Arbeitschule: Das Flechten: für Kinder von 3 bis 12 Jahren
Arbeitschule: Das Flechten is an 1865 German handwork primer by Friedrich Seidel and Franz Schmidt, held by Heidelberg University Library, teaching children aged three to twelve how to weave. The plates show brown-and-cream grid patterns in the style of woven paper and cross-stitch: geometric bands, a small house, a bird, flowers, and stepped motifs. A designer could take from them simple repeating grid tiles and stylised folk-motif borders that translate well into pixel art, knitting charts or textile pattern work.
