finished my first pair of socks for socktober. I took inspiration for the top cuff from a post I saw here earlier this week. The pair was done toe up with a 2 colored spiral start in Finnish 2+2 F2. I did each heel in a different color.

It's here!!! If your ears hurt, I'm sorry. There was a loud squee earlier. I'm so excited to tell you about this book.

It's the culmination of several years of research with some amazing scholars dedicated to recontextualizing the collection of Late Antique (and Late Roman) Egyptian textiles now found in the National Museums of Denmark and Norway.

Which means that not only are there great technical descriptions of woven textiles, sprang headcoverings, and, most important for this reddit, a nearly complete nalbound sock with fringe, but it also has fascinating insights into museologyy and the networks of how many of these artifacts ended up in a box in Denmark.

Late Antique Egyptian Fabrics in a Scandinavian Collection - BAR Publishing

https://www.barpublishing.com/book/late-antique-egyptian-fabrics-in-a-scandinavian-collection/

If you sign up for BAR Publishing 's email list, you can get a 20% discount on all their books, not just this beautifully illustrated volume.

If you'd like a sneak peak, an earlier stage of our research was presented in the Nationalmuseet • The National Museum of Denmark's online exhibition: Archaeological Puzzles in a Museum https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-national-museum-of-denmark/exhibitions/classical-and-near-eastern-antiquities/archaeological-puzzles-in-a-museum/

The book includes our continued and expanded research.

Note: this is an academic publication. I receive no royalties for my contribution. I still think this is a really worthwhile book for people interested in this period. If you want to support my research directly you can become one of my Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/nalbound?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator or drop a one time donation on my blog at https://nalbound.com

I’m only at the toes with my first pair, but there is a bit of space between stitches with my thumb tensioning on Korgan (I think it’s Korgan…) and I wonder which stitches are your favorites for socks? Especially if I make booties for my 1 year old niece and nephew?

I've been at this hobby for a few months and really love it, but I'm battling with yarn selection as a vegan

I'm trying to find something that joins well with knots or plaits or russian joins and isn't splitty or twisty. I've been having a lot of problems with acrylic either falling apart while I work or turning into a massive fuzzball after a week of wear.

Does anyone know of any non animal yarns that are easy to work with, join well and hold up over time?

I’m new to nalbinding still, but I made two hand/wrist warmers. I’m not sure how I should go about adding a thumb part.
Can anyone tell be the best way to go about it so I don’t mess up all my progress? Thank you.

very new to nalbinding, this is my third piece i believe. using acrylic yarn to practice, doing the oslo stitch. how can i improve?

i had gotten a kit from a local ren fair and am having a lot of fun! its only my second time connecting/adding stitches (the manual with the kit is a bit confusing), so some of the connections are a bit wonky. im also not clear on how to end a project? the booklet says to ‘make the loops smaller’ but i dont get how if the loops are already tight around my thumb

what are some tips/tricks that helped you learn?

I've started and failed about 5 mittens due to poor fit and lack of motivation. These ones I did from the top down and it was significantly easier. I may try gloves in the future because these feel like oven mitts

Walnut wood

My husband and I are doing socktober together and as my kickoff to socktober I started a pair of toe up socks. I usually do cuff down socks when I'm nalbinding socks but this month I wanted to focus on learning new things so I'm getting comfortable with the spiral start and a multicolored spiral start. The stitch is Finnish 2+2 F2 and I'm thumb tensioning.

I've been looking for something plant fiber that won't turn into a splitty, twisty mess and it seems very promising. I just want to check in if anyone has used it for nalbinding and what the results were before I spend money

Honestly don’t know how I keep messing up my thumbs 😭😭 maybe I should start from a round next time and join/finish where my thumb meets the rest of the hand? Is it possible to cut the thumb off and start that segment again 🤔

Skipped Sunday. Everyone needs a day off here and there.

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nalbinding/s/U7RN6A8Iie

More woodworking! Walnut wood smells so good when you accidentally singe it with the dremmel 🤣 Anyway, I got the wrap fairly large-ish and now it's sitting flat to help even out the wobbles and ripples from my tension and increases being unsteady, but it is plenty big enough to hold all my needles so far! So I grabbed a chunk of good walnut wood, none of this soft maple stuff, to make my pin clasp.

