I learned about the Överhogdal tapestries a few days ago. I also found that there is a wee slight (16 pp) book about them, in an English translation, and that said book could be had from a West Coast rug-focused bookstore. (They bid me greetings from the West Kingdom in their acknowledgement of my order, recognizing the "sca" in my email address, evidently!) It came today.
It gives some really good, useful information on how these tapestries were made. At first, they were thought to be embroideries, but since the wool design threads never pierced the underlying linen base, they were reclassified as soumak embroideries.
Now, I suspect there's a really good chance they were soumak tapestry-woven. But you could create a structurally identical piece if you had a linen embroidery fabric and a blunt tapestry needle - going through the holes of the fabric carefully.
EDIT: *headdesk* If you're interested in these tapestries, get a much more detailed book for less than I paid for my new loot over here.
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