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Fig. 2. Constructing a 9P/4B Turk's Head braid; from p. 384 of Grant's book
Grant organises his material under the following headings:
The Romance of Leather Braiding; Rawhiding in the West; Making and
Working Rawhide-Leather-braiding tools; Twist Braids; Slit Braids;
Flat Braids; Round Braids; Crocodile Ridge Braids; Square, Rectan-
gular, Spiral, Twist Spiral, Oval and Triangular Braid; Edge-Braiding;
Buckle and Ring Coverings; Other Braided Coverings; Handle Coverings;
Hobbles; Turk's-Heads; Braided Knots; Lazy-Man Button and Pampas
Button Knots; The Braiding Detective; Braided Appliques; Braid on
Braid; Additional Projects and Examples.
Grant tells us in the Foreword that the book was the result of almost a lifetime
of work. It arose `as the inevitable consequence of two prior books, as well as
numerous magazine articles on braiding ...' It certainly makes good his state-
ment that braidwork takes many forms, with applications that are practical
as well as decorative; combinations of beauty and utility lend themselves to a
large array of items of use to mankind.

4.4. `A Fresh Approach To Knotting and Ropework'
This recent book [27] was written by Charles Warner, of Australia; and pub-
lished by him in 1992 . It is a well-presented , comprehensive work of 272 pages,
supplying nearly 1000 hand-drawn illustrations of knots and their applications.
A name and a number (linked to its illustration ) is given to each knot, and
alongside there is some discussion on its construction , properties and uses.
The author states in the Preface:
`Just about all knots are useful, even those we think of as primarily
decorative, or use in toys and puzzles. This book gives emphasis
to the uses and functions of knots... Now, there is a logic in the
construction of knots, and I have tried to follow that logic in the