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What I am interested in is wether the manner loops and knots connect in Nalbinding translates into garment properties which are different to knitted and crocheted ones. It seems to me that compared to knitting Nalbinding produces denser and heavier garments compared with knitting. But given the important role of air pockets play in the thermal isolation of the garment, that density might not result in warmer pullovers. purely inspired by the wisdom of my livingroom couch I wonder wether there was a time when people chose for certain garments Nalbinding, for others knitting and for some even crocheting? I'm intrigued! Nalbinding landed in my feed first time today like a "UWO" ;-)

Thank you! I could actually see exactly what you were doing with the yarn, needle, and thumb!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 I can begin! 😃👍👍

And if you do not have thumbs ? 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍👍👍👍👍

Just starting :) the oslo stitch is lovely and the finnish 2+2. I do struggle though with making the beginning stitch neat. Ha e you got any tips or tricks? :)

Pardon me for being so insensitive, but it's about damn time you put a video up! I look forward to more. I liked your medieval and renaissance type videos.

Hello lovely! Haven't seen anything from you in a while. Hope everything is well.❤

Dang! Missed it by 24hrs! Lovely dainty stitches you're making there :)

You mention prostitutes being forced to wear stripes in places (5:36) and I just want to add that in western medieval Europe, stripes were associated with evil/sin/devilry, and that social outcasts as a whole may have worn/been forced to wear them. The most likely explanation (in my opinion at least) for why Europeans didn’t like stripes was because of the Bible verse Leviticus 19:19 that says you aren’t supposed to wear clothing woven of two kinds of material. Because stripes are by nature different colours, they could easily be seen as being different material (even if it’s just the same material dyed different colours)

Happy nahlbinding day to you too, ❤

Ooo thats incredible!

This was great! I will have to check out more of this content 👍 I had never heard about the yellow hood thing, but then I'm doing practical research for writing (which doesn't tend to deal with prostitutes) and so haven't come up against all the pragmatic little issues that active reenactors must have to deal with. That's why I love hearing from people who have actually worn the clothes, lived in the buildings, done the jobs, etc. of a given historical setting. It's absolutely invaluable. I had heard of the other tropes, but the responses were still useful and informative. I think my least favorite of these stereotypes is showing the medieval world as a universally dreary, brown, bleak existence. Such depictions are an insult to the truly colorful, imaginative, vibrant, lively, varied, and interesting lives of medieval people.

I don’t know why I never considered purring more than one strand through the hole. That’s genius

I’ve never seen such teeny tiny delicate nalbinding! It’s just gorgeous.

Sumptuary laws just for social class differentiation? I guess it was a critique on people saying you can't wear this or that as a reenactor because of history and sumptuary laws and making it a social class fight is so much in line with our modern taste.

MY GOD, I DID IT. Getting my thumb out of the way was what I needed -- I can SEE what I'm doing now! I went from swearing and throwing knotted scraps of yarn out to good-lord-and-butter I'm doing it.

The off-the-thumb business was incredibly helpful. I had trouble visualizing what was going on until I saw that, and now suddenly it makes a ton more sense what's actually happening. It always helps to be able to read your work -- thanks.

very interesting! I am just now finding your videos.

I find nalbinding very interesting -- it looks like knitting done in reverse, where you make a cast-on with a needle, and then keep adding a new cast-on edge to the bottom over and over. Very fascinating, and I can see why it was so long-lived a craft given that you just need one easily-obtained needle that can be used to work many projects at once. It's also portable given that it won't unravel easily. It's a bit like knitting with the advantages of crochet. I've done it before, but with modern acrylic yarn, which is less convenient given that the constant joins become annoying. I can see how it would be much better with woolen yarns the ends of which you can felt to one another.

Hi I was wondering if you are still posting anywhere - cheers a fellow Aussie

English wood did suck! Adam Smith pointed this out in his book The Wealth of Nations. It was propaganda that it was better. Sheep in England were raised mostly for their meat. Also, export restrictions on wool were to the benefit of weavers. So one could export cloth but not raw wool.

