I am beyond impressed! I have your book, and am beginning to learn this. My friends are so in awe of me for doing a little hairnet for my first project, wait til I show 'em this. You are one brave lady! Thanks so much for the video and the inspiration.
Carol James sells copies, and in the US, both Braiders Hand and the Lone Star Loom Room carry the title, as well as her fingerweaving book. www.lonestarloomroom.com/collections/books-magazines/products/sprang-unsprung
As always I enjoy viewing the tutorials presented by Mount Vernon Association. I can tell that this process is very complicated and would take an incredible amount of time to create this sash. Thanks for posting!
Carol knows that, see her books! it's even earlier than bronze age, in samples from Egypt and in Peru. The dear folks at Mt. Vernon who posted this may have been focused on their area and period, or perhaps on how sprang was being done in that time and place. Rare and wonderful to see examples of a living ancient art in its various forms and applications over millenia.
TheVoodooLion yes and no. Silk has a very high tensile strength and if you say, pulled wires of steel to a similar diameter and wove a cloth out of it, the silk cloth would be stronger. That said, silk has very poor wet strength (it tears easily when wet) and is not particularly resistant to abrasion.
I am beyond impressed! I have your book, and am beginning to learn this. My friends are so in awe of me for doing a little hairnet for my first project, wait til I show 'em this. You are one brave lady! Thanks so much for the video and the inspiration.
you have me interested! :) Could you please share the book title, as I can't find anything. !! Thanks
Carol James sells copies, and in the US, both Braiders Hand and the Lone Star Loom Room carry the title, as well as her fingerweaving book.
www.lonestarloomroom.com/collections/books-magazines/products/sprang-unsprung
What an amazing first project and inspiring story!
As always I enjoy viewing the tutorials presented by Mount Vernon Association. I can tell that this process is very complicated and would take an incredible amount of time to create this sash. Thanks for posting!
Really it is not complicated but mind numbing simple. The focus to do this is crazy though.
I love this site. I wish they had more videos.
Sprang? This video got me sprung!
How many hours did you need to make this?!
Very interesting. Thank you!
Lovely. Very nice..
Address please
This video has a misleading title.
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Sprang goes back to at least the bronze age so not an 18th century technique.
Carol knows that, see her books! it's even earlier than bronze age, in samples from Egypt and in Peru. The dear folks at Mt. Vernon who posted this may have been focused on their area and period, or perhaps on how sprang was being done in that time and place. Rare and wonderful to see examples of a living ancient art in its various forms and applications over millenia.
I'm sure she does.... I was simply correcting an erroneous statement made under the video.
I'm not sure the statement to which you are referring but she did say this technique has been used for thousands of years.
silk is stronger than steel?
TheVoodooLion yes and no. Silk has a very high tensile strength and if you say, pulled wires of steel to a similar diameter and wove a cloth out of it, the silk cloth would be stronger. That said, silk has very poor wet strength (it tears easily when wet) and is not particularly resistant to abrasion.