can be made after the reveals. Happy holidays!

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Wow, what an amazing gift ♥

Thank you!

That is so cool! Aww, what a great gift. This is why I love yuletart, it's just overflowing with fuzzy holiday spirit <3

It was so much fun! Thank you.

OMG this is such a terrific present! :))) Wonderful work - Kudos! (I've always been crap at knitting and I admire everyone who has the patience to do patterns!)

Thank you! I find watching a lot of television and sitting through meetings helps, lolz.

That is so cool! So that's what stitch patterns were used during medieval time. Research is awesome!

The deer are Eyptian and the others are properly European, and yes, it was fun! Thanks.

Edited because you should never comment with Asterix on the brain.

Edited 2010-01-05 03:20 (UTC)

How wonderful! Beautiful and functional! It looks lovely. :)

Thanks!

wow, gorgeous pattern and a lovely-looking item! awesome!

Thanks so much!

Yay fiber artists! \o/

This is so gorgeous!

Thanks!

Wow, that is such an amazing and unique gift!

Thank you!

Not really in the Merlin fandom, but I like how creative this idea is! Also, knitted goods with a fannish tinge! Something that is always awesome ♥

Crafts are fun! Thank you.

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Thank you!

That is so cool! The design is really pretty, and given my own frustrations with knitting, I always admire people who do such amazing work with it :)

Thanks! (Now don't ask me to do crochet, that's not pretty at all....)

I CAN HAS A BAG!!!!

This is so incredibly awesome. I never expected to get an actual object and this is just so cool! I love the design and colours and that you researched medieval stitch patterns for it. Perhaps I'll have Merlin carry it next time I draw him :)

Oh! I can't wait to get my hands on this, and I'm already thinking of how to put it to good use. Perhaps I'll put my art supplies in it!

Thank you so much, Mystery Artist! This is truly a great present!

If you do, please let me know! :D

I am so, so glad you're so happy with this!

Oh wow! That is so neat!

I am always amazed that people can make ... REAL STUFF! Very cool!

Thank you!

Dude! This is fantastic. I love to see people taking Yuletart in new directions. :)

I cannot draw, so when I realized we could craft for Yuletart I signed up! Thanks so much.

Oh wow, this is awesome! Amazing job and very creative! :)

Thanks so much!

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL OMG

Eee, thank you!

Awesome that you found stitch patterns from the time! Looks sweet.

Fortunately, there are wiser people than I on the Internet, who research such materials! Thanks.

WOW! Xenakis, you are crazy lucky! That is a fantastic bag! Mystery Artist of Xenakis, I love the way you took a fanart idea away from the usual representative illustrationg stuff-- this is brilliant!

Oh, thank you so much!

*jaw drops* Holy crap, that is AMAZING. Did you knit this? It's absolutely beautiful. I've always found fair isle knitting incredibly frustrating, so I'm in total awe of the technical skills needed to create something like this. And it makes for such a neat tie-in to the Merlin fandom! With actual medieval stitch pattens!

You rock, mystery artist. This is one of the coolest Yuletart gifts I've seen yet.

Thank you so much! The back's something of a mess, as I just informed poor

_xenakis, but I'm glad the front looked well.

Ahhh, oh my god! Mystery artist, do you take commissions? I'm totally curious about the significance of the symbols, or if they're just period -- I assume those are deer and trees, but are those infinity symbols on the top? Because they are Once and Future?

I WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF THAT.

I did take the deer and trees because Arthur spends so much time tromping around the woods hunting, but I hadn't thought of any symbology on the top and bottom. (The deer were originally ibis, but I gave them bigger horns, lol.)

Oh, wow, that is just gorgeous!

Thanks so much!

Holy shit, this is fantastic! Such intricate patterns and lovely colours, and just -- such a cool idea.

Thank you! It was tremendously fun.

LKDHFKJFHDJKFHERJE I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SO MUCH. That it's practical and it's useful and it's artistic and it's research and it's a beautiful blend of centuries-old patterns and modern colours OH MAN. THAT'S THE BEST PART OF ALL.

AHAHAH the best part being that your research is probably ten times more than the actual Merlin TV show does, bless it. XD