That is so amazing and COOL! That would make a phenomenal facsimile book! I can’t wait to see your samples from his drafts.
Do you know about http://www.handweaving.net/Home.aspx ? They have online archives of old weaving books – you might find some information there that you need to reproduce his patterns, and maybe one day you can archive the book there too, for posterity!
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That is so amazing and COOL! That would make a phenomenal facsimile book! I can’t wait to see your samples from his drafts.
Do you know about http://www.handweaving.net/Home.aspx ? They have online archives of old weaving books – you might find some information there that you need to reproduce his patterns, and maybe one day you can archive the book there too, for posterity!