SILHÅR var et filter som ble lagt i melkesilen for å fange opp kuhår og annet rusk når man slo melken igjennom. Silhåret ble vanligvis laget av tråd spunnet av kutagl, men tråd av hestetagl og grisebust kunne også brukes. Silhåret ble gjerne bundet i nålebindingsteknikk eller heklet. Silhåret måtte være rent: Det ble grundig vasket, skyllet, banket og luftet utendørs.
Silhår ble også brukt ved mersking under ølbrygging. Ved den enkleste formen for mesking varmes hele mesken opp til 70°C. Når mesken har nådd den nødvendige temperaturen, ble den hellt over i et silekar, der de faste stoffene siles fra. Den frasilte masken går til dyrefor. Den væska som blir tilbake, kalles vørter.
TAGL er de stive, lange hårene i hestens eller kuens hale, man og pannelugg. Tagl er en verdifull handelsvare. Det kan brukes til krøllhår, sikteduk, hatter, børster, møbeltrekk og så videre. Hvite halehår brukes også til fiolinbuer.
What kind of stitch is this nålbinding made out of?
Maria Neijman,
October 17, 2017
Nålebinding is called knotless netting in english, you can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10xNxH_Itxs to see it demonstrated or read this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A5lebinding
Benedicte Friis Furulund,
October 19, 2017
Benedicte, I'm afraid that is not a helpful answer. Needlebinding [what I prefer to call it] can have many varying stitch types due to many different factors in the creation process, of course also resulting in varying texture, thickness etc in the finished fabric.
Please see this WIP index for instance:
https://sites.google.com/site/neulakinnas/list
Perhaps one can cross-reference Odd Norland's book Primitive Scandinavian Textiles in Knotless Netting, which lists some milk strainer finds including ones from Gudbrandsdalen (p.46). He does list type of stitch used for the respective find (according to his classification system, yes, there are more than one as you can see in the index above ;)). But he used a different labelling system for finds, than the system used for this find. So is this a new find or simply a re-labelled one? Might there be some kind of museum back-log on location for checking that?
Otherwise, me and many others would be very grateful for a closeup photo of this milk strainer, to better see the stitch textures and possibly resolve the stitch type question that way :)
Eva Bolinder,
October 22, 2017
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Maria Neijman, October 17, 2017
Benedicte Friis Furulund, October 19, 2017
Benedicte, I'm afraid that is not a helpful answer. Needlebinding [what I prefer to call it] can have many varying stitch types due to many different factors in the creation process, of course also resulting in varying texture, thickness etc in the finished fabric.
Please see this WIP index for instance:
https://sites.google.com/site/neulakinnas/list
Perhaps one can cross-reference Odd Norland's book Primitive Scandinavian Textiles in Knotless Netting, which lists some milk strainer finds including ones from Gudbrandsdalen (p.46). He does list type of stitch used for the respective find (according to his classification system, yes, there are more than one as you can see in the index above ;)). But he used a different labelling system for finds, than the system used for this find. So is this a new find or simply a re-labelled one? Might there be some kind of museum back-log on location for checking that?
Otherwise, me and many others would be very grateful for a closeup photo of this milk strainer, to better see the stitch textures and possibly resolve the stitch type question that way :)
Eva Bolinder, October 22, 2017
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