Make a Sprang Bag with Handles: all over holes/ Haraldskaer pattern

[@ThisSmallGnome]

This is brilliant. I've never heard of sprang, but now I'm dying to try it. Thank you for making this so accessible!

[@nuriagiralt617]

Same. This video sent me down a new fun rabbit hole 🤓

[@eh1702]

Ohhh! 🏆👍👑 I like the speed-up, too - that’s more fun than a cut.

[@b.griffin317]

Weaving reminds me of how insanely creative, imaginative and industrious humans are.

[@teresag3310]

fabulous!!

[@Wildevis]

Thanks Sally that was amazing, never even knew what Sprang was! Reminds me a little of Macramé but the bonus is you work one side and the other side forms automatic, love it!

[@lisasternenkind6467]

You will also find books on Sprang by typing the A with a little circle over it. I don't have Scandinavian Letters on my mobile phone, so I can't really show. In Sprang the A is pronounced like the OU in the English word YOUNG. And the R is sort of a "rolled" R as we would say in German... if that makes sense. 😊 Sprang is a Germanic / Nordic handicraft btw.

[@linr8260]

Love the interveaving colours, very cute!

[@lmm046]

Well, I'm hooked. I made a bag with tablet woven handles and braided drawstring. I love it. I wish there was a way to add a picture.

[@az55544]

You are on par with Beau Miles for your randomness, depth, story telling and adventures. Thank you for all of the time you spend teaching us!

[@catherinewalks1207]

I also love Beau Miles.

[@azokalum]

Thank you very much for making this clear, step-by-step video. Your KZbin channel is an absolute gem.

[@emmahill6832]

A kit for this would be great.

[@beachton]

I’ve been thinking about that Iron Age hair net a lot lately. I stopped getting my hair cut about a year and a half ago and now it’s past my neck and starting to be hot and tricks me into thinking there’s a bug on me. I work in a hat most of the time. I’d like to scoop up the hair and contain it all in the hat, but without making my scalp hurt from directing my hair where it doesn’t want to go. I have an idea to sew a net to a brimmed hat and then pull a drawstring up to tie it in front of the crown. I’ll have to split the hat brim and then snap it back together. Might try a prototype using an old tshirt before I build a sprang frame and make the hair net.

[@Just_Sara]

I have long hair now, and if you ever need this info in the future, the Nautilus bun has been a game-changer for me. No more redoing my hair, it stays out of my way all day!

[@beachton]

@@Just_Sara Thank you! I had to look that up. My hair is too short for that still. I can barely get it to stay in a loose French braid under a boonie hat. But a Nautilus Bun is how my aunt wore her hair when I was little! I am delighted to know what to call it. She had long hair almost the same texture as a horses tail. Straight like the tine on a rake. Impossible to curl and made a ponytail as thick and heavy as an anchor line for a tall ship. I was fascinated with it when I was little and tried to get her to let me brush it and do beautiful hairdos. But she had a tender scalp and couldn’t tolerate much of a child yanking on her head 🤣

[@somelikeitcoldand]

Watching this while doing my knitting was both the best and the worst idea- best because you always make the loveliest informative videos, worst because I'm having to resist the urge to abandon this scarf and make sprang instead!

[@jocelynsmyth6604]

Definitely not me over here on my pin loom... ;)

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Same. Never heard of sprang and now l want to try it. Only thing stopping me is, l had a count up yesterday. Current WIPs are 2 pullovers, 1 cardigan, 2 pairs of socks and a scarf. Oops. 😊

[@woochles]

Yarn is a gateway drug. *nods wisely* It leads to many other fiber crafts.

[@SusieQ3]

​@@nikiTricoteuse absolutely relatable.

[@dorteweber3682]

Your pronunciation is just fine, Sally.Well done!

[@TorchwoodPandP]

Enig = agreed!

[@katlopez6555]

Sally, I loved your video. Direct and to the point but really informative too. In looking at your frame being 'too tall', It occurs to me that you could either clamp a bar across where you want the bottom handle to go or drill holes in the sides and in a separate cross bar and bolt or zip-tie them together. a series of holes in the uprights could be adjustable for various projects. But you show that string works OK too. Have to try to sprang now.

[@judyrudd5089]

Yes I love it, must give it a try. Thanks Sally.

[@Sheepdog1314]

looks awesome !!

[@lisasternenkind6467]

I get the bottom a bit tighter by using a chopstick or wooden rod (according to the width of the piece) to the bottom, pushing it tight and leaving it there while working the next row. Then, after finishing the next row in the top, and pushing it down, I push the previous bottom row with the chopstick oder rod down again, right before I give the last bottom row a good push, which is then again secured tightly with the chopstick or rod. This way the bottom part stays tighter.

