I've been trying to make sense of this simple stitch for a week. Your video is the only one that made it click! You're a great teacher, thank you for posting
I have only just discovered Nålbinding. I've been knitting and crocheting for years but this is so different. Your video is the one I understand best so far and I thank you for it. I look forward to watching more and practising this new (to me) craft.
You're very welcome! I think your experience with crochet might help you when figuring out sizing and fit for nalbound things. Feel free to ask any questions you might have, or check out the rest of the tutorials I've made :)
I'm so excited to find this video! I've tried my hand at knitting and crochet and neither of them really flow well with me, I couldn't get into the groove. But this! It feels like what I've been searching for. Much more enjoyable to do, thank you for this video!
Thank you!!! I’ve struggled with this, but I slowed you down to three quarter speed and I think I’ve got it!!! Great video, I do appreciate your kindness making it for us.
Hi! A few days ago I finally got myself two nalebinding needles, and having set off to learn the craft, I stumbled upon your videos. Thank you! They are easy to follow and understand. Now I feel I've really got the hang of it :) I run some experiments and tried out various techniques with the objective in mind to find the right one for a pair of warm mittens which I desperately need. I chose the Drops Alaska wool which I'm totally in love with, and really wanted to make the Oslo stitch work because I find the pattern it produces so pretty! I like it better than the Finnish stitches. Yet even though the wool is on the thicker side, the regular Oslo stitch turned out too loose to provide the warmth I need. The blame is on my thick thumb, eh. So I experimented with putting the loops on my index finger - it took me a while to learn how to control the tension, but even then it was quite inconvenient and I realised I wouldn't be able to do the round beginning like this. And then it dawned on me (with the help of one video on Neulakintaat channel) that since you can get the loop off your finger before passing the needle through... you should be able to tighten it once its off. And it worked, even though I used a really wide (9 mm) needle for this one! My sample is beautifully tight, and adjusting the loop with every stitch proved not to be too much of a hassle. So I can recommend this method for getting tighter results :) Sorry for the lenght of this comment but I really wanted to share my experience - maybe someone will find it useful? I'm so excited to begin the work on the actual mittens! Thank you once more for the instructions!
You're very welcome for the tutorial. And yes, tightening the stitch on the needle is definitely a known and popular technique in nalbinding. I'm currently working on my first project where I use this method :)
This is like knitting meets crochet. Thank you for not being monotone and boring, I tried following another girl's tutorial and it was putting me to sleep
Very good, clear instructions and demonstrations, we can actually see what you’re doing and you’re not going to fast, unlike a lot I’ve seen on here. I love discovering new weave stitches like this. I’d like to request a tutorial for fingerless gloves (the type without finger holes, that goes just past or on the knuckles. Like many crafters, I have fibromyalgia and get joint pain and hand& finger fatigue. A little support like such gloves gives, alongside providing warmth allows me to be active longer, before needing a break or giving up altogether. Plus the fingerless element gives freedom of movement. :) I’d also LOVE for you to do a lucet weave stitch tutorial. The ones I’ve seen move too fast and you can’t really see what they are doing! Many Thanks, sincerely, Sheila.
Thank you! I'm glad this was helpful to you! I could definitely do a tutorial for fingerless gloves with just a hole for the thumb (or a half thumb) and open-ended just past the knuckles. I hope you are patient, though, as this won't happen for a little while. I don't know how to do lucet weave, unfortunately, so sorry.
I'm glad you found this video helpful! I hope you have discovered the rest of the nalbinding tutorials I have made. I am planning on doing a "what now?" video where I talk about where to go next when you know one stitch pretty well. Since I am no longer a beginner myself, I don't know how good any beginner tutorials I make might be - one of the things that make my tutorials good is probably that I was just shy of a beginner myself and therefore I knew the problems you might encounter. Is there a topic you would like to see a video for specifically? No promises of course, but it's good to have some ideas for potential videos.
I just (Feb 2021) heard the Welsh Viking talking about the beauty of nalebinding, and decided to check it out. This looks so compact and practical. I shall give it a go. Thank you.
I have just discovered I have a nalbinding tool - thought it was for threading elastic! I had never heard of it until now. Thank you for this good tutorial. I will have a go. It would be great portable project for travelling with.
So much easier to understand and clearer than other Nalebinding videos. Thank you. I just got a lovely elk bone needle to take up this craft and have felt nothing but frustration with the learning resources I had previously found. I am multi-craftual so I know learning a new craft feels awkward but the videos I found were always blurry or the work off screen during the most important parts (identifying which loops needed to be picked up or which way to situate the needle or the work). There was also very little pointing at or showing which loops need to be grabbed and a lot of superfluous tips that only helped if you already understood the basics of the craft. Thank you for so clearly providing instructions, demonstrating slowly and precisely and giving pointers that benefit complete beginners.
You're very welcome! I think it definitely helped that I made this video while I was still a beginner, and had gone through many of the frustrations of beginners. I'm very glad this helped you, and good luck on your nalbinding journey!
This is such an excellent tutorial! I picked up knitting in quarantine, and I'm just picking up as many fiber arts as I can, now. After this, I at least feel confident to get started
I tried watching a different introduction to nallbinding, and the way they started and they way they went on (casting on the needle itself) was very...confusing. This is very clear and easy to understand. Thank you!
This is so interesting :D I love fiber crafts like crochet and knitting, so I'm very excited to learn about this one! I'd never heard of it before, but I will certainly be looking more into it ^.^ Thank you for sharing!
I’ve recently discovered this technique and this tutorial is very clear and easy to understand! Now I’m regretting of throwing away all the little amounts of yarn that you thought you couldn’t use on anything because they were too short hahaha
I'm glad my tutorial helped! There comes a certain short length where it's just not feasible to keep yarn anymore though. But that length is much shorter now that I nalbind than it was when I mainly knitted ;) Good luck with your nalbinding journey!
