Nalbinding a Pair of Winter Mittens
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2023
- Winter is the perfect time to engage in some millennia-old crafts to make ourselves some warm, wool things. A perfect task for nalbinding / needle binding. :)
A tutorial on the Telemark stitch and one of the best needle binding instructors on CZcams: • Telemark Stitch - Nalb...
Embroidered floral pendant (gift) by the talented Sina Mook: / pasttimesewing
Pattern for my most favorite, snuggly warm sonntag (also a gift): www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Varde yarn by Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk: ull.no/produktkategori/garn/v...
References:
[1] Mittens from Digitalt Museum: digitaltmuseum.no/01102313033...
[2] Festegaver: snl.no/festegave
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Kråkevisa translation (there are many, many more verses): no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A...
Å, mannen han gjekk seg i veaskog (Oh, the man went into the firewood forest)
Hei fara, i veaskog (Hei fara, into the firewood forest)
Der satt der ei kråke i lunden og gol (In the grove there was a crow crowing)
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra (Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra)
Og mannen han snudde om hesten sin (And the man turned his horse back around)
Hei fara, om hesten sin (Hei fara, his horse back around)
Så køyrde han heimat til garden igjen (And drove back to the farm again)
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra (Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra)
Men kråka kom etter på taket og gol (But the crow followed on the roof and crowed)
Hei fara, på taket og gol (Hei fara, on the roof and crowed)
Og mannen, han opp gjennom ljoren fór (And the man went up through the smoke hole)
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra (Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra)
Og mannen han spende sin boge for kne (And the man he strung his bow by the knee)
Hei fara, sin boge for kne (Hei fara, his bow by the knee)
Så skaut han den kråka så ho datt ned (And he shot the crow so she fell down)
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra (Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra)
Og kjøtet han salta i tyner og fat (And the meat he salted in barrels and throughs)
Hei fara, i tyner og fat (Hei fara, in barrels and throughs)
Og tunga han brukte til jolemat (And the tongue he used for the yule feast)
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra (Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra)
Og den som 'kje kråka kan nytta so (And if someone cannot use a crow to this extent)
Hei fara, kan nytta so (Hei fara to this extent)
Han er'kje verd ei kråke å få (He is not worthy of a crow to get)
Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra (Hei fara, faltu riltu raltu ra)
Music by Epidemic Sound unless otherwise stated:
Wolfpack - Johannes Bornlöf
The Gift of Giving - Howard Harper-Barnes
What Child is This - Johannes Bornlöf
Twinkle of the Lights - Johannes Bornlöf
A Snowflake's Tale - Howard Harper-Barnes
Kråkevisa - That'd be me (Kristine Vike) - Jak na to + styl
I'm from Spain, I teach myself basic nålbinding to knit my sister mittens for her reenactor viking event.
That is so sweet! Nålbinding items makes such great gifts.
All respect for creators like you who got the patience for nålbinding. Fascinating seeing you create with this old craft. Additional perks. Wool inspector🐈⬛
It’s a hard job, but somebody has got to do it! 🐈⬛
The song at the end really surprised me. It was a lovely surprise. Thank you for your original content. It is amazing to see creators like you that are not turning to whatever seems to be on trend right now, but rather producing unusual and therefore super interesting and entertaining videos.
Much love from Germany ❤
That is so sweet of you! Thank you, I do enjoy making these videos quite a lot.
I love to nalbind! My favourite needle is one my husband made from our lilac bush! 🇨🇦
That is so lovely and personal! I whittled my first needle from a piece of firewood, but broke it a few years later. 😅
A) What's learning one more fibercraft? Nalbinding has been tempting me for so long. XD
B) The song at the end was great! I totally get how anxiety inducing it would be to put yourself out there like that but totally worth it. :) Very cool.
I mean, yes. Join us in learning all of the things! One of us, one of us! :D
Ooh I loved you speaking Norwegian and the song at the end! I wonder how knitting and needle binding compare in warmth, with it being knots vs loops 🤔
Aw, thank you! I was quite anxious about keeping that in.