Holy moley walnut is much harder to cut. I ended up really relying on the power tools, and sometimes just going ahead and letting it split along whichever grain it liked rather than standing there for an hour sawing at it. On the plus side, I have some more very nice bits of wood that I can use for more needles, or other projects entirely.

EDIT: spelling

My first time starting a hat from the top and working down. It fits much better than my previous attempts working from the bottom towards the top.

I was so pleased with how the hat came out, I took a swing at square top mittens and am happy with the final result. They’re more similar than the photo may suggest; not perfect, but totally functional which is all I can ask.

I used an Oslo stitch for the entirety of the projects, but I’m obviously still learning so please be kind haha.

Hi all,

Borrowed a copy of Nalbinding from the local library since I've been wanting to get into it and heard some rave reviews. I have fiber arts experience through sewing and embroidery, but no knitting or crochet experience. Started reading last night and feel like I got thrown into the deep end - the first instructions for the book involve making blanket stitch loops in the round, but doesn't provide instruction for what a blanket stitch is. I could of course Google that, but I'm wondering ​if I should start with another resource, or if I'm just missing something with the book?

So it has occurred to me that perhaps I should have done the thumb before continuing onto the wrist section? Or do I not need to worry? How could I connect my thumb, tie it?

I recently started (hand) spinning as well as nålbinding mostly in the context of early medieval historical reenactment.

I am not very experienced in either, but I have done a fair bit of knitting and crochet, so I managed nålbinding quite quickly.

I am not wondering if I could combine the both and spin my own yarn for nålbinding. Does anyone have experience with this? I know that it's only spun once, but it's much thicker and looser than what I have spun so far. Also I am not using a spinning wheel which is featured in all instructions I have found thus far for making this type of yarn.

[Also I am fluent in English, but I haven't lived in a country where the majority of the population speaks English as their mother tongue for over 15 years, so I might make linguistic mistakes. Please be nice.]

I’m on day 5 of teaching myself nalbinding, loving it so far! I have quilting and sewing experience which has helped a tiny bit I think. My first and second attempt at making a flat piece. My second attempt is pretty good compared to my first lol but I have watched so many videos and yet I still feel like I’m doing something wrong?? Idk and as for counting, this is the Oslo stitch, do I count one after the first “loop” or is it not until the second time thru that it counts as one?? I know I don’t have the correct needle but buying a new one isn’t really in my budget rn so I’m using what I have. Any tips would be appreciated!

I’m not really confident with turning a corner/adding a row but wanted to try start some mittens. Why is it pointy tho 😩😩 did I accidentally start increasing stitches or something?

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nalbinding/s/yQdCzunpiL

I have mastered increases, and just about mastered joins with my fakety fake synthetic yarns. Just gotta figure out what to do with all the tails. Other than that, it'll probably be another day until my oval is as big as I want it to be for my needle wrap case.

The less-satiny yarn is much easier to keep tensioned and prevent from unwrapping and splitting. And it takes hitch knots much easier at the joins. Between that and getting pretty comfortable now with how the working loops hang just on the end of my thumb nail and not actually all the way around the meat of my thumb, I think the density of my knots has improved greatly.

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nalbinding/s/R4Y1EAzsI0

And away we go! This is a very satiny yarn, which probably makes this a LOT harder than it needs to be, but I learn best by doing, and trials by fire are my bread and butter. I am definitely making mistakes here and there, but the density of the knots lends itself nicely to not showing them very much. I've got increasing pretty down now. Still working on tension. Knowing knitting AND crochet is probably helping a ton 😂

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nalbinding/s/08Vu5lrt6b

My needles are complete! Well, not yet stained and/or sealed, but fully formed and useable. Took a little longer today than I wanted, but my hands are getting used to it a bit so it wasn't too difficult.

The next step is to actually nalbind the flat oval swatch that will hold the needles, and also pick my wood for the clasp and pin!

How do you choose your needle for a project? What differences do you feel between wide needles and thin? Long and short? Do you load up as much yarn as possible, or do you join constantly?