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! There are several more nalbinding tutorials on my channel, collected in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLW6bLryA57ZFScDjJ_UWwIKlz50OmvUcm&feature=shared Some of them are for beginners, like this one, and some are for more experienced nalbinders.
This is really great, thanks! I started with a different tutorial, which was helpful and got me going with my first little strip, but yours is what's really cleared things up for me. Definitely looking forward to watching the others as I get better. :)
Thanks for a really clear demo. You covered points not covered on other videos e.g. selecting a yarn that felts - acrylic yarns don't work and so are not suitable. Also the fact that it is impossible to unpick if you go wrong - knitters and crochet buffs beware. I would like to see some finished pieces with guides on how you shape things i.e. where do you increase/decrease. Future video maybe?
Yes, maybe I'll make a video like that when I'm better at this. For now, all my items are uneven, and I haven't got an instinct about where I should increase and decrease. The only thing I now know, is that if you are aiming to make two equal things - like mittens - you should use one piece of yarn on one mitten, then switch mittens and use one piece of yarn on the other mitten. That way you will hopefully remember where you increased and decreased (because it is impossible to see where you did that).
I have been searching for a good tutorial as a beginner and this is the best I have found. Well done you. Clear and concise instructions. My only issue now is I think my thumb is too big as my stitches are much looser than yours. Although this could just be beginners tension so I shall continue to practice. Again thank you.
The Oslo stitch is a very loose stitch - the loosest, most open of all the nalbinding stitches I've seen. If it is too loose for you and your thumb, you can try thicker yarn (bulky and super bulky works pretty well with Oslo stitch). You could also try another stitch - I have a tutorial on the Finnish stitch family that might suit you: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html
I enjoyed your video, but can I suggest that you use a lighter color for future videos? It would really help with seeing where you are inserting your needle in the connecting row.
Very understandable! I have made tutorials with several different colours of yarn after I made this. Hopefully you can check out the playlist I have with nalbinding tutorials and find a video that shows it better! Here is the playlist with nalbinding tutorials: ruclips.net/p/PLW6bLryA57ZFScDjJ_UWwIKlz50OmvUcm
Hi, I’ve managed to teach myself Mannen Stitch, this looks a lot easier! I’ve made most of a hat now and have used your tutorial to do that, I’ve just got the cuff to do. I’d like to do some mittens to match. A tutorial on them, and on Finnish stitch would be lovely. Thank you.
I do already have a tutorial for Finnish stitch, here it is: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html As for a tutorial on mittens, it might be coming in the future, but I will need to practice more. So keep your eyes peeled!
Also, well done on teaching yourself the Mammen stitch! Here is part 1 of a tutorial (stitch-along) from instagram on mittens: instagram.com/p/Brdx7_AnWNc/?igshid=1lqvptm66bz1b @karin_byom has done several of these, and her instagram is a great resource for this - from hoods to mittens, socks and small bags.
Thank you to you, I have learned the Oslo stitch and made several hats. I am now attempting mittens. I have not been able to find a tutorial on how to make the thumb hole, to continue making a chain detaching from the work, and then re-attaching. I tried to figure it out but cannot. Could you advise? Very best regards. Robbi in Canada.
Hello! Well done on making hats! To make a chain that detatches and then reattatches for the thumb hole, you want to continue making the chain without connecting it to the previous row, just like you do at the beginning of this tutorial. Then, when you deem the chain long enough, put your needle into a braid loop from the previous row that together with the chain gives a good size hole for the thumb, before you make the stitch, as before. Continue binding while connecting to the previous row. To make the thumb, return to your hole, and make the beginning loop on your finger. Then start binding while connecting to the row at the edge of the hole. I recommend binding at least a few rows after the hole before you start making your thumb to get a sturdy hole. Just ask if any of that was unclear!
Thank you so much for this tutorial series. I've been trying to learn for a while now how to properly nalbind, and everything I was making ended up looking like a drunk five year old made it, or a giant knot!
Yay, I'm glad! I have an even easier start in this video, if you want to check it out (and the very beginning is still causing you trouble): ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html
This video is very easy to follow, but i do have a few questions . I'm working with 100% acrylic yarn. it rips and felts really well, but would it be better if I used 100% wool yarn and what kind is better (worsted, merino, etc.) Also, Im having trouble with tension, will it eventually sort itself out as I continue with the spiral or is it because my yarn fibers are tighter because they are acrylic???
The type of yarn you choose is mostly about what kind of finished product you want - a wool yarn will be more breathable. You should choose a thick yarn - like a DK or bulky. If you can manage the joins with acrylic yarn, there is nothing wrong with using that. I have heard other people who use acrylic yarn talk about tensioning problems. There are several things you can do to try to combat this. You can try to draw it lighter around your thumb, just against it instead of tight. You could switch needles to a thicker needle - they often help me relax. If you have a wood needle, maybe give it some oil or wax to make it slightly more slippery. Also, the first few stitches behind your thumb will always look looser than the rest, you can sort this out by pulling a little about 5-10 stitches away from the thumb. Also, when you make a cylinder with nalbinding, the first three rounds will make the work shrink a little, so keep that in mind.
@@selene017 I usually use one of the Norwegian brands - I love Rauma yarns. But I doubt any of them are available much outside Norway. So just find something that you like in that thickness - merino works well, especially for soft hats. If you have a ravelry account, you can use the tags in the projects to search for nalbinding and get some suggestions there. I've heard people like Alafosslopi too - but that is expensive. I would say to try things out and see what you prefer working with. If all you have right now is acrylic, try working with that and stop if you hate it 🙈 Good luck, and I'm sorry I can't be more help.
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf I was looking for a post about non-wool yarns! I was wondering if felting was the only way to connect working pieces, or if there were other methods for different yarns? I found a cotton blend yarn (for a hat to be used in hotter weather), and was worried felting would possibly fail?
