Sprang vuman

Sprang is a type of braiding that is done by interlacing threads.

The work is done in the following way: In a frame, vertically parallel wool threads are stretched, like the warp in a loom.

The work is done according to certain rules that give different patterns by interlacing the threads around each other.

The work is finished in the middle and finally crocheted together into a tube – a hoselæg.

On Erik the Red’s tapestry, there are two setups on the loom. The find referred to here is Norwegian and was excavated in a bog on the farm Tegle i Time in Jæren, at a depth of ½ meter below the ground surface.

Here a wool bag was found containing, among other things, these hoselæg. When we started the Vikingegruppen Lindholm Høje in 1990, we went exploring for described finds from the Viking Age and after finding the above, we got in touch with Lejre and Nina Rathje, who have worked for many years both in Hou, Hals, Lejre and in Iceland.

She taught Inga Dybvad to jump. Inga then jumped many hoselegs for all of us in the Vikingegruppen.

In Denmark, a jumped hat was found in the Bronze Age find at Borum Eshøj. That is why all men associated with Erik the Red wear these green jumped hoselegs. That is why there is a jumping woman on this wallpaper and also to tell about the importance of women in these harsh regions. That is why this find is important.

Erik’s journey to Iceland together with his father Thorvald started from Jæren.

Written by Anny Svendsen

Source reference:
Stavanger Museum’s annual report 1921-1924
A textile find in Myr from the Roman Iron Age.
Written by Hans Dedekam