Many thanks to my friend Tristan and his great “Taschen” blog for his link to the book

TAK V BOWES DEPARTED
A 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined

and to my boyfriend for ordering it as a Valentine’s Day gift

Yesterday I finally tried my first braid – Number “1 – A Broad Lace of 5 Loops”. I tried the braid with a rather thick thread and was rather pleased with the result – today I used this technique again for some cords for the german brick stitch pouch I was still working at today…