@@SeaJay4Tea There are lots of other ways of connecting the strands together that work well for yarns that can't be felted. I recommend you use one of them for cotton blend. Here is a page that goes through most of the connection methods: www.en.neulakintaat.fi/63
I'm having real trouble keeping the chain stitches a consistent tightness when I make the twist through the free loop, and it is making my braid really irregular and prone to twisting. The very first loop is easy to tighten from the short end but as the knots progress I can't straighten it out.. Any tips on how to get more consistency here? Have been practicing for a while now but keep getting stuck on this part. Thanks for the great video!
If you are having trouble with the back loop, I suggest pushing it off your thumb using your finger before picking it up with the needle. You would then be inserting your needle through the back loop with the needle pointing away from you. This technique means the needle will always have enough room in the loop, to avoid pulling unduly on it. You could then try keeping the needle close to your thumb, twisting so it's ready to go through the thumb loops when only a little bit of the needle is through the back loop. And remember to support the stitch at the back with your other fingers as you pull the needle through. Some notes on Oslo stitch: It will twist a bit when in a single chain, that is the nature of the stitch. And the single chain is also likely to be irregular, even for experienced nalbinders. The added tension of the next few rows tend to even it out, try making some circles/tubes with a few rounds and see how you get on.
I turn my thumb around several times, but yeah....sorry I don't have a see through thumb, and that my thumb doesn't bend that way very well. In the beginning I was mostly confused by what happened behind my thumb - it's not easy to decipher. Also, with regards to what happens during a stitch when you push the needle through - you push it through along your thumb, underneath any threads.
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf invisible thumbs would be handy in my trade as well. It's just after my first regular stitch I keep getting a loop in back that I can't seem to tighten away. I hope my comment didn't come across as a complaint on your teaching but it was a comment on my lacking. This is my first attempt and your vid is the easiest to follow that I've found.
@@ratbreath Not at all, I just found the thought funny. I'm glad you figured it out. I find that the most recent loop behind the thumb in Oslo stitch is always a little loose until it's been a few stitches and the fabric can be stretched out.
What I'm calling the V, you refer to as the braid. I called it that because I'm a knitter and they remind me of V-shaped knit stitches. Now I feel as though the only part of the hat I'm doing right is the cast on.
@@iluvericidle yeah, if I understand your way of seeing it correctly, I go through the left bit of the V, with the needle pointing away from you as you go through it. You could always look up other tutorials etc to make completely sure if you want to (www.en.neulakintaat.fi/ is a good resource). Just know that if the result in nalbinding is a fabric, but you find out you aren't exactly doing a known stitch you can find, you just made a new stitch! So if you want to you could try to do it the way I do/the way it's shown in diagrams/tutorials, but if not you can continue doing the Amanda Franquet stitch!
Hmmm ive seen a needle like that but it had also a notch so that the thread is wound around it i have no idea what its for. Maybe for this but to have a longer peice of thread?
The notch is probably kind of like the groove in my needle - it's to give the yarn somewhere to be while you push the needle through so it doesn't hinder the movement. I personally don't find a groove or notch to be very useful in nalbinding needles, but some people prefer them.
I don't see the parallel between the two, but if it makes sense to you, that's great! (I've never used a knitting loom.) I am more and more happy that I made this tutorial while I was a beginner, I think that helped the clarity. Good luck with your nalbinding!
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf in loom knitting you wind loops around the pegs oh, and then pull the bottom Loop over the top , similar to what you're doing with your thumb.
I had just learned about this, I am so glad you have put some U-Tube videos up for us to see. Where do you get the needle? I guess one might could make one.
I got my needle from a Norwegian shop called "Husfliden", but you could absolutely make one yourself (choose a dense wood), or buy one on Etsy (just search for nalbinding needle).
I recently bought a book on nålbinding the author actually showed how to make a needle out of a popsicle stick with just a wee bit of cutting and sanding and I was frankly pretty amazed at how well she did at making things using that needle
Kiki Corleone That is awesome! Why did I not think of that! I have also been told about a tooth brush Old kind and or what you get in the hospital. They have a hole in the top. There again I have one of these.
Hmm. I have a video making a hat. But nålebinding isn't super useful for flat pieces. If you want something flat, it should be round, so try using the round start of the hat and keep increasing to keep it flat.
Reversals can be done, which is how one makes a flat piece. The next row is left-right mirrored. (Almost looks the same unless it's using a stitch that spirals or has an asymmetric offset.) The middle infill is easy (anchoring to the previous rows as usual) but it's hard to keep those edges where the direction changes consistent. Almost too easy to miss a loop or pull one too tight when switching direction. (I think this is why it's not demonstrated very much.) However it's also possible to hide some of the roughness of that edge by using it as an anchor row just as you do with any previous row. (Perhaps making it slightly less wide on purpose, so it can be gone over in this manner? Just keep in mind when doing that, that the border edge there will have the stitch change direction 90°.)
Yes, seconded. Instructions I've seen tell you to increase 2-3 stitches in every turn. Reversals in naalbinding can be quite difficult, which is why I thought a beginner might benefit from trying something else first. But thank you for your explanation, pauljs75!
Hello! I have a question as to why we rip after the first part and rejoin to continue the stitch? Wouldn’t it make sense to keep the whole piece as one?
In nalbinding, each stitch is made by pulling the entirety of the yarn through. It is impractical to pull a whole skein of yarn through each stitch, which is why we work with thread lengths that are spliced as we go. I generally work with longer thread lengths than what I show in this video, but as a beginner it can be helpful to not have to deal with a large amount of thread.
In nalbinding you are working from the end of the yarn and pulling the entire tail through, which is why you need to work in smaller lengths. If you are asking why I rip the yarn instead of cutting it, that's because joining gets easier when it's ripped.
