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Fabric construction technique
Sprang is an ancient method of constructing fabric that has a natural elasticity. Its appearance is similar to netting, but unlike netting, sprang is constructed entirely from warp threads. Archaeological evidence indicates that sprang predates knitting; the two needlework forms bear a visible resemblance and serve similar functions but require different production techniques. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SprangA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: HR-2021-2126-A – Et lite skritt for sykepenger, et stort sprang for trygderettslig metode?Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The techniques of sprangThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sprang Hair Nets: Their Manufacture and Use in Ancient GreeceCited 3 times
- Go sideways: Fiber artA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the AmericasA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb simple past of spring
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Sprang Hair Nets: Their Manufacture and Use in Ancient Greece
SPRANG SASHES IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHING OF UKRAINIANS AND LITHUANIANS: MAKING TECHNIQUES, TRADITIONS, RECONSTRUCTION
Educating for Advanced Foreign Language Capabilities: Constructs, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment Edited by BYRNES, HEIDI, HEATHER D. WEGER‐GUNTHARP, & KATHERINE SPRANG
A Review on Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Buchanania lanzan Sprang., Millettia peguenensis Ali., Evolvulus alsinoides L.
Sibylle Baumbach, Ralf Haekel and Felix Sprang
How the Genie of Electronics Sprang Out [Historical]
“He took up arms against the loins from which he sprang and the womb that bore him”: Gender and Parricide During the American Agrarian Crisis — A Case Study
“Psychometric properties of the Secondary Traumatic Stress–Informed Organizational Assessment”: Correction to Sprang et al. (2016).
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The techniques of sprangPeter Collingwood · 1974
Sprang; thread twistingHella Skowronski · 1974- 📕Primitive Scandinavian textiles in knotless nettingOdd Nordland · 1961
- 📕New age loopingDonna Kallner · 2009
- 📕SprangJules Kliot · 1979
- 📕A sprang embroidered altar frontal from IcelandElsa E. Guðjónsson. · 1981
- 📕De SprangA. C. Berghuis · 1981
Le Stiff et le Cool. Une histoire de maille, de mode et de libertéNicole Parrot · 2002
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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