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Naalbinding
Aug. 30th, 2012 06:02 pmFinally got some time to take at least a somewhat decent picture of recent naalbinding projects.
The yarn I used is a 25% wool, 75% polyester merge (99 cents at Zeeman, sue me) which makes it impossible to invisibly attach a new thread, but as naalbinding goes it was nice and chunky. I used a bone needle I bought for € 5,- at the museum shop. It is very nice to handle and although I dropped it twice it's still in one piece.
The right pouch is a bag for plastic bottles, finished off with a handwoven strap (earlier acrylic work which wasn't quite long enough to reach all the way to the bottom of the bottle, sadly). The left pouch is lovingly called a "duitenzakje" (cent pouch). I tried my hand at a decrease and an increase to create some more shape. The money in the picture are crets from Maerquin I found in my jacket pockets.
The naalbinding stitch I used creates a ridge between rows and once you get the gist of it it's easy enough to do. I also saw a pair of socks on one of the Time Guides at the museum that is made in a different stitch which I actually like better than this one. The search continues for different stitches! (It looks like a diagonal tabby weave).
Edited to add: Long live Flickr, it looks like it's the Dalarna stitch.
I bought 100% wool at the local knitting shop for a pair of chunky socks, but now people tell me I need to prewash it or make sure the socks are larger than life so they can shrink to my size. This scared me off the project for now, so if anyone has any ideas how to go about this, I'd welcome the advice. I've got four balls of this wool yarn and not a clue how to prewash it.
Edited again: The Holy Grail of Naalbinding stitches, right here on Google Sites!
The yarn I used is a 25% wool, 75% polyester merge (99 cents at Zeeman, sue me) which makes it impossible to invisibly attach a new thread, but as naalbinding goes it was nice and chunky. I used a bone needle I bought for € 5,- at the museum shop. It is very nice to handle and although I dropped it twice it's still in one piece.
The right pouch is a bag for plastic bottles, finished off with a handwoven strap (earlier acrylic work which wasn't quite long enough to reach all the way to the bottom of the bottle, sadly). The left pouch is lovingly called a "duitenzakje" (cent pouch). I tried my hand at a decrease and an increase to create some more shape. The money in the picture are crets from Maerquin I found in my jacket pockets.
The naalbinding stitch I used creates a ridge between rows and once you get the gist of it it's easy enough to do. I also saw a pair of socks on one of the Time Guides at the museum that is made in a different stitch which I actually like better than this one. The search continues for different stitches! (It looks like a diagonal tabby weave).
Edited to add: Long live Flickr, it looks like it's the Dalarna stitch.
I bought 100% wool at the local knitting shop for a pair of chunky socks, but now people tell me I need to prewash it or make sure the socks are larger than life so they can shrink to my size. This scared me off the project for now, so if anyone has any ideas how to go about this, I'd welcome the advice. I've got four balls of this wool yarn and not a clue how to prewash it.
Edited again: The Holy Grail of Naalbinding stitches, right here on Google Sites!
