Juul Thijssen | Millie's Closet XII // Thrifted Outfit for Vintage Kenner Blythe Doll @JuulThijssen | Uploaded October 2018 | Updated October 2024, 23 minutes ago.
Millie changes her outfit!
She's had enough of the green vintage Skipper ensemble, and is ready for something more casual. She wears a Pullip shirt with a litte bow added, a thrifted skirt, pink tights and a pair of AliExpress shoes. Isn't she adorable?
We always struggle with tights and tiny knots in tiny ribbons, can you tell?
Millie changes her outfit!
She's had enough of the green vintage Skipper ensemble, and is ready for something more casual. She wears a Pullip shirt with a litte bow added, a thrifted skirt, pink tights and a pair of AliExpress shoes. Isn't she adorable?
We always struggle with tights and tiny knots in tiny ribbons, can you tell?
![Sprang for Viking bags - Braid-weaving another Hedeby Satchel [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/od6xMov6gSE/hqdefault.jpg "Sprang for Viking bags - Braid-weaving another Hedeby Satchel [CC]
Another video, another experiment! This time I’m trying sprang, a braid-weaving technique with ancient roots in many corners of the world. Some people smarter than me suggest this is what those Hereby bags were made out of, so I had to try it for myself! There’s captions for some more information throughout the video, and some sources below if you want to know more about sprang and Hedeby/ Haithabu bags!
If you wish to support my endeavours, you can buy me a coffee at: ko-fi.com/juulthijssen
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List of interesting things in no specific order:
-Book I used for this video: Fenny Nijman, Sprang - Egyptisch Vlechten, 1977
-Quick intro to sprang on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprang (note that the technique is sometimes still used for some specific purposes!)
-Article on satchels and bags in the early middle ages: http://www.europa.org.au/index.php/articles/21-bags).
-Living history project on sprang Hedeby bags: https://industrylivinghistory.com/the-sprang-bag-project-2/
-Blog article from Dawn’s Dress Diary, Hedeby/ Haithabu Bag Handles: https://dawnsdressdiary.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/hedeby-haithabu-bag-handles/
-Blog article from Snorri’s House, Hedeby Bags: https://snorri.blog/2017/06/28/hedeby-bags/
Loose Threads, Reflections on Birka and Hereby Bags: https://cathyscostumeblog.blogspot.com/2017/05/reflections-on-birka-and-hedeby-bags.html
-Article by Susan Verberg, Viking Haithabu Hedeby Wood Handled Shoulder Bag: https://www.academia.edu/33315581/Viking_Haithabu_Hedeby_Wood_Handled_Shoulder_Bag
-Article by Tomáš Vlasatý, edit based on: F. Westphal. Die Holzfunde von Haithabu, (Die Ausgrabungen in Haithabu 11), Neumünster 2007: 80.
-Fellow YouTuber Sally Pointer has some videos about sprang you might want to check out: https://www.youtube.com/user/sallyinwales
-Thread I used is from Speerbijter webshop (not spon): http://www.speerbijter.nl
-Video on my first Hedeby bag: https://youtu.be/NakhphJnf9k
-Video on Viking Snowwhite outfit: https://youtu.be/udBnifUUiZM
-I might try to collect some words for sprang to make looking up info easier: språng (Swedish), krosienka (Polish), Egyptisch vlechten, spandraadvlechten (Dutch)
-Looking at a Ravelry forum for sprang, I could compile a list of publications about sprang. I dont know anything about these sources and cannot say anything about the contents, but this might help some:
Sprang - eine alte textile Technik neu entdeckt, by Hildegard Gerhardt-Wenzky, Frech Verlag 1984, 48 pages.
The Techniques of Sprang: Plaiting on Stretched Threads, by Peter Collingwood. https://archive.org/details/techniquesofspra0000coll
Sprang Unsprung an Illustrated Guide to Interlinking, Interlacing and Intertwining, by Carol James.
Threads In Action, by Virgina Harvey, Quarterly Journal included articles on Sprang.
Sprang Language & Techniques by Jules Kliot, Lacis Publications.
Sprang Thread Twisting, A Creative Textile Technique, by Hella Skowronski & Mary Reddy, 1974, Litton Educational Publishing, Inc, USBN: 0-442-27642-7.
The Manual of Braiding by Noemi Speiser.
Pletení na krosienkách, by autors Zdena Kindlová and Milena Tomková , published in Prague 2001 Vzdělávací spolek uměleckých řemesel - Paličkování.
Novi život drevnog umijeća-obnova pletenja na lučnom okviru u selu Trg kraj Ozlja (translation can be: A new life of the old art - renewal of the weaving on a bowed loom) by Jana Mihalić.
Sprang and Frame Plaiting for Garments, Weaver’s Journal, January 1979, page 26
The Family Creative Workshop: Volume 17 - Silversmithing to Sprang.
https://archive.org/details/techniquesofspra0000coll
SPECIAL THANKS to my dad for making me a set of wooden bag handles!
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Chapters/ timestamps:
0. Intro: 00:00
1. Preparations & planning: 00:22
2. Setting up the structure: 01:39
3. Setting up the warp: 02:18
4. Braiding the warp: 03:15
5. Braiding pattern (technique): 04:43
6. Finishing up: 07:39
7. Reveal: 10:08
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Music credits (from the YouTube music library):
-Lullabye (Sting) by Twin Musicom http://www.twinmusicom.org/
-Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0-license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100357 Artist: http://incompetech.com/")
