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thanks to all who have voted and commented on the ruff idea - you have saved me money! i will not be beading my ruff edge!

In fact have been trawling the net (avoiding chapter 6 - language processing) and found only this where they bead at all:
pearls:
http://www.wga.hu/art/s/sanchez/coello/d_juana.jpg
you neen to enlarge it to get the detail
pretty - but too expensive



has anyone seen this and can tell me if it is worth buying?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Book-of-Costume-by-Millia-Davenport-1964_W0QQitemZ300098754603QQcategoryZ378QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem
it can be found cheaper in a lot of places - but this was the only place i could find a picture of the cover and a description
I bought it...

I won this:

and intend to use it to pipe my doublet sleves sparingly - so i will have a LOT left over...