[@teleriferchnyfain]

So a crochet hook will also totally work 🤗

[@ivyjulieharvey3043]

I am going to try this like making different bags. I love these make videos with history

[@marilynlamb3246]

I remain in awe of our ancestors' creativity! 🙂🇨🇦

[@lanavalery4429]

Hi dear from Russia! Thanks for video :)

[@chekotaythefirstrochester9094]

Never heard of Spranging before but, this was really interesting and therapeutic to watch. Thanks for sharing. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@craz4mom]

Great idea - I have several pairs of handles that have been dormant- now they have purpose and it will help jumpstart me back into Sprang- I have been dormant too!

[@ShortwickCreations]

Watching in Canada. I just found your channel and I absolutely love it. I've always been interested in ancient techniques in crafting and gotten into leatherworking, woodworking, blacksmithing, casting, charcoal making; and I've also done some weaving, crotchet, and sewing. Seeing the views around your home its like I'm looking into my home I never knew.

[@OohMax]

Clever❤

[@gretatillett1100]

Excellent dem Sally, thank you for your lovely tutorial. Never heard of this before, we live and learn. I would like to make this with a fringed bottom and not joined . Super for a summer top if the closer pattern is done longer for modesty. Such a lovely way to make fabric. Love it Blessings from South Africa❤🌹

[@SallyPointer]

That's a great idea, you could easily part line the top too with a light stretchy fabric if it needs a little more coverage

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Gosh that's fantastic. Never seen or heard of it before. I've seen the macrame/net sort of shopping bag before and have never particularly wanted to make one but, l love this. Off to buy some handles and cotton tomorrow. Fantastic tutorial too. Thanks.

[@renatamcstay]

That is absolutely incredible! I wondered how the ends of each line did not loosen or unravel! But i guess the one after holds the one before. Thank you so much!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

That’s beautiful! I’m thinking of making a handbag using that. ❤️🤗🐝

[@gretatillett1100]

Jolly good idea👏

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@gretatillett1100 Thank you!❤️🤗🐝

[@RuailleBuaille]

Aw, the finished product looks so sweet!

[@marciahighsmith4820]

I have looked for a pattern for this market bag for more than forever. Thank-you!

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

Don't know when ... but I will try this. I do have a pair of handles (made of bamboo, vintage) and plenty of yarns. And I need to practice my sprang more often. Thank you.

[@minkademko2335]

Very cool 😎

[@brendabignall9926]

🙋🏻‍♀️Hello from Brenda in CA,USA🇺🇲 What a lovely bag! Thank you for sharing such a pretty and practical craft. I want to try making one myself. I will also share this video with my sister-in-law Julie who crochets, knits and weaves. Hugs & Sparkles! 🫂❤️✨

[@miaokuancha2447]

So delightful. Thank you thank you ❤

[@craftyviking]

Oh no. New craft I want to learn now... Great and informative video. I will have to give this a go. I guess you could also do this with some fabric or twine handles too

[@TorchwoodPandP]

That happens to all of us 😂

[@janeteholmes]

Love it. I hope I can make one myself. Worth a go anyway!

[@suethompson8538]

Thank you so much for this brilliantly clear demo, your instructions are very easy to follow. I am definitely going to have a go at this.

[@joannedeal8991]

Really nicely done! I don't know if I'd have the patience nowadays, but I might have ago. I love the thought that it's the same technique as that used on bog bodies!

[@ElinT13]

Beautiful work, Sally! Thanks for all your videos, I greatly enjoy them. Greetings from Germany!

[@damogranheart5521]

This is fantastic! I saw my grandmother with a bag like that many many moons ago. 🌙 ✨️

[@susanverhoeve6875]

Thank you for sharing this information with us, I think it will be something that I will do. Thanks again

[@victoriajankowski1197]

I bought bag handles!! and thread now to warp and go!!!

[@SallyPointer]

Excellent!

[@soniatriana9091]

Wow!! I totally enjoyed watching & listening to this excellent video!! This is something I would attempt - in the future! If I find the correct handles!! Thank you!!!

[@rachelcalado7807]

Thank you for this! I'm going to use this technique with some modifications to make a new hammock!

[@monikawiedmann8594]

Fantastic video, I made a small baggy once, but this is much better than what I did!

[@ievalibeka8171]

Looks amazing! And thank You for the instructions how to make our own :)

[@catherinewalks1207]

The pace and complexity of this was a little above my head but I loved seeing the patterning being created and the beautiful, useful bag emerge.

