Our elder child (now 3) seemed very excited by patterns when he was a baby – whenever he was placed in front of one, his arms and legs started going and he would breathe fast and light. I intended to compile a book of patterns that we could look at and enjoy together, but of course, I never got round to it.
Now our younger child (a few weeks old) looks like he might have a similar appreciation of patterns, I’m not taking any chances with my ability to get stuff done, and I bought a book of William Morris illustrations from eBay instead:
Each work has some description and background:
And a full page print:
Plenty of patterns to enjoy:
The book is a nice companion to my mug, too:
Graham Markall 