Book #286

Celtic Weave and Chain

I decided that I should try the Celtic weave again. This time, I combined one weave with four rows of chain stitches. The weave part worked better this time. I also like the stability of the chain stitches, so I think this combination is a better structure than the weave by itself.

Book #285

Celtic Weave

This Celtic weave binding is one of the techniques in Keith Smith's book of exposed spine bindings. This little example here is my very first attempt... obviously. He mentions in the instructions that it is very important to consistently drop your threads to the same side each time and I accidentally switched sides halfway through my sewing on this book so it's a rather poor example of what this binding can be!