Nalbinding is an ancient textile technique thought to originate with Vikings, Egyptians, and Peruvians. It involves splicing lengths of yarn together without knots by threading the yarn in and out of loops using a needle. Archaeological evidence of nalbinding was found in a 10th century Danish grave, showing it was practiced by Vikings. The document provides instructions for how to do nalbinding, starting with making a slipknot and continuously adding new loops and rows by threading the needle through previous loops.
Nalbinding is an ancient textile technique thought to originate with Vikings, Egyptians, and Peruvians. It involves splicing lengths of yarn together without knots by threading the yarn in and out of loops using a needle. Archaeological evidence of nalbinding was found in a 10th century Danish grave, showing it was practiced by Vikings. The document provides instructions for how to do nalbinding, starting with making a slipknot and continuously adding new loops and rows by threading the needle through previous loops.
Nalbinding is an ancient textile technique thought to originate with Vikings, Egyptians, and Peruvians. It involves splicing lengths of yarn together without knots by threading the yarn in and out of loops using a needle. Archaeological evidence of nalbinding was found in a 10th century Danish grave, showing it was practiced by Vikings. The document provides instructions for how to do nalbinding, starting with making a slipknot and continuously adding new loops and rows by threading the needle through previous loops.
Nalbinding is an ancient textile technique thought to originate with Vikings, Egyptians, and Peruvians. It involves splicing lengths of yarn together without knots by threading the yarn in and out of loops using a needle. Archaeological evidence of nalbinding was found in a 10th century Danish grave, showing it was practiced by Vikings. The document provides instructions for how to do nalbinding, starting with making a slipknot and continuously adding new loops and rows by threading the needle through previous loops.
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1. Thread a large needle.
Nalbinding is thought of as Viking but there are also ancient Egyptian and Peruvian examples. It's done by splicing roughly two-meter lengths of yarn together. Because of the sewing topology, it doesn't unravel when pulled like knitting and crochet. Examples of this stitch were found in a grave in Mammen, Denmark. This would be Viking, of the period 950-1050 AD. For documentation, please see Sigrid Briansdotter's "Nalbinding Made Easy".
2. Make a slipknot. Hold it gently pinched.
8. Go through previous loops to add more rows.
3. Lightly wrap your finger. Put the needle through the first loop and below the loop on your finger. 4. Slip your finger out of the loop. Pinch it to hold it still and keep it the same size.
UOO/UUOO F2 5. Form a fresh loop around your finger as you go through this step: Go through the last two loops you're pinching, needle pointing towards yourself. Go beneath the loop on your finger, pointing away from yourself.
My reconstruction uses a palm-towards-user position for the off hand. Sigrid Briansdotter's instructions are given for a palm-away position with the looping around the thumb.
6. Release the loop around your finger. 7. Repeat as in Step 5: Go towards yourself through the last two loops; go away from yourself through the last loop; form a new loop around your finger as you do this. (c) 2007 All Rights Reserved
