I've been playing with a lace pattern for the Ravelry nalbinding group's Light and Lacy challenge and my local fiber fair's "Silver" craft along. Third try is the best so far. The base row is Oslo. Then in every other stitch I do button hole stitch. then a row of regular button hole stitch. All … Continue reading Light and Lacy/Silver Project
Tutorial by Amy Vander Vorste We’ll start building up loops on and behind our thumb for a nice clean start to our work. There’s more than one way to do this. Here’s my favorite. I’ll be setting up for Finnish 2+2 stitch. 1. From inside of thumb to outside of thumb, wrap yarn around thumb … Continue reading Build Up Start For Nalbinding Stitches with Many Loops
I did a gradient bulky test as prep for the November “A Spinner’s Study” Bulky challenge. It worked out in a way I liked, so here’s my notes if you’d like to try it too. This method involves plying from a center pull ball (because I hate yarn waste). How to spin a gradient yarn … Continue reading Gradient Bulky Yarn Spinning
As I was about to start working on the knotwork edging for “the vest that never ends”, it occurred to me to try the knot I wanted with a couple different stitches. I want the knotwork edge to be crisp and clear, yet only require a chain of stitches and the stitches quick and easy … Continue reading Study of Knotwork vs Stitches
Yesterday I found my Danish friend Maria is working with knotwork too for the Nalbinding Festival in Denmark. So there’s 3 of us now, that I know of. Oh I wish I could go to the festival! Maybe next year… Last night I attempted 3 more knots as I work through my old knotwork book. … Continue reading More Tinkering with Knotwork – Study in Which Knots Work Well with Nalbinding
Several bits and pieces on how to do the scarf were scattered in my blog posts. But it wasn’t a real tutorial and a few important tidbits were missing. So I’ll write down the process for those who would like to make their own nalbound knotwork items with more complicated knots. For my examples, I … Continue reading Knotwork Tutorial II
The nalbinding knotwork bug is still biting. Just after the cowl was finished, I dug out my trusty old (20+ years old) copy of Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction. I tried several different knots. The ones with large gaps do not seem to work nicely with my attempts. But tight close together knots like the … Continue reading More Knotwork Experiments and Progress on “The Vest that Never Ends”
Yes, yes. I should be working on my circle vest to have it done before the end of February for the Green Camel Gathering fiber arts event. But I got distracted, you see. A spiffy knotwork headband post from one of the Facebook groups inspired me this week to start to learn how to do … Continue reading Nalbound Knot Work Cowl + Knotwork Pretzels Tutorial
A few days ago, I saw a nalbound sock on one of the Facebook nalbinding groups, and wasn’t sure how the creator did that effect. She didn’t answer (and I wasn’t surprised - the group isn’t in English and that’s all I speak). So I worked on a set of samples, so I could figure … Continue reading Nalbinding Stitch Connections – What are F1, B1, etc?
Shy Red Fox 