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Please SEE for research information and links: PERSIANS (Leggings); Hellenic Textile Techniques: SPRANG (for more research links)
Sprang on Wiki
Sprang on German Wiki NEW
Geijer, Agnes. Die Textilfunde aus den Gräbern. Birka: Untersuchungen und Studien, III. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1938.
- Brief history of the technique.
- Two small finds of wool sprang on females (10th Century, Birka graves)
The Techniques of Sprang: Plaiting on Stretched Threads NEW ***
by Peter Collingwood
[WorldCat]
[Google Books]
- It seems very difficult to find and expensive. I do have a copy bought in the 80s.
Chapter VII, Braiding and Sprang pp. 240-277 in
Hald, Margarethe. Ancient Danish Textiles from Bogs and Burials. Copenhagen; National Museum of Denmark. 1980.
[WorldCat] [Google Books]
One Thread – Three Techniques. Needle Lace, Fingerloop Braided Laces and Sprang at Lengberg Castle, East Tyrol NEW
by Beatrix Nutz
Old World Sprang through the Early Middle Ages: A Brief Bibliography
by Carolyn Priest-Dorman / Þóra Sharptooth
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Sprang
Sprang - The history, origins, construction and use of thread twisting.
on Regia Anglorum
Cimbric caps and bonnets
by Eva Koch
Hairnets and bonnets in Late Roman and Byzantine Egypt
by Petra Linscheid
Sprang Hairnets in the Katoen Natie collection (26-page, PDF)
by Anne Kwaspen
Beginning Sprang (16-page, PDF)
Intermediate Sprang (29-page, PDF)
by Gwynnyd's All Thumbs Guides on Ceilingpress.com
Sprang Looms
by Leikkiä langalla
Persians and Sprang NEW
War Imagery in Women's Textiles: An International Study of Weaving, Knitting, Sewing, Quilting, Rug Making and Other Fabric Arts
by Deborah A. Deacon, Paula E. Calvin
- "Based on the imagery on Greek ceramic vases, Bagmar Drinkler has speculated that the Darius' army was wearing sprang as it invaded Greece in the sixth century BCA."
[Google Books] [Google Books Preview]
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Darius I on Wiki
- "Darius I (c. 550–486 BCE) was the fourth king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius the Great, he ruled the empire at its peak,"
First Persian invasion of Greece on Wiki [also here]
Greek hoplite and Persian warrior depicted fighting. 5th century BC on Wiki [vase image]
Research
Sprang references NEW
by Mirium, In My Lady's Chamber
British Museum, London, England (o search results)
- Collection Online (72 hits) NOT all are textile hits and NONE are Iron Age
TUTORIALS *** NEW
Sprang: Basic Interlinking (Video)
Interlinking Weaving 1 (Video)
Interlinking Weaving 2 (Video)
and
Intro To Circular Warp Sprang (Video)
Circular Setup 1 (Video)
Circular Setup 2 (Video)
Circular Working 1 (Video)
Circular Working 1 (Video)
by sashweaver
James, Carol. Sprang Unsprung. Sashweaver, 2011. [her book, self published]??
[Google Canada]
ISBN 978-0-9784695-2-8
How Språng Works and Why (Video)
by
thesojourningspinner
How to do Intertwining on Interlinked Sprang (Video)
by
thesojourningspinner
FINGERLOOP
Research
Fingerloop references NEW
by Mirium, In My Lady's Chamber
Useful Reference Sites NEW
by Mirium, In My Lady's Chamber
MISC ***NEW
Five ways of weaving narrow bands (Video) NEW
by Durham Weaver
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