sprang Lace class, day 3
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The third class took place on May 15, 2025.
The class was recorded. Find the recording at the right. |
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Sprang lace where holes are separated by only one or two threads.
Carol's replica of a bonnet in the collection of the Confluences Museum in Lyon, France
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Carol's re-construction of a bonnet in the London Petri Museum: UC 28009
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We continue to explore sprang lace stitches. This week we look at "ropes" and "floater threads", stitches I have seen in Egyptian sprang bonnets.
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Here are written instructions for these stitches.
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Here's another pattern for that "floater thread"
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Carol published information on the project to replicate that red turban, along with textile archaeologist Fabienne Medard.
The information was presented at the Textiles of the Nile Valley conference in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2015. You will find the publication at the right. |
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