Advanced Medieval and Renaissance Fingerloop Braiding

Learn to weave your own trims and lacing, useful for medieval through to modern applications such as decorative clothing trim, dress laces, purse strings, applique embroidery, friendship bracelets, low-slippage hair ribbons, and so much more. All with no equipment but your hands! This class is aimed at people who already have a basic command of the basics of fingerloop braiding.

Alongside discussing the history and cultural context of these braids utilizing entertaining first-hand accounts from the era, we will cover several different beautiful, more complex patterns.