My neighbor's old book collection led to a surprising find about bindings
I was helping my neighbor clean out their attic last week. We found a box of really old books, and one had this weird stitching I'd never seen. It looked like the stitches were hidden under the spine, almost invisible from the outside. I tried to copy it on a practice journal, but the thread kept pulling too tight... Any ideas on how to manage that tension? I'm curious if this was a common method back in the day. Would love to hear from anyone who's come across something similar.