[@gretatillett1100]

Watch again. Having seen what is done after makes complete sense. I wondered what it was all about at the beginning too, but follow carefully and it will make sense. Lots of luck it's, worth the effort and Sally explains it so well ❤

[@kleineroteHex]

Ahhhmazing!

[@grandmasmagic3858]

I AM INTRIGUED..!! I have never before seen, or heard of this yarn craft..you just happed to show up at the top of my feed to the side..I thought it was something being crocheted, because that's my yarn craft of choice..I've got some metal versions of similar handles and this could be a way to make use of them...thank you for this lesson..

[@CarolBrobst]

I love the look of interlinking but I always get confused with it. This 2X2 stitch has a similar look but seems much easier. I will definitely try it ! Plus I love the idea of just working it directly on the handles. Great idea and excellent video !

[@AnneGinders]

Thanks!

[@SallyPointer]

Thank you so much!

[@aicirtkciub9167]

I love that I would like to give it a go. Great instruction. Thanks ❤

[@SheWolf1968]

That was fascinating! Gonna have to give it a go now

[@chrisschanen]

Try flipping the loom from one side to the next every few rows. Maybe it 3 tighten it up.

[@SallyPointer]

This particular frame doesn't turn upside down easily, but that's definitely a valid tactic on frames that can be reversed

[@isanarte8764]

Maravilloso tu trabajo!! Felicitaciones. Muchas gracias por compartirlo. Intentaré hacerlo. 💚

[@ooohlaa13]

very hard to hear you even with strong external speakers but solved it with earphones and well worth it. Loved this project, never heard of sprang but it sure looks like unique fun. I think I would make a lot of mistakes if I used both same color but looking forward to using some of my hand dyed cotton yarn very soon. Beads would be nice too, have you ever added beads? Thanx so much, first time watching you.

[@SallyPointer]

Beads is a great idea!

[@amandajstar]

You have the same M&S navy bee cushion we have! : )

[@SewardWriter]

I'm thinking sprang fishnet jumper. Now to finish some other projects first.

[@CaptainStitchyPants]

Thank you! This is the clearest tutorial I've seen for sprang, and the only one for constructing a modern item. The two colours look great together, and make it much easier to see what's going on. Can I ask how tall your frame is / how long your initial warps were? I'm going to rummage and see if I can't cobble together a frame. I'm a knitter, and have a mostly-wool stash, no cotton at all, so I'd love to buy a kit!

[@SallyPointer]

This warp was roughly 80cm long

[@CaptainStitchyPants]

@@SallyPointer thank you! I just saw that in the video when I re-watched it 🤦‍♀️ Does sprang need to be worked with a non-stretchy fibre, like cotton, as opposed to something like wool, which has a bit of give to it? Or rather, is it easier with a non-stretch fibre for a beginner to manage tension?

[@SallyPointer]

@@CaptainStitchyPants for a bag, non stretchy is easiest, but you can use almost anything. Most of the hats and hairnets known archaeologically are wool.

[@CaptainStitchyPants]

@@SallyPointer thank you so much! I found your channel about a year ago and love the way you break things down for beginners, very reassuring without being patronising, it's a definite skill 👍

[@JacqsieRae]

Im finding this VERY interesting...looks REALLY REALLY FUN! I was taking a peek of your channel...o my gosh lady...it looks extremely educational! I know what im going to be watching for next couple days! Was spang something they used to do on ships for netting?

[@SallyPointer]

Sprang is better for things like hairnets, bags, sashes and garments than for things like fishing nets, but it is pretty versatile!

[@violetaafricana1]

💚💚💚

[@FrauWNiemand]

As I'm watching this, I thought about being a neolithic woman who likes to keep her weaving easy to remember when she had to stop to look after the toddlers. Could it be that they wrapped the tread around and afterwards hung one part of the threads into a pot of fabric colour? Could it be that the first patterns in weavings are not for aesthetic reasons but for practical reasons?

[@enolastenson9792]

❤

[@cindyfrye3026]

can this be done without the vertical frame? what would you suggest for those of us who don't have one?

[@SallyPointer]

Absolutely, try hanging the top handle on the hook on the back of a door and tying a food can to the bottom one to weight it.

[@paulwomack5866]

First few seconds say "April 2022" ?! You've either been holding this back for ages or it's a typo!

[@SallyPointer]

I noticed it right after uploading! I did say in the description there was a typo. Too many plates spinning at the moment.

[@sallylapradd2900]

Did putting the balls in the bag tighten up the middle crochet stitch, or what became the bottom?

