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... was done today, though I don't have nice photos to show yet. I've finished securing all open ends of all braided structures, and finished hemming all parts, and got started on the needle lace for the front. And otherwise, there was a checkup to take care of, and a cat to cuddle (on the desk), and mails to send - so the usual, apart from one very weird paypal occurrence that actually needed a call to customer service. (With a very nice and helpful lady at the other end.) And now I'd be ready for the weekend, if only that Friday worktime did not stand in the way ;) 

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The Lengberg Cap with Sprang (which, by the way, has been nicely published, and you can find the article here) has the usual features of lots of medieval headwear: White linen and surprisingly narrow hems. In this case, it also features the sprang panel, and also...needle lace. The needle lace connects the ties to the main part, and also is an embellishment of the front of the cap - so after hemming the individual pieces, and whip-stitching in the sprang panels, the next step will be making some needle lace. Fortunately, the patterns are rather simple, and the originals don't have the same pattern on both sides of the tie connections, so I can go astray a little bit and it won't be too bad. Meanwhile, that's the sprang panel seen from above, on a dark styrofoam head.  

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Symmetry is a, ah, well. Let's say that in the textile world... I think it's special. Most of the things that we do, our basis is... yarn. Spun yarn. And now you probably already know where I'm going at: As soon as there's twist involved, or diagonals, there is no such thing as true symmetry. The twist in the yarn will always influence looks and behaviour of your piece. In sprang, there's an additional element, because it's inherently symmetric - you are braiding on stretched threads, thus everything you do adds to your fabric twice, once on top and once on the bottom of the frame. Only... in the opposite direction. Which means you have the basic difference you get when you work with the same yarn in different diagonals. Plus then you have the effect that you can place a heavy weaving swor...

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The sprang caps are progressing - the sprang middle part is finished, and is currently drying after getting a little soak. Pictures will follow tomorrow - and then, once it's dry, I can start on getting the first of the sprang panels stitched into the cap parts. It's always very nice and exciting when something like this comes together! 

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And because the heat outside has probably stolen my brain, you're getting a random photo of a box being made (or more precisely, getting the lid pressed after glueing on the papers to cover both inside and outside):  I'm always quite amused by the constructions that get created to have everything nice and straight and all bits that should be weighted down nicely weighted down. It's always fun, this stage. 

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Well. I don't watch much TV or movies or other stuff (in fact we don't even own a TV), but we do have some DVDs of things we enjoy. Among them are things with Nathan Fillion. This is due to a present from a friend of ours, who gave me, many birthdays back, a DVD with Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on it. (Fantastic. If you like weird, go for it. It's only a good half hour. I will wait here.)  We liked it so much that we looked for other things with the same actors, and that led us to watching Firefly, plus some other things, with Nathan Fillion playing a (usually big and important) part.  And now, by chance, I found out he got an honorary doctorate and gave a speech, where he gave his three steps to success.   Some of this certainly sounded familiar. I can't count ...

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