No you don't have to use wool, it is possible to nalbind with acrylic or plant based yarns for example. You will just need to find a different splicing method, because spit splicing (taught here) does not work on other fibres. Here is a page detailing some other splicing methods: www.en.neulakintaat.fi/63 You can't work with the entire skein at once like in knitting or crochet because for each stitch you need to pull the entire tail of the yarn through - you are essentially creating lots of knots (but not pulling them tight). Pulling very long strands through for each stitch gets the thread tangled and causes abrasion to the yarn, making nalbinding much more difficult.
It probably means that your yarn is too thin, since you tighten/tension the loop after pushing the needle through. I recommend bulky yarn for the Oslo stitch. Other stitches work better with thinner yarn - for example the Finnish stitches. If you want to use thin yarn for Oslo stitch you can tighten the loop on the needle before you pull it through, but as a beginner that might be a bit challenging.
I don't know what kind of wood it's made from. The size of the needle only matters if you're tightening the loop on the needle, which I don't do in this video, but is a part of nålebinding. A larger needle like I'm using is easier to handle and work with than a darning needle, which is why I'm using it.
I started with a tapestry needle. A needle like the one I'm using can be found on etsy, just search for nalbinding needle. Or you could make them yourself, from a thin, flat piece of wood.
Hmm. Make sure you are only picking up the loop from your thumb and not any of the others. Also, take hold of the top of the beginning, where the start thread hangs out, and pull on that to try to straighten it out. You can see me doing this at about 3:42. You could also try another start, like the one I demonstrate here: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html That one is easier, I find. You just start with an overhand knot. I hope this helps. If you still have trouble, feel free to leave more comments, and I will see what I can do.
Every nalbinding video I have ever watched. No video has helped me to nalbind. It wasted a bunch of my time. Could you make a simpler video on how to do the Oslo stitch. Otherwise. I have completely wasted a bunch of my time trying to nalbind.
I think this is almost the simplest I can do. I do have an easier start for you, though - the knot start. It's shown here, from about 0:35: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html If you tell me what your work looks like and maybe what is going wrong, I can try to help you. If you would like, we could arrange a video call where I could help you.
@@okej8815 Okay. Try pulling the needle just through the loops, so it comes out on the other side, but you haven't pulled the rest of the thread through. Then stop, put the "loop" that is the rest of the thread on your thumb, hold it in place with your index finger, and pull the needle the rest of the way through. If that doesn't solve your problem, please describe exactly when during the process of pulling the needle through you get the knot.
I've been trying to make sense of this simple stitch for a week. Your video is the only one that made it click! You're a great teacher, thank you for posting
Yay, I am so glad this helped!
I have only just discovered Nålbinding. I've been knitting and crocheting for years but this is so different. Your video is the one I understand best so far and I thank you for it. I look forward to watching more and practising this new (to me) craft.
You're very welcome! I think your experience with crochet might help you when figuring out sizing and fit for nalbound things. Feel free to ask any questions you might have, or check out the rest of the tutorials I've made :)
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I'm so excited to find this video! I've tried my hand at knitting and crochet and neither of them really flow well with me, I couldn't get into the groove. But this! It feels like what I've been searching for. Much more enjoyable to do, thank you for this video!
I'm glad you found this, and happy that you found it useful! Good luck with your nalbinding journey!
Best naalbinding tutorial I've seen so far. Thank you for sharing.
You're very welcome!
Thank you!!! I’ve struggled with this, but I slowed you down to three quarter speed and I think I’ve got it!!! Great video, I do appreciate your kindness making it for us.
I'm so happy this video helped! Good luck with your nalbinding journey!
Jennie Towan thank you. I didn’t know you can slow down videos.
Hi! A few days ago I finally got myself two nalebinding needles, and having set off to learn the craft, I stumbled upon your videos. Thank you! They are easy to follow and understand. Now I feel I've really got the hang of it :) I run some experiments and tried out various techniques with the objective in mind to find the right one for a pair of warm mittens which I desperately need. I chose the Drops Alaska wool which I'm totally in love with, and really wanted to make the Oslo stitch work because I find the pattern it produces so pretty! I like it better than the Finnish stitches. Yet even though the wool is on the thicker side, the regular Oslo stitch turned out too loose to provide the warmth I need. The blame is on my thick thumb, eh. So I experimented with putting the loops on my index finger - it took me a while to learn how to control the tension, but even then it was quite inconvenient and I realised I wouldn't be able to do the round beginning like this. And then it dawned on me (with the help of one video on Neulakintaat channel) that since you can get the loop off your finger before passing the needle through... you should be able to tighten it once its off. And it worked, even though I used a really wide (9 mm) needle for this one! My sample is beautifully tight, and adjusting the loop with every stitch proved not to be too much of a hassle. So I can recommend this method for getting tighter results :)
Sorry for the lenght of this comment but I really wanted to share my experience - maybe someone will find it useful? I'm so excited to begin the work on the actual mittens! Thank you once more for the instructions!
You're very welcome for the tutorial. And yes, tightening the stitch on the needle is definitely a known and popular technique in nalbinding. I'm currently working on my first project where I use this method :)
Hey, started nålebinding months ago, but with Your video it finally clicked! Thank you, You helped me so much, now I can do stuff.
At last I found a simple explanation to help me get started with this craft Thank You
You are welcome 😊
Feel free to ask any questions you may have here 😊
This is like knitting meets crochet. Thank you for not being monotone and boring, I tried following another girl's tutorial and it was putting me to sleep
I'm glad you found it interesting (or at least not boring 😉)! I hope you managed to follow it, and good luck with your nålebinding!
HomeWithMyBookshelf thanks, just ordered a naal last night 😁
It's older than knitting or crocheting, but a lot of fun! And this tutorial is very easy to follow.
That's because, as I understand it, nålbinding predates both those techniques.
Very good, clear instructions and demonstrations, we can actually see what you’re doing and you’re not going to fast, unlike a lot I’ve seen on here. I love discovering new weave stitches like this. I’d like to request a tutorial for fingerless gloves (the type without finger holes, that goes just past or on the knuckles. Like many crafters, I have fibromyalgia and get joint pain and hand& finger fatigue. A little support like such gloves gives, alongside providing warmth allows me to be active longer, before needing a break or giving up altogether. Plus the fingerless element gives freedom of movement. :)
I’d also LOVE for you to do a lucet weave stitch tutorial. The ones I’ve seen move too fast and you can’t really see what they are doing! Many Thanks, sincerely, Sheila.
Thank you! I'm glad this was helpful to you! I could definitely do a tutorial for fingerless gloves with just a hole for the thumb (or a half thumb) and open-ended just past the knuckles. I hope you are patient, though, as this won't happen for a little while. I don't know how to do lucet weave, unfortunately, so sorry.
Please make more videos. More tutorials. Even repeated instruction. It helps us learn. Thank you for this!
I'm glad you found this video helpful! I hope you have discovered the rest of the nalbinding tutorials I have made.
I am planning on doing a "what now?" video where I talk about where to go next when you know one stitch pretty well. Since I am no longer a beginner myself, I don't know how good any beginner tutorials I make might be - one of the things that make my tutorials good is probably that I was just shy of a beginner myself and therefore I knew the problems you might encounter.
Is there a topic you would like to see a video for specifically? No promises of course, but it's good to have some ideas for potential videos.
Very good! Almost felt like you talked to me and knew when I was having difficulty 😂
Thank you 😍
I watched a variety of videos and was so confused, but I finally figured it out with this one.
I'm so glad you did! 😊
Thank you! Very nice video! Everything was clear, not too fast or slow, no distractions, good sound and camera angle!
I'm glad you liked it!
Thank you! Of all the Nålebinding tutorials I have watched this is the only one that made sense and resulted in be actually being able to do it!
Yay, you're very welcome! Good luck on your nalbinding journey!
Thank you!! I’ve been looking at different videos, but still wasn’t sure what went exactly where. I appreciate your clear video!
You're very welcome. Good luck with your nalbinding journey!
Pat Wallace
Very clear, easy to follow. Thank You!!
I just (Feb 2021) heard the Welsh Viking talking about the beauty of nalebinding, and decided to check it out. This looks so compact and practical. I shall give it a go. Thank you.
You're very welcome! Good luck, have fun on your journey of learning this ancient craft! Also, feel free to ask questions here if you get stuck 😊
I have just discovered I have a nalbinding tool - thought it was for threading elastic! I had never heard of it until now. Thank you for this good tutorial. I will have a go. It would be great portable project for travelling with.
You're very welcome, good luck with your nalbinding!
Yup, This video was exactly what I needed. I wonder which of us has watched it more times...lol.
I'm on the way to a hat.
That's great! I also have a hat tutorial, but I guess you saw that 😉. Best of luck with your nålebinding!
Thanks for your video🙏🏻 I finally managed to nalbind one row after plenty of RUclips lessons
You're very welcome! Good luck with the rest of your nalbinding journey!
So much easier to understand and clearer than other Nalebinding videos. Thank you. I just got a lovely elk bone needle to take up this craft and have felt nothing but frustration with the learning resources I had previously found. I am multi-craftual so I know learning a new craft feels awkward but the videos I found were always blurry or the work off screen during the most important parts (identifying which loops needed to be picked up or which way to situate the needle or the work). There was also very little pointing at or showing which loops need to be grabbed and a lot of superfluous tips that only helped if you already understood the basics of the craft. Thank you for so clearly providing instructions, demonstrating slowly and precisely and giving pointers that benefit complete beginners.
You're very welcome! I think it definitely helped that I made this video while I was still a beginner, and had gone through many of the frustrations of beginners. I'm very glad this helped you, and good luck on your nalbinding journey!
This is the video that taught me! Very well done, thank you!
Oh, yay! I'm so happy this video still helps people learn nalbinding!
Interesting craft. This is the first I have heard of it. Thank you for sharing.
You're very welcome!
your tutorial is the easiest to understand! thank you!
This is such an excellent tutorial! I picked up knitting in quarantine, and I'm just picking up as many fiber arts as I can, now. After this, I at least feel confident to get started
I'm glad! If you have questions or difficulties, feel free to ask here and I can try to help 😊 Good luck on your nalbinding journey!
i stumbled upon nålbinding only recently and am already fascinated!
You've made a wonderfully clear and simple video, thank you so much!
You're very welcome! Good luck with your nalbinding!
I tried watching a different introduction to nallbinding, and the way they started and they way they went on (casting on the needle itself) was very...confusing. This is very clear and easy to understand. Thank you!
This is so interesting :D I love fiber crafts like crochet and knitting, so I'm very excited to learn about this one! I'd never heard of it before, but I will certainly be looking more into it ^.^ Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome! I hope you like doing it if you decide to try! I found it quite logical from the knowledge I have of crocheting.
I’ve recently discovered this technique and this tutorial is very clear and easy to understand! Now I’m regretting of throwing away all the little amounts of yarn that you thought you couldn’t use on anything because they were too short hahaha
I'm glad my tutorial helped! There comes a certain short length where it's just not feasible to keep yarn anymore though. But that length is much shorter now that I nalbind than it was when I mainly knitted ;) Good luck with your nalbinding journey!
Fantastic video. I hope to see more.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! There are several more nalbinding tutorials on my channel, collected in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLW6bLryA57ZFScDjJ_UWwIKlz50OmvUcm&feature=shared
Some of them are for beginners, like this one, and some are for more experienced nalbinders.
Боже мой! Никогда не знала, что так можно соединять нити! Спасибо!
You've been very clear in your instruction thank you
I finally figured it out after watching this video! Thank you!
You're very welcome! Good luck with your nalbinding journey!
I’ve watched many tutorials on this craft. This is by far the best. Thanks so much!
This is really great, thanks! I started with a different tutorial, which was helpful and got me going with my first little strip, but yours is what's really cleared things up for me. Definitely looking forward to watching the others as I get better. :)
I'm glad this helped!
Thanks for a really clear demo. You covered points not covered on other videos e.g. selecting a yarn that felts - acrylic yarns don't work and so are not suitable. Also the fact that it is impossible to unpick if you go wrong - knitters and crochet buffs beware. I would like to see some finished pieces with guides on how you shape things i.e. where do you increase/decrease. Future video maybe?
Yes, maybe I'll make a video like that when I'm better at this. For now, all my items are uneven, and I haven't got an instinct about where I should increase and decrease. The only thing I now know, is that if you are aiming to make two equal things - like mittens - you should use one piece of yarn on one mitten, then switch mittens and use one piece of yarn on the other mitten. That way you will hopefully remember where you increased and decreased (because it is impossible to see where you did that).
thank you very much! this tutorial helped me a lot, i'm trying to make a hat for my reenactment group
nico, good luck with the hat! Remember to increase/decrease (depending on which way you work) at regular intervals if you want a round hat :)
I just made a hat tutorial, in case you're interested: ruclips.net/video/527c5ayqrik/видео.html
A friend wanted to show me but now that we are stuck inside he can't! I love your tutorial it is very clear. Now I'm exited to begin.
I'm glad my tutorial could help! If you have any questions or get stuck, feel free to ask here 😊
thank you so much, I found this fascinating and very clear tutorial. I will look into this craft and try it soon
Thank you for this tutorial :) it was amazingly helpful
You're very welcome, I'm glad you liked it!
I have been searching for a good tutorial as a beginner and this is the best I have found. Well done you. Clear and concise instructions. My only issue now is I think my thumb is too big as my stitches are much looser than yours. Although this could just be beginners tension so I shall continue to practice. Again thank you.
The Oslo stitch is a very loose stitch - the loosest, most open of all the nalbinding stitches I've seen. If it is too loose for you and your thumb, you can try thicker yarn (bulky and super bulky works pretty well with Oslo stitch). You could also try another stitch - I have a tutorial on the Finnish stitch family that might suit you: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf Thanks for the tip. I am a hand spinner so I don't buy yarn. I will just spin some bulkier fluff. :-)
@@fsparkman3343 Have fun spinning! I am a newbie drop spindle spinner 😊 *high five for spinning*
I enjoyed your video, but can I suggest that you use a lighter color for future videos? It would really help with seeing where you are inserting your needle in the connecting row.
Very understandable! I have made tutorials with several different colours of yarn after I made this. Hopefully you can check out the playlist I have with nalbinding tutorials and find a video that shows it better!
Here is the playlist with nalbinding tutorials: ruclips.net/p/PLW6bLryA57ZFScDjJ_UWwIKlz50OmvUcm
Thank you very much, very informative!
Hi, I’ve managed to teach myself Mannen Stitch, this looks a lot easier! I’ve made most of a hat now and have used your tutorial to do that, I’ve just got the cuff to do. I’d like to do some mittens to match. A tutorial on them, and on Finnish stitch would be lovely. Thank you.
I do already have a tutorial for Finnish stitch, here it is: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html
As for a tutorial on mittens, it might be coming in the future, but I will need to practice more. So keep your eyes peeled!
Also, well done on teaching yourself the Mammen stitch! Here is part 1 of a tutorial (stitch-along) from instagram on mittens: instagram.com/p/Brdx7_AnWNc/?igshid=1lqvptm66bz1b
@karin_byom has done several of these, and her instagram is a great resource for this - from hoods to mittens, socks and small bags.
Thank you for this tutorial xx
Excellent tutorial. Thank you!
Thank you to you, I have learned the Oslo stitch and made several hats. I am now attempting mittens. I have not been able to find a tutorial on how to make the thumb hole, to continue making a chain detaching from the work, and then re-attaching. I tried to figure it out but cannot. Could you advise? Very best regards. Robbi in Canada.
Hello! Well done on making hats! To make a chain that detatches and then reattatches for the thumb hole, you want to continue making the chain without connecting it to the previous row, just like you do at the beginning of this tutorial. Then, when you deem the chain long enough, put your needle into a braid loop from the previous row that together with the chain gives a good size hole for the thumb, before you make the stitch, as before. Continue binding while connecting to the previous row.
To make the thumb, return to your hole, and make the beginning loop on your finger. Then start binding while connecting to the row at the edge of the hole. I recommend binding at least a few rows after the hole before you start making your thumb to get a sturdy hole. Just ask if any of that was unclear!
Thank you so much for this tutorial series. I've been trying to learn for a while now how to properly nalbind, and everything I was making ended up looking like a drunk five year old made it, or a giant knot!
I hope it's going better now, and I'm glad these videos were helpful! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Very interesting. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Nice job! you make it looks easy! Thank u
thank you so much, this was so clear!!! i really appreciate it!!
I'm glad you liked it! Good luck with your nalbinding!
Aha! Think I've got the hang of starting out now!
Yay, I'm glad! I have an even easier start in this video, if you want to check it out (and the very beginning is still causing you trouble): ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html
This video is very easy to follow, but i do have a few questions . I'm working with 100% acrylic yarn. it rips and felts really well, but would it be better if I used 100% wool yarn and what kind is better (worsted, merino, etc.) Also, Im having trouble with tension, will it eventually sort itself out as I continue with the spiral or is it because my yarn fibers are tighter because they are acrylic???
The type of yarn you choose is mostly about what kind of finished product you want - a wool yarn will be more breathable. You should choose a thick yarn - like a DK or bulky. If you can manage the joins with acrylic yarn, there is nothing wrong with using that. I have heard other people who use acrylic yarn talk about tensioning problems. There are several things you can do to try to combat this.
You can try to draw it lighter around your thumb, just against it instead of tight.
You could switch needles to a thicker needle - they often help me relax.
If you have a wood needle, maybe give it some oil or wax to make it slightly more slippery.
Also, the first few stitches behind your thumb will always look looser than the rest, you can sort this out by pulling a little about 5-10 stitches away from the thumb.
Also, when you make a cylinder with nalbinding, the first three rounds will make the work shrink a little, so keep that in mind.
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf do you recommend a certain brand of yarn??
@@selene017 I usually use one of the Norwegian brands - I love Rauma yarns. But I doubt any of them are available much outside Norway. So just find something that you like in that thickness - merino works well, especially for soft hats. If you have a ravelry account, you can use the tags in the projects to search for nalbinding and get some suggestions there. I've heard people like Alafosslopi too - but that is expensive. I would say to try things out and see what you prefer working with. If all you have right now is acrylic, try working with that and stop if you hate it 🙈
Good luck, and I'm sorry I can't be more help.
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf I was looking for a post about non-wool yarns! I was wondering if felting was the only way to connect working pieces, or if there were other methods for different yarns? I found a cotton blend yarn (for a hat to be used in hotter weather), and was worried felting would possibly fail?
@@SeaJay4Tea There are lots of other ways of connecting the strands together that work well for yarns that can't be felted. I recommend you use one of them for cotton blend. Here is a page that goes through most of the connection methods: www.en.neulakintaat.fi/63
Great stuff. Clear tutorial. Subscribed! :)
Thank you!
Excellent!!!!!
I'm having real trouble keeping the chain stitches a consistent tightness when I make the twist through the free loop, and it is making my braid really irregular and prone to twisting. The very first loop is easy to tighten from the short end but as the knots progress I can't straighten it out.. Any tips on how to get more consistency here? Have been practicing for a while now but keep getting stuck on this part. Thanks for the great video!
If you are having trouble with the back loop, I suggest pushing it off your thumb using your finger before picking it up with the needle. You would then be inserting your needle through the back loop with the needle pointing away from you. This technique means the needle will always have enough room in the loop, to avoid pulling unduly on it. You could then try keeping the needle close to your thumb, twisting so it's ready to go through the thumb loops when only a little bit of the needle is through the back loop. And remember to support the stitch at the back with your other fingers as you pull the needle through.
Some notes on Oslo stitch: It will twist a bit when in a single chain, that is the nature of the stitch. And the single chain is also likely to be irregular, even for experienced nalbinders. The added tension of the next few rows tend to even it out, try making some circles/tubes with a few rounds and see how you get on.
I wish I could see whats happening behind your thumb. *Y I figured it out. I just wasn't tightening correctly! Back on track.💖
I turn my thumb around several times, but yeah....sorry I don't have a see through thumb, and that my thumb doesn't bend that way very well. In the beginning I was mostly confused by what happened behind my thumb - it's not easy to decipher. Also, with regards to what happens during a stitch when you push the needle through - you push it through along your thumb, underneath any threads.
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf invisible thumbs would be handy in my trade as well. It's just after my first regular stitch I keep getting a loop in back that I can't seem to tighten away. I hope my comment didn't come across as a complaint on your teaching but it was a comment on my lacking. This is my first attempt and your vid is the easiest to follow that I've found.
@@ratbreath Not at all, I just found the thought funny. I'm glad you figured it out. I find that the most recent loop behind the thumb in Oslo stitch is always a little loose until it's been a few stitches and the fabric can be stretched out.
What I'm calling the V, you refer to as the braid. I called it that because I'm a knitter and they remind me of V-shaped knit stitches.
Now I feel as though the only part of the hat I'm doing right is the cast on.
If I understand correctly, we're supposed to go through the left part of the Vs.
In the hat video, you appear to go through them from front to back.
@@iluvericidle yeah, if I understand your way of seeing it correctly, I go through the left bit of the V, with the needle pointing away from you as you go through it. You could always look up other tutorials etc to make completely sure if you want to (www.en.neulakintaat.fi/ is a good resource).
Just know that if the result in nalbinding is a fabric, but you find out you aren't exactly doing a known stitch you can find, you just made a new stitch! So if you want to you could try to do it the way I do/the way it's shown in diagrams/tutorials, but if not you can continue doing the Amanda Franquet stitch!
Thank you
Love the video. What weight is your yarn? (DK, worsted, etc.?)
Thank you! The yarn I use in this video is aran weight (8 wpi).
Hmmm ive seen a needle like that but it had also a notch so that the thread is wound around it i have no idea what its for. Maybe for this but to have a longer peice of thread?
The notch is probably kind of like the groove in my needle - it's to give the yarn somewhere to be while you push the needle through so it doesn't hinder the movement. I personally don't find a groove or notch to be very useful in nalbinding needles, but some people prefer them.
Oh, so it's kind of like a knitting loom but instead of pegs , you use your fingers. Thank you for making this slow enough to understand.
I don't see the parallel between the two, but if it makes sense to you, that's great! (I've never used a knitting loom.) I am more and more happy that I made this tutorial while I was a beginner, I think that helped the clarity. Good luck with your nalbinding!
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf in loom knitting you wind loops around the pegs oh, and then pull the bottom Loop over the top , similar to what you're doing with your thumb.
@@Fairygoblet Yes, it is similar in that way. Though in nalbinding it is always the top loop on the thumb that is pulled off.
I had just learned about this, I am so glad you have put some U-Tube videos up for us to see. Where do you get the needle? I guess one might could make one.
