Sprang weaving tutorial

Three days away from warping up our sprang-along project! If you're hesitant to join because you don't have a loom, this tutorial is for you!Sprang-AlongDay 1: WarpingDay 2: SprangDay 3: FinishingThere are many ways to make a loom and many ways to work your sprang warp without a loom. So first, I am going to go over DIY looms and work arounds if you don't have a loom or don't want to make one. Though my cross loom is very easy to make.DIY Looms for Sprang BraidingIf you already have a loom…

I'm finally catching up on blog posts to go along with my weekly sprang videos. Although I will not be doing a single blog post for each video, rather I will do one blog post for each technique, even if I published multiple videos on that technique. That way I can catch up on blog posts more quickly.So, full twist interlinking. I find that full twist interlinking creates a beautifully open and drapey sprang cloth. It can be helpful to use full twist interlinking when you want a finished…

Here are the best weaving tutorials that we found when we decided to try these fun DIY projects. These are beginner tutorials with lots of photos' and info.

I was wandering around the internet the other night, and came across various pages that mentioned finger weaving. It is a method of weaving/braiding that doesn't need a loom, which intrigued me. I wanted to make a belt for a costume I am putting together, so I decided to give it a try. I used the instructions here: http://www.nativetech.org/finger/beltinstr.html , and the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtBME0YFrLk to get me going, and then just played it by ear from there. I'm…

Useful images There were others, and as soon as I figure out how to import PageMaker images to my blog, I will. Sprang Sites and Links: Phiala's sprang site: http://www.stringpage.com/sprang/sprang.html Regia Anglorum sprang site: http://www.regia.org/sprang.htm Contemporary sprang work on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1410201@N23/ My sprang site: wefttomyowndevices.blogspot.com/ (duh - you're here) ;-j Sprang on large loom: http://lunula.twoday.net/stories/2214501/ Viking Girl’s…

In the last week I've been working on filming videos on how to add sprang lace to weaving projects. This project is dragging on somewhat because every time I sit down to my loom to work on another section of sprang, I come up with more ideas on how to incorporate sprang into weaving!I promise the videos are forthcoming, I just need to do a bit of editing on them. In the meantime, here are some photos to get you excited!I also worked on a warp I had set up months ago, probably not long after…

If you are new to sprang and have no idea where to start, read this post.

Warp faced plain weave with warp substitution technique is a nice way to learn pick-up as a warm up to doing one-weft double weave. You have a lot of freedom to create striking patterns on the uppe…

My most recent sprang shirt. The lace pattern was inspired by one of the pieces of lace in the Art and History Museum in Brussels, Belgium ... the source of lace which inspired my latest book of...

My first love is paper crafts, but over the years I have learned to do some fabric art techniques such as Card Weaving, Inkle Weaving, Stick Weaving and Sprang of which I really enjoy. Today I'll be sharing a satchel I made using the Sprang technique. I had never heard of Sprang Weaving before the day I learned to do it. Some of my girlfriends and I just decided to take a class at a medieval event for the heck of it and it was a lot of fun. When the class ended I couldn't wait to make…