Here Be Wyverns: Hundreds of Patterns Graphed from Medieval Sources
Spies, Nancy
Spiral Bound $30.00
ISBN 0-9718960-0-3
Sexton Printing, 2002.
192 pages.
Back cover: "Authentic patterns from the Middle Ages --- imaginary creatures, people, birds,lettering,
architecture, overall designs, and borders --- are here available for use by any craftsperson who uses
graphed designs. The patterns have been taken from sources dating from the sixth to the sixteenth
century C.E., and every source is documented.
Whether you are a needleworker, a knitter, a weaver, a beader, a mosaic maker,
a quilter, or a textile historian, this book should be in your library.
It is filled with over 400 patternsto inspire you.
Nancy Spies is the author of Ecclesiastical Pomp and Aristocratic Circumstance:
A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands."