I'm from Spain, I teach myself basic nålbinding to knit my sister mittens for her reenactor viking event.

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

That is so sweet! Nålbinding items makes such great gifts.

I love to nalbind! My favourite needle is one my husband made from our lilac bush! 🇨🇦

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

That is so lovely and personal! I whittled my first needle from a piece of firewood, but broke it a few years later. 😅

All respect for creators like you who got the patience for nålbinding. Fascinating seeing you create with this old craft. Additional perks. Wool inspector🐈‍⬛

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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 ❤

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

That is so sweet of you! Thank you, I do enjoy making these videos quite a lot.

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.

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

It’s a fun little craft to add to the repertoire. Especially for us perpetual craft skill collectors. 😊

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.

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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 🤔

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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. 😅

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

@@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 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.

"Now that you know everything you need to know" 🤣🤣. I am going to use this in everything I try to do.

@KristineVike

9 ай бұрын

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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!

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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!

@octette

Жыл бұрын

@@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.😊

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

nalbinding is always something I've wanted to try. Thank you for answering if a darning needle would work for this project!

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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. :)

Wow the song at the end is so beautiful

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. 🥺

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

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

Yessss. One of us, one of us! Nalbinding squad! 😁

Beautiful song at the end. And beautiful mittens.

❤️❤️❤️ they are awesome! I also absolutely loved the song at the end, so lovely

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it is such a fun craft!

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!

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

You can totally do it! :D

Very interesting, but all I can think about is your shawl! It's beautiful and practical and I am not a shawl lover!

@KristineVike

11 ай бұрын

It is certainly very lovely and warm! A most appreciated gift from a friend.

@awake144k

8 ай бұрын

I clicked on your video at seeing your sonntag. Did your friend nålbind it, or crochet, like the link you posted? I love it!

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. 😅

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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!

I didn’t know about nalbinding! The result looks lovely!

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, and very warm too! 😊

😂😂😂 now that you know everything you need let us make some mittens Me: 😳😦🫠

I love all things yarn! This was fun to learn about. I know I'll end up trying this. ❤😊

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Highly interesting, thank you!

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Curious, what was the total time it took to complete both mittens. Lovely work. I definitely want to learn now.

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

It has been a while, so I do not quite remember, but a week or two in total.

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.

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

The embroidered necklace was a gift from a very talented and generous friend. :)

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!

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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!

@bearlystrong3393

Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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!

@HomeWithMyBookshelf

Жыл бұрын

@@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 ?

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

Depends entirely on your skill/proficiency at either craft I would think. But crochet is probably faster, loop-based crafts do have that advantage. :)

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.

@KristineVike

8 ай бұрын

Frogging is indeed quite difficult with nalbinding, but like you guessed, small holes don’t really unravel much either. Silver linings!

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!

@KristineVike

3 ай бұрын

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! ❤️

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 😄

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?

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

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!

@catsandravens

Жыл бұрын

@@KristineVike Thank you so much!

What is the thing you unwind the yarn from when making your yarn ball?

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

It is called a yarm swift. Regional designs may differ.

@bearlystrong3393

Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@KristineVike

Жыл бұрын

It helps that this wool is fairly loosely spun. Linen or cotton is a very different story. :)

@vixenpheonix5507

Жыл бұрын

@@KristineVike Oh that would probably help. makes sense