I think it’s more layers of wool rather than knots vs loops. Nalbinding often has more layers of yarn over the same spot compared to knitting, but if you knit with two yarns or colourwork you get more yarns stacked in the same spot, if that makes sense. 😅
@@KristineVike I think Leave's Eyes (Norwegian Symphonic/folk metal band) once covered the song. Or at least one that made me think of that...
And I guess I knew that, but it was somewhere deep in my mind, that's why they say dog hair yarn is warmer, because the hairs are hollow and thus an extra layer of air.
I've never watched anyone do nålbinding before and I'm absolutely fascinated. May need to add this to my repertoire of fiber arts dalliances.
It’s a fun little craft to add to the repertoire. Especially for us perpetual craft skill collectors. 😊
I learned knitting crochet embroidery from my mom. Added quilting. I just ordered nalbinding needles. Amazing skills need to be continued and are my version of meditation. Thank you for introducing us to nalbinding.
I came for the nälbinding and learned this along the way: "The Spælsau (Old Norwegian Short Tail Landrace, Gamalnorsk spæl Norwegian) is a breed of sheep" quoted from a Wikipedia article. I love learning more.
I would love to see Epic set up small gardens in different climates (like tropical, southeastern US, gulf coast, SW desert, etc.) to show how to garden wherever the audience is.
oh lovely!!!!! I always say that this year is going to be the year I learn nalbinding... maybe this year really will be the year haha. You make it look so easy, but I know it takes a lot of skill and focus! Thanks for sharing this project!
I do remember it being a bit challenging to get the tension right in the beginning. But also, the first string of stitches before you connect them into a loop are the hardest to get neat, and they will often look better once they're connected. So I think just give it a go and don't feel discouraged when your crafting space fills up with (what we used to call it xD) nalbinding corpses, lol. I had quite a stash before this video while learning the new stitch!
@@KristineVike Nalbinding corpses!!!! Hah. I feel so encouraged, I will give it another shot this weekend! Thank you for the kind, encouraging words. I can't wait to see what you do next :) :) :)
I just found you today.Wonderful content.Thank you from Germany.😊
"Now that you know everything you need to know" 🤣🤣. I am going to use this in everything I try to do.
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The only other traditions I know of are weaving, which is at least 10,000 years old but almost definitely more, and sewing in all its versions. This is such a cool video! Those mittens are super pretty. My mom teaches nalbinding and so I’m starting to learn, so it always fun to see cool projects
Very interesting, but all I can think about is your shawl! It's beautiful and practical and I am not a shawl lover!
It is certainly very lovely and warm! A most appreciated gift from a friend.
I clicked on your video at seeing your sonntag. Did your friend nålbind it, or crochet, like the link you posted? I love it!
😂😂😂 now that you know everything you need let us make some mittens
Me: 😳😦🫠
Beautiful song at the end. And beautiful mittens.
nalbinding is always something I've wanted to try. Thank you for answering if a darning needle would work for this project!
It would! The only thing I can think of is that the smaller needle/shaper edge might strain the wool fibres more than my big one does, so you *may* have to pull on the needle/adjust the yarn length more often to avoid breakages. But technique-wise? No problem as long as it is long enough to do the stitches and you can physically get your yarn through the eye. :)
I love all things yarn! This was fun to learn about. I know I'll end up trying this. ❤😊
Such a beautiful and cozy video! I loved the song at the end too. While I really enjoy nalbinding, I'm always bothered that so much is done by fit and feel so I might not have exactly matching socks or mittens. How do you make sure your items match? Do you count the stitches or just go by feel for each one separately? Maybe I'm just weird about it. 😅
Haha, you don’t have to do it like that, but that is how I make a lot of my things. 😅
You could absolutely approach it with counting stitches and more accuracy. I’ve seen crocheters use stitch counters to mark the beginning of rounds and every x stitches. But yeah, usually I just make things as closely together in time as I can and hope for the best!
❤️❤️❤️ they are awesome! I also absolutely loved the song at the end, so lovely
Thank you, it is such a fun craft!
Wow the song at the end is so beautiful
Thank you. 🥺
I didn’t know about nalbinding! The result looks lovely!