[@SallyPointer]

The wriggling and washing sorted that out and evened everything out.

[@wynjones2877]

I really want to try my hand at this. Can you give any rough estimates of how much the twist takes up? Example - if you start with the handles X cm apart, you get a bag Y cm deep? I am a knitter and I always think in how many meters of yarn a project will take to complete. (I got a bug in my ear during lockdown and started a macrame door curtain and was confounded by how many macrame patterns don't say what yardage of cord is required. Note I said started - it still isn't finished.)

[@SallyPointer]

It's a bit dependant on how tightly you work, but allow 10-30% extra. Most projects are more flexible though, a bag is still a bag if it comes out an inch shorter or longer than you expected

[@jillatherton4660]

😄👍

[@DavidZennaro]

I think your pronounciation of Haraldskær was quite good. You must have practised! 🙂

[@mothermayi7832]

I am wondering if this can be done with a crochet hook?

[@SallyPointer]

The chaining part at the bottom can use a hook, and you could use one to help manipulate the last few rows

[@zalialyon1853]

That is super cool..but..u didn"t show us how you got it on the handles

[@zalialyon1853]

Ok i watched a. Other vid but i wonder if u can use synthetic yarn or is cotton best what about cord?

[@SallyPointer]

I did show it, it's the set up stage where you wind straight onto the handles

[@updownstate]

How much yarn do you know how to use?

[@SallyPointer]

If you get a standard 50g ball of each shade you'll have more than enough.

[@cutelittledevil88]

I made a sprang bag last year. The wool is not holding up unfortunately.

[@SallyPointer]

It's always a bit sad when that happens. Call it practice and hopefully the next one will be in a stronger yarn.

[@cutelittledevil88]

@@SallyPointer next one is not for this re-enactment season. I just bought a lovely naldbinded bag.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Hi. Have decided to try this. Can you clarify how much yarn and what size handles l need please?

[@SallyPointer]

Whatever size handles you like, and two 50g balls of yarn will be more than enough

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Thanks. What size did you use please?

[@petronellataube2986]

Are you colourblind? Or is the camera just making things look very blue?

[@jasminv8653]

Could well be the camera, but you're probably just too pedantic. A teal hue can be either blue or green depending on opinion, in English as well as in other languages. Japanese tends to call most light blue hues green. In Finnish this colour is usually called 'blue-green' or 'sea green' (yes, 'merenvihreä' or sea green, not sea blue) while 'blue' tends to be reserved for deep indigo colours. Same idea of blue meaning a kind of ultramarine or midnight blue is also seen in for example Italian and Russian which both have a separate word for lighter, greener blues). But you could argue that kingfisher blue and lagoon blue / turquoise are the same colour as this teal blue/green. Colour understanding is a socially varying concept just as anything else we've named. Maybe in some other areas it has a more blue association, but for me this would be a blueish green colour and not a real blue.

[@SallyPointer]

It's more green than blue, but teal is probably a fair description too

[@Kerry-uo6og]

Can I carry my pen collection in it?

[@marynimocks6791]

One of the things I love about your presentations, is that you make me so much more aware of the competence of our ancestors long ago. They help me understand that I may know more largely because of millennia of trial, error and discovery… not necessarily because of wildly superior intelligence. Thanks!

[@SusieQ3]

Brilliant! Love the perspective.

[@d4r4butler74]

Thank you! I like the two colours, not just for clarity of work, but because it looks good.

[@thorunns.craftstudio]

how did you do the washing of the bag? i'm guessing by hand...? i absolutely loved this project, even the "boring" bits! i thrive on those because that's where the details are that i usually have issues with during any given project in whatever craft i'm making it with. so thank you so very much!

[@SallyPointer]

Just put in in the sink, add a little soap, rinse it out. Nothing complicated

[@renata_of_the_craft]

This is a brilliant video, especially for me who is very much interested in learning this craft. Using two colours of yarn helps so much to understand the process. I will certainly have a go with this as soon as I finish my crochet blanket which I'm just over halfway through with. I have cotton yarn, from said blanket, so I can just dive straight in, just need to find something to rig up a frame high enough to do this project, but I already look forward to this so very much! Thank you for sharing this video, it instantly clicked with me! ❤️

[@Jatzette]

Thank you for this, I’ve never had the courage to try sprang but now I just might.

[@foxnoxness4989]

Such beautiful work 🌼 Want to try it out now. I have a lovely hairnet I ordered in silk sprang for my 15/16th century outfits and I love it so so much. I use it in my every day life a lot. Now I'm thinking of a matching minibag ^^

[@earthcat]

I love it! My hair is very long and I find hair nets have a place in my life. Can you show me how to make one using this technique?

