: Does anyone have a source of instructions or even a link to a good photo that
: will help me with doing rawhide lacing rather than caning for canoe seats?

One BIG drawback to 'natural' material such as rawhide and natural cane is that when it gets wet it stretches and soon you will have a sagging seat. In all the publications and books I have read plastic caning is the way to go.

As for instructions, Mac's Faetherweight book and Gilpatricks canoe book both have excellent instructions with many photographs.

I have caned several seats, enjoy the process as well as the results.