Fingerloop braiding patterns from 15th century texts

"Treatise on the Making of Laces" - Tollemache Book of Secrets
and
"Directions for making many sorts of laces" - MS Harley 2320

Where there are minor differences between the Harleian and the Tollemache, the Tollemache is used unless it is an obvious mistake

One Person Braids

Two Person Braids

8 loops
10 loops
12 loops
14 loops
- Lace ray
- Lace pall
16 loops
- Lace bend of 16 bows
- Chevron broad of 16
- Chevron round of 16
- Lace ounde broad of 16
- Lace ounde round of 16
- Penne Powne of 16 (broad)
- Penne Powne of 16 (round)
- Double losenge
- Double crosset
- Sauntor eyelet of 16
- Sauntor eyelet round
- Frett eyelet round
- Frett eyelet broad
- Lace cressant
- Lace amerous breide
- Lace vinee (of 16)

3 person braids

15 loops
- Lace for hats

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