I got my needle from a Norwegian shop called "Husfliden", but you could absolutely make one yourself (choose a dense wood), or buy one on Etsy (just search for nalbinding needle).
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf perfect thank you.
I recently bought a book on nålbinding the author actually showed how to make a needle out of a popsicle stick with just a wee bit of cutting and sanding and I was frankly pretty amazed at how well she did at making things using that needle
Kiki Corleone That is awesome! Why did I not think of that! I have also been told about a tooth brush Old kind and or what you get in the hospital. They have a hole in the top. There again I have one of these.
Do you have a video doing a flat piece? I'm just starting this so I have all kinds of questions lol
Hmm. I have a video making a hat. But nålebinding isn't super useful for flat pieces. If you want something flat, it should be round, so try using the round start of the hat and keep increasing to keep it flat.
Reversals can be done, which is how one makes a flat piece. The next row is left-right mirrored. (Almost looks the same unless it's using a stitch that spirals or has an asymmetric offset.) The middle infill is easy (anchoring to the previous rows as usual) but it's hard to keep those edges where the direction changes consistent. Almost too easy to miss a loop or pull one too tight when switching direction. (I think this is why it's not demonstrated very much.) However it's also possible to hide some of the roughness of that edge by using it as an anchor row just as you do with any previous row. (Perhaps making it slightly less wide on purpose, so it can be gone over in this manner? Just keep in mind when doing that, that the border edge there will have the stitch change direction 90°.)
Yes, seconded. Instructions I've seen tell you to increase 2-3 stitches in every turn.
Reversals in naalbinding can be quite difficult, which is why I thought a beginner might benefit from trying something else first. But thank you for your explanation, pauljs75!
Hello! I have a question as to why we rip after the first part and rejoin to continue the stitch? Wouldn’t it make sense to keep the whole piece as one?
In nalbinding, each stitch is made by pulling the entirety of the yarn through. It is impractical to pull a whole skein of yarn through each stitch, which is why we work with thread lengths that are spliced as we go. I generally work with longer thread lengths than what I show in this video, but as a beginner it can be helpful to not have to deal with a large amount of thread.
What is the purpose of breaking the yarn when you have to join it later?
In nalbinding you are working from the end of the yarn and pulling the entire tail through, which is why you need to work in smaller lengths. If you are asking why I rip the yarn instead of cutting it, that's because joining gets easier when it's ripped.
Do you have to use wool? I'm allergic.
Can you work with the entire skein?
No you don't have to use wool, it is possible to nalbind with acrylic or plant based yarns for example. You will just need to find a different splicing method, because spit splicing (taught here) does not work on other fibres. Here is a page detailing some other splicing methods: www.en.neulakintaat.fi/63
You can't work with the entire skein at once like in knitting or crochet because for each stitch you need to pull the entire tail of the yarn through - you are essentially creating lots of knots (but not pulling them tight). Pulling very long strands through for each stitch gets the thread tangled and causes abrasion to the yarn, making nalbinding much more difficult.
can you do the mammen stitch??
My work is so open , does that mean my needle is too thick , or my wool too thin ?
It probably means that your yarn is too thin, since you tighten/tension the loop after pushing the needle through. I recommend bulky yarn for the Oslo stitch.
Other stitches work better with thinner yarn - for example the Finnish stitches. If you want to use thin yarn for Oslo stitch you can tighten the loop on the needle before you pull it through, but as a beginner that might be a bit challenging.
@@HomeWithMyBookshelf thank you , I will try to find thicker yarn , and keep on trying !
What kind of wood is the needle made from and does the size of the needle matter?
I don't know what kind of wood it's made from. The size of the needle only matters if you're tightening the loop on the needle, which I don't do in this video, but is a part of nålebinding. A larger needle like I'm using is easier to handle and work with than a darning needle, which is why I'm using it.
Thanks, I'm going to make a needle tonight out of Elk antler, and try my hand at a scarf.
Good luck! I haven't tried making a scarf yet, I hope it goes well!
Greetings from Canada! Where can I get an appropriate needle to learn this?
I started with a tapestry needle. A needle like the one I'm using can be found on etsy, just search for nalbinding needle. Or you could make them yourself, from a thin, flat piece of wood.
thanks!
I just made my own out of a used bamboo toothbrush handle
What yarn are you using?
The yarn is Ullrikka from Nille. It's a 100% wool aran weight (8 wpi) yarn, and it is NOT superwash. Avoid superwash yarn for nalbinding.
Hmm yes I have a circle but it's not looking much like har
If you explain more about how it's looking, I might be able to figure out what might be going wrong.
when you said "just push it through" my head played in sal-n-pepa. you're welcome
Hahaha! Great 😝
I am having trouble starting. The work is just a circle and not a length. It doesn’t look like yours
Hmm. Make sure you are only picking up the loop from your thumb and not any of the others. Also, take hold of the top of the beginning, where the start thread hangs out, and pull on that to try to straighten it out. You can see me doing this at about 3:42.
You could also try another start, like the one I demonstrate here: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html
That one is easier, I find. You just start with an overhand knot.
I hope this helps. If you still have trouble, feel free to leave more comments, and I will see what I can do.
Crocheting is better😂
Haha to each their own!
Every nalbinding video I have ever watched. No video has helped me to nalbind. It wasted a bunch of my time. Could you make a simpler video on how to do the Oslo stitch. Otherwise. I have completely wasted a bunch of my time trying to nalbind.
I think this is almost the simplest I can do. I do have an easier start for you, though - the knot start. It's shown here, from about 0:35: ruclips.net/video/FH9QGCDPylQ/видео.html
If you tell me what your work looks like and maybe what is going wrong, I can try to help you. If you would like, we could arrange a video call where I could help you.
HomeWithMyBookshelf when I pull the needle through, I get a tight knot. Also, I don