[@SallyPointer]

You can do one very like the shaping in my hairnet video, just using this stitch pattern rather than the plain interlinking, or sew the resulting net to a band if you want it to look more like the Haraldskær one.

[@anthonygeorge3689]

I did not need another craft tonadd to my laundry list of things to do 😭😭😭 love all your work.

[@yetanotherentity]

Loved learning about this handily accessible method of weaving! Sally, would you consider doing a vid on historical non-permanent housing? Is that something you have studied? This link is to a video about birch tents in siberia, but i do recall hearing/reading(?) somewhere that birch bark was once used for housing in the British Isles? Perhaps not.. but my brain says so 😂 (I would put this request in a more appropriate place if i knew where, sorry!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXOugqNvot6Ao9E

[@SallyPointer]

It's not my main area of research, but if opportunity allows I'll do something on shelters and housing, there's some fascinating sites with really interesting discoveries

[@crochetwracarolyn4741]

That was totally awesome! I've never heard of Sprang before & watched your video out of curiosity. The more I watched, the more fascinated I became. I don't understand much about how you began the bag but that just means I've got to find some videos for beginners. You are an excellent instructor; I just need some instruction on the absolute basics of Sprang so I can come back and make this marvelous bag! Thank you so much for this video. I'm going to look for more that you've done, right now!

[@alexisconnergaming6793]

This is such a cool idea, and beautifully executed as well! Thank you for making videos demonstrating these techniques. I love learning all of these ancient technologies, love from Florida 💗😊

[@mahel2002]

I saw an Ottoman, 18th-century sprang bag yesterday and was very curious as to how it might have been made. This explains it very well! Thank you!

[@SallyPointer]

I'd love to see that

[@juliejay5436]

Another awesome video!

[@MoniqueAO888]

Thanks for the video, Sally !!! 🙂 The special crochet hook really seems to be perfect for ending the sprang...

[@JHaven-lg7lj]

They’re great for fixing pulls in knit fabric, you can usually find them in notions sections at fabric stores.

[@jessicawarren2632]

What size should the Sprang frame be for this? Phenomenal video, and end result!

[@SallyPointer]

My warp was about 80cm long, but you can do this with one handle hung over the hook on a door and the other end weighted, so you don't actually need a frame

[@lktdlk]

I wonder if it is possible to do it in the round with an open bottom that will become the opening of the bag, like a French shopping bag. It cuts on the tension problem but defeats the purpose of working to ends at the same time...

[@SallyPointer]

Let me know how it turns out when you try it!

[@updownstate]

My grandmother made these!

[@SallyPointer]

That's great, sprang does remain a living tradition in some parts of the world, but is almost forgotten in others. Where was she from, and did she do other things with sprang? Do you remember what her sprang frame looked like?

[@updownstate]

@@SallyPointer She was American born in Hungary. I don't remember what her frame looked like. We had a lot of bags because people had to bring their own to carry purchases. And keep toys and onions in. I don't remember her making anything but bags. And when Grandma was 'spranging' we knew not to sit in her chair. From a remove of 60 years that's all I can say. Your video really cheered me up. Have you ever tatted?

[@veroniquebiver1851]

not keen on the wooden handle, think I am going to try make one with handle in the same material than the rest. Do you maybe have such a version too ?

[@SallyPointer]

Set up a piece of sprang as you would for something like a hairnet, then at the end, you can thread a drawstring through for handles, or sew them to a band, or pick up the loops and use a different craft such as crochet to work the handles. Lots of options!

[@TorchwoodPandP]

Your pronunciation of Haraldskær is spot on! Greetings from 🇩🇰

[@laurelscott4466]

Mesmerizing video, I’ve never seen it or heard of it! I love the way you explain everything so clearly & include mistakes and all. Fascinating process , so simple but effective! I’m off to the craft cupboard, I know I had some handles somewhere?

[@reginagoss7809]

Love your channel and your tutorials. They are so beautiful. I mostly knit but love to watch your videos while I’m knitting especially the yarn unboxing. It’s like chatting with a friend while I knit. ❤ I’ve never met a dog or any other animal that I didn’t love but our current fur baby and favorite dog breed is the English Springer Spaniel. Thank you for sharing your videos. I am always amazed by how many you post and look forward to each and every one.

[@michelelane4662]

Absolutely delightful! Thank you so much for sharing this with us all! Much love and appreciation from California.❤️🍀🌈🙏🏻😇❣️

[@dianapulido1807]

This was super interesting. I might try this one day.