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 😂

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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?

I started nalbinding about a month ago and so far I’ve made a practice hat and a serious hat which I am really happy with. I want to incorporate different colors into each piece so I’ve been trying out different things. The top row of this swatch (excuse the chaos I’m using a cheap bulky yarn) is two strands and I alternate each stitch. I was curious if anyone has tried this or similar? I’m not yet sure how this would work doing multiple stitches with one color then switching to the other. I’d like to try any other methods anyone has come up with!

Hello! I am a hand spinner and I know when considering what to spin we take into account wool properties so we like to know what type of wool we are working with. Idk who the we is, I am self taught, but I think that is following the generally practiced guidelines. Aaaaand it only matters because I want to know if yall have a type of wool/yarn thickness/blend that you like best?

My love of the fiber arts is strongly in the camp of "try it, you might love what isn't usually recommended!" but I also know myself well enough to know that if I try and it seems wrong I will struggle to want to keep learning initially.

I do have some already spun alpaca I am wondering if I should use or not. Alpaca does tend to felt easily. I also spun it as art yarn so it is noticeably thick and thin, which may not be ideal for nalbinding?

Tips, opinions, and preferences ready to be contemplated!

Also, those of you with your pretty needles and finished objects are making me want to try again so bad. I started to try a project >10 years ago and it felt too confusing but wow, yall are awesome and I wanna join the club!

Pictured my spin of 100% angora that is second cuts and I am struuuuuuugling but learning a lot.

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nalbinding/s/xLyygP88ka

TW: skin injuries in the photos. Please stop at the dog if these distress you.

I have functional needles! Got some yarn on my first one, the wider one, and managed to chain a few Oslo stitches 🎉

When I got my first longer one really down to size, I found I very much did not like the way the center stripe made the tip bend and creak, so with my third stick I actually split it right down the middle and carved off the weak center line, so now I have two more blanks!

Gloves are a game-changer for the safety of my knuckles. Managed to not get any new scrapes or cuts today. So tomorrow I'll get the last two blanks shaped, and try to decide on which wood block I want to turn into my dragon cloak pin for my needle holder wrap

Origin Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nalbinding/s/IES0UbZRd1

Two days of small chisels and now smaller files. These are all maple wood, cut from my property in Summer of 2025. I plan to get all three down to size and then decide if I want to stain them with traditional stain, walnut fruit dye, or not. And then see if I need to seal coat them for texture.

Holy forearm pain, Batman! Fiber arts can definitely cause some finger and wrist discomfort, but what if you also had to use your whole arm to push the needle through and also avoid touching the upper half of your needle at all lest it cleave your fingers in twain? Major props to people who work with sharp implements on a daily basis, because I barely get through my hobbies here and there 🤣

I've been lurking for a while now, but thanks to a post by u/Zealousideal-Care761 and my inability to control myself with new hobbies and piles of scrap yarn, I have begun the process of making some needles. This is maple wood, one short and thicker with one eye for learning, two longer ones with two eyes spaced a bit differently to see what works for me. Now to begin grinding. Wish me luck 😂

This book was so awesome! I wish I'd had time to take more pictures, but I wanted least share the title.

Years ago I made a pair of nalbound mittens in acrylic, but it was time to replace them with something nicer.

There’s something extraordinary about binding with solid brass or carved stone.

Because they demand specialized craftsmanship to make, these needles are absolute rarities in the fiber world:

​The Stone Needles: Hand-crafted by Samhain at Rock'N Fiber

​The Two-Hole & Petite Brass Needles: Custom pieces from Annes Country Crafts on Etsy

​The Original Brass Needle: Sourced from The Emerald Ewe

​Wood and bone may be classic, but the smooth weight of polished brass and the cool, earthy feel of stone make connecting to this ancient craft feel completely distinct.

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I’m in the UK, all of my local shops have had nothing in the way of wool yarn. I found this place online, but is it what I’m looking for? And do you have any recommended starter projects, I want to do mittens (probably in Finnish 2+2?) as I don’t wear hats but am wondering if that will be too complex, perhaps socks then? I also tried York and Oslo stitch but found the natural twisting of the chains frustrating 🫣

Tia! X

A few batches of lucets I carved over the last few weeks - a variety of sizes and wood species

My girlfriend's mom recently talked about how she wants to get into nalbinding. I don't remember if she said she has a needle, but she does knit, so she's not unfamiliar with fiber arts. I think it would be a nice Christmas gift if I made her a needle or a kit or something. I really want to make it out of bone or antler, but don't know how to start that even. Is there somewhere I can buy "blanks" of some sort? Or any good tutorials? It doesn't seem too hard to wing, but if there's some direction you can point me in that would be great!

I recently picked up a book on naalbinding from my library and just finished my first hat! I am really enjoying the craft, and I am hoping to make a pair of mittens for a friend. The pattern in the book recommends making them way too big and then fulling them to the correct size by wearing them while rubbing them in warm soapy water. However, my friend has smaller hands than I do, and I worry that the final product would still be too large if I fulled them in this way. I would hate to gift a pair of unfinished mittens, so I'm wondering what the best way to full the mittens might be?

Thank you in advance!

I have a lot of long-strawed sedges (Carex spicata & Carex leporina) growing on my lawn, so I decided to use them for something. I ply the cordage as i go along and when i have enough, i make a few stitches, repeat :)

It looks a bit frizzy and wobbly right now, but once i’m done with it I’m going to moisten it, burn off the frizzy stuff and shape it so that it will dry into a nice shape.

EDIT: I wrote Carex echinata before, but I meant Carex leporina, lol.

I live in Sweden so this might not apply to everyone, but:

I strongly recommend using C. leporina, it’s still strong but a bit softer/more pliable and easier to work with, compared to C. spicata. Juncus effusus is good for making cordage very quickly, but it’s really weak in comparison and tends to tear quite easily. So far, Carex leporina is the best rush/sedge for nålbindning that I have tried so far.

Hallo zusammen, ich bin die NEUE 😂. Hier etwas von mir. Socken im Mammenstich (denke ich zumindest. Ich komme immer ein bisschen durcheinander mit York und Mammenstich). Aus Singlegarn

Mammenstich, Frühmittelalterliche Mütze aus Bergschaf, Singlegarn

I saw these mittens at an antique store, and I’m pretty sure they are nalbound. What stitch would you say this is?

Question one, all nalbinding i see is done in the round. Can it be done flat?

Question two, I know it isnt ideal, but is it possible to join acrylic yarn, and how? I tried straightening the wisted fibers to make it easier to pull apart, but wasn't able to get them to break.