Thank you, and very warm too! 😊
Highly interesting, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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so... it's a bunch of knots. i'm guessing frogging ain't all that easy. probably handles holes and such very well though. great video. editing was nice and the music added but didn't distract. cheers.
Frogging is indeed quite difficult with nalbinding, but like you guessed, small holes don’t really unravel much either. Silver linings!
So beautiful and well explained! I have purchsed a book on Nalbinding when I was in Jorvik in York and have been experimenting with it ever since! I hope to one day be able to also produce such a wonderful piece as you did!
You can totally do it! :D
I’ve always been pretty bad at knitting and crochet so I got a bone needle to try nålbinding and have slept with it next to my head to remind me to start learning… it’s been two years now and I still haven’t started lol this is my sign to put it to use since I really need new mittens this winter
Yessss. One of us, one of us! Nalbinding squad! 😁
Beautiful video ❤ Maybe it could be a good idea to mention first of all in your presentation that you are left-handed? This technique may otherwise seem more complicated than most right-handed persons find it at a first glance even when the presenter is right-handed 😄
Love your little embroidered necklace did you make it yourself beautiful description of how to do the stitch one craft I have never tried but not on todays list the brain is not with it today ,have just wound yarn to start another pair of socks that will make three pair on the needles but want this pair plain for car knitting when you do all those short trips and need something but not much.
The embroidered necklace was a gift from a very talented and generous friend. :)
Curious, what was the total time it took to complete both mittens. Lovely work. I definitely want to learn now.
It has been a while, so I do not quite remember, but a week or two in total.
Kristine, thanks a ton for putting these videos out! I've been learning a lot from them, and am almost done with my first mitten, so I appreciate the instruction! Out of curiosity, is it possible to switch between stitches in the middle of a piece? Could I, for instance, begin a piece with Finish 2+2, and then transition to the Oslo stitch part-way through, or vice versa? Just a point of curiosity. Thanks, in advance!
I did that with a headband once, so yes! Go forth and experiment! Things to look out for is that different stitches can have different thickness, and different tensions, so you may have to tweak your stitch count a bit (such as skipping stitches or doing two stitches in one previous stitch) to keep the same size, but it can make for a really nice cuff/mitten transition.
PS: You can also have two or more "strands" of needle binding, interweaving within the same project for a fun spiraling stripe effect!
@@KristineVike thanks again for taking the time to answer my questions! I think I'm off to pick up more yarn today and just see what I can make 🙂
I've only seen Telemark stitch with an F1 connection, I like seeing the B2 connection! Might try that next time I do the stitch! Is the B2 connection the one from the original artifact?
Ah, I am afraid that is just my preference. I like connecting two from the previous row as I feel the end result is more secure that way. And the only way to do that efficiently with the rest of the stitch was with B2!
@@KristineVike Cool! It looks very good! For Telemark stitch the F1 connection is also pretty solid, but I definitely understand wanting that extra solidity that 2 connection stitches gives!
Wow, never heard of needlebinding before! Is it faster/slower than crochet ?
Depends entirely on your skill/proficiency at either craft I would think. But crochet is probably faster, loop-based crafts do have that advantage. :)
Thank you for this lovely video, what are the dimensions over your needle? I have three bone needles but I love the size of the one you are needle-binding with!
I think it’s about 10 cm long? It’s yew, which is why it has two colours. But what I love most is the slight curve to it. Makes it fit perfectly in my hand as I work! ❤️
It looks as though you’re left handed, I usually use my needle in my right hand, does the stich translate properly that way or should I be trying with the needle in the left hand instead?
I am simply left handed, so you can mirror what I am doing. :)
If that is challenging I’ve also left a link in the description to the needle binding video I learned Telemark stitch from. The instructor there is right handed and really great!
@@KristineVike Thank you so much!
What is the thing you unwind the yarn from when making your yarn ball?
It is called a yarm swift. Regional designs may differ.
@@KristineVike thanks so much! Looks like an incredible handy little tool.
Am i the only one surprised by the fact that she just pulled the yarn apart easily. I use scissors to separate my yarn. HOW?
It helps that this wool is fairly loosely spun. Linen or cotton is a very different story. :)
@@KristineVike Oh that would probably help. makes sense