Fingerloop braids are braids woven using loops (or "bowes") of string on your fingers. Fingerloop braiding reached a high point in Medieval Europe and England between 1200 and 1600 CE.

7. a lace maskel -- c. 1475 [Erratum: this was translated straight from the manuscript source, but that source had a serious structural error. See Lois' Mascle Fingerloop Braid for a better version.]

Our students have used either #3 or #4, or both #3 and #4 to learn the braiding moves. We don't deny the best way to learn is from another fingerloop braider, though! The following video illustrates many …

The purpose of this booklet is not to analyze fingerloop braiding structures, but to give the reader a set of "recipes", just as the old braiding manuals did. For further study of braid structure itself we refer …

This page is part of the Fingerloop Braids Website. By Master Bedwyr Danwyn (Ted Lazcano) and Mistress Rhiannon y Bwa (Lois Swales)

This page is part of the Fingerloop Braids Website. Once you have learned the patterns for the braids in this manual (or if you just want to braid a three-strand pigtail braid or an eight strand braid with …

[ This book is part of the Fingerloop Braids Homepage. Transcription and translation by Zoe Kuhn Williams (Azza al-Shirazi), azzazazo zat yahoo.com, with a little help from Greg Lindahl (Gregory …

This contains Middle English instructions for 1 and 2 worker fingerloop braids, many of which are included in this booklet. We also used later period manuals from the first and second quarter of the …

[ This book is part of the Fingerloop Braids Homepage. [ Transcriber's note: This text was typed as-is, unusual spellings and all. This text uses a lot of the letter "w", so occasionally it is typeset as "vv". …

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