Free Celtic Clip Art

Free Celtic Clip Art

History has it that for centuries together Celts ruled over Turkey, Spain, Germany and Britain. The simple reason as to why even today the celtic cross stitch is so famous and prominent is because the people of Celt were wandering souls thus spreading their art form to all places they went. You shall be amazed to know that the art is no less than 25 centuries old. A few patterns are dated around 500 B.C. You can view the basic introductions to this cross stitch art.

Celts were considerably documented for their innovation and also décor of all possessions. If compared with those times most of their possessions were embedded with highly vague celtic patterns. One could observe their unusual patterns over all their belongings like clothes, shields, utensils, vessels, and swords and even decorated their walls with similar patterns.

Celtic knots are well-known but did you know that they are not exclusive to the Celts? They in fact turn up at an earlier time in history in Roman mosaics and were also used by the Vikings and Saxons. They represent patterns made by ropes, intricately woven, not inevitably in the shape of a knot. Occasionally they are continuous, i.e. with no loose ends, when they are called Gordian knots, named after the legendary knot that Alexander the Great tried to unfasten. When he was unsuccessful, as he must be as the knot had no end, he took his sword and sliced it through, cutting it in half in order to make two ends.

Free Celtic Clip Art