From book: Although called a tapestry, it was in fact worked in embroidery stitches and not woven on a loom and is one of the earliest, and certainly the greatest, strip cartoons, dating from around AD 1070-1080. It depicts the Norman conquest of England. The artist or artists are unknown, but the embroidery was almost certainly worked in England, possibly by the School of Embroidery at Canterbury, Kent. It was commissioned by Bishop Odo to be hung in his cathedral at Bayeux.

The scene depicted on the sweater shows Halley’s Comet which would have been clearly visible in the sky in February 1066. It has been worked all around the sweater. The hand and facial details have been worked in embroidery.