Thank you so much for showing all the close-up details. I haven’t ventured into lace patterns yet, but I’m making a first try at this headgear with a panel of simple interlinking sprang I just finished in sage green and cream stripes (I’m still a beginner, so I’m using colours to help me keep my threads in order!), and a cream/green leafy quilting cotton, so I can wander out in secret medieval garb and keep my scalp from getting sunburned!
Here is the link to the Enigmatic Beauty: Headwear of Lengberg Castle: www.academia.edu/38136973/Enigmatic_Beauty_Headwear_of_Lengberg_Castle_pdf?source=swp_share
Was this for religious use? Like the Amish and Mennonites wear caps. Or is this for keeping the hair clean from smoke and dirt? It there are big holes in the sprang, wouldn’t that allow dirt to get through?
It had more practical aspects. Kept the hair out of the way. You would not want to cook over open fire with your long strands hanging over, light a candle or work in fields with dust and dirt flying around. It kept the hair tidy and untangled, the head warm, looked fashionable and told others your status in society. Married women had to wear a Haube. So everybody knew this sister is married, hands off. That aside, men also were wearing these kind of head gears. In religious context, when in church women had to cover their hair. In some catholic regions they still do this until today with a lacy scarf. I remember very well that women always used to wear a piece of cloth (turban style) doing their house work, cleaning, cooking, doing laundry and such combined with an apron... my grandmother for example.
How wonderful! Thank you for sharing your research!
Thank you so much for showing all the close-up details. I haven’t ventured into lace patterns yet, but I’m making a first try at this headgear with a panel of simple interlinking sprang I just finished in sage green and cream stripes (I’m still a beginner, so I’m using colours to help me keep my threads in order!), and a cream/green leafy quilting cotton, so I can wander out in secret medieval garb and keep my scalp from getting sunburned!
Beautiful headwear ❣️
Thank you for sharing your research! I don’t need to learn any more crafts, but now I want to learn sprang just to make one of these headwear.
Love your podcasts..how interesting..hope you make more..
So cool, thank you!
I love it
Here is the link to the Enigmatic Beauty: Headwear of Lengberg Castle: www.academia.edu/38136973/Enigmatic_Beauty_Headwear_of_Lengberg_Castle_pdf?source=swp_share
Was this for religious use? Like the Amish and Mennonites wear caps. Or is this for keeping the hair clean from smoke and dirt? It there are big holes in the sprang, wouldn’t that allow dirt to get through?
It had more practical aspects. Kept the hair out of the way. You would not want to cook over open fire with your long strands hanging over, light a candle or work in fields with dust and dirt flying around. It kept the hair tidy and untangled, the head warm, looked fashionable and told others your status in society. Married women had to wear a Haube. So everybody knew this sister is married, hands off. That aside, men also were wearing these kind of head gears. In religious context, when in church women had to cover their hair. In some catholic regions they still do this until today with a lacy scarf. I remember very well that women always used to wear a piece of cloth (turban style) doing their house work, cleaning, cooking, doing laundry and such combined with an apron... my grandmother for example.