Sprang!

Apparently my little squirrel brain needs to try something new.

Today it is sprang.

I've not done it before, but I know people who have.  Also, I've had Carol James' website bookmarked for years, waiting for The Day.

Well, today was The Day.

I just wanted to do the basic moves, see if I understood.  Yup!

I'm not planning on keeping this -- it'll be unraveled soon and returned to its primordial yarn.

The top pic is what is looks like on the little PVC frame I had lying around.  I had thought I might need to tape dowels or knitting needles to move as the warp tightened.  But this is such a short piece that it wasn't a problem.  I did a figure-8 wrap around the top and bottom, found the cross, and started twisting.  I don't remember if I did a Z-twist or an S-twist, but whatever it was, I think I was consistent.  I could see the ends trying to twist by the time I got to the middle.  Hmm, looks like Z in the pic.

And here you can see that I did it!  It works!  Primitive technology, yay!!!!  A baby step, but it counts!  The world of sprang is at my fingertips!

I'm not sure what my first real project will be.  Probably a drawstring bag, because why not?  I need to rig up a better way to hold the warp and all those other fun things, too.  And then, yes, start exploring the possibilities.

There are other useful websites and video collections that showed the various moves in different ways and both whetted my interest and gave me confidence that I could tackle this without too much trouble.

I've also been checking out my vast collection of info on brocade tablet weaving, so that might be another new thing once I'm pretty sure I'm done with doing the tablet-woven gift bands.