This paper really made my day:
http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1960talet/1969_192.pdf
It's about a Swedish embroidered pillow from the first half of the 14th century. The close-ups are amazing. The text is in Swedish (too bad!), but luckily, there is an English summary at the end
I found this nice paper on medieval Scandinavian embroidery via google:
http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/embroidery/Scandinavian.pdf
Things that were interesting to me:
- fig 1: overview of lacing stitches. The one on the second row to the right looks really nice, and I think the one in the left corner below was also frequently used in 14th/15th century whitework
-fig 3: pictures of the original St. Brigitta coif
-fig 4: a pillow done in needle weaving