Looks a lot like magic loop to me, my favourite closed cast on

That's brilliant! Putting multiple strands of yarn through the needle so that you don't have to add more pieces of yarn too often. Thank you for teaching 💖 🧶

That braid🅰️♀️💁

How far are you willing to go in reenacting? 😈

The best nal is Walrus tusk🦣

Nailbinding is an ART. Each project is different and each artisan has a different result in mind. Dont get upset by the discussions. I love your channel, you are a good teacher and encourage us to make our own choices.

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Murex purple almost never lost its fishy smell, so it would be easy to tell the difference. (That particular smell couldn’t be replicated.) Scotland was fairly drab in color choice for the commons. Most colors and dyes were heavily taxed as they were imported. Great production! Cheers!

I'm curious as to why you say to always choose real wool - is that a true to history re-enactment thing, or does it actually make a difference with the finished project? I am allergic to wool (it makes me itchy and sneezy) so everything I work with is either mostly acrylic or cotton. The quick test run I made with my acrylic seemed to work okay but I only got 3 stitches in before I got frustrated trying to do it on the thumb lol so my next try will be off the thumb. Today my plastic darning needle, tomorrow maybe I'll start carving my own little wooden needle!

I've watched lots of videos and just got frustrated. I tried your off the thumb method and I've finally got it. Thank you so much. You're a total star.

I don't know how much 'evidence' you need to keep warm. The Norse were pretty good at that!

Is it a Bone Needle? Looks lovely!

Clearest instructions of any craft I’ve seen thus far!

Just discovered your videos about nalbinding after my son bought a hat made in this method from a reinactment camp. I knit and crotchet but this method looks very interesting. Wondering where you are situated? 👏♥️🇦🇺

It's sad people think of Medieval colors as grey green iron brown. I like to point out sumptuary laws were passed only after the lower classes were found dressing like nobles. I tell 0eople watch The last fuel then The adventures of Robin Hood 1938. Then understand the 1938 movie was closer to reality in the color palette. Greens, browns & yellows were cheap so yes outlaws wore them. Reds, blues, orange were harder & hence middle class finally to the purples & scarlets of the wealthy.

How long is your yarn for craft challenged beginners? 😊

So this wan an amazing tutorial and has officially gotten me started on my journey! Only thing I would say could maybe be helpful is explaining that you can’t work from the skein 😅 I’m a little dumb and it took me forever to figure out that I had to cut a working length of yarn to be able to do this

I'm curious if that would suit me more than knitting. I love knitted fabric but I'm more of a sewer than a knitter unfortunately. I just can't get into a flow where I am comfortable and can relax while knitting instead of being tense and hyperfocused on what I'm doing and not worry about missing a stitch whereas sewibg I can do while listening or watching something.

i'm with you on this one, Ylva.

I've just made my first chain with the first video last night, and today I will attempt to join them together and keep growing it! The thumb method does work better for me but I'm so glad there are options, and changing the colour of the yarn was super helpful, thanks!

Beautifully done! Love the ruffles

With the 2 year gap in content, im hoping for some big epic project to appear. But im really impatient so its hard to wait 😅 guess i should rewatch everything again

Hello from Calgary Canada just found your videos. I find Nalbinding very interesting. Suggesting for your videos is to show more stitches close up. Maybe a video on a simple project for the beginners 😅 Thank you Jacquie 😊

Thank you for the videos! Picking up the craft!

This was very helpful! I have never naalbinded before and i struggle with keeping tension on other woven projects. I found that if you leave skack in the current loop you just made, then start the next loop leaving the needle in the middle. I found that i could then tighten the last loop around the needle for a consistent loop size every time. Im sure experts already do this, but it felt fun to find out in the moment

Fantastic job

Interesting video, but one that would benefit greatly from some visualisations of the things you're talking about.

Time to learn another fiber art.

Thanks for the interesting and resourceful video. I first came across nalbinding a few years ago at a viking/medieval festival near Copenhagen and I got the impression that it's a craft only spread in the Nordic reenactment community. I've recently discovered that it's not the case and that even some reenactors in my homecountry Czechia are quite skilled at this craft. I am fairly good at crocheting but I'm determined to learn nalbinding and create a hood for the upcoming festival in Denmark. It looks way more complicated then crocheting though, which stitch would you suggest is the most beginner friendly?

Could you make more tutorials on how to do off the thumb stitches (like Oslo, finnish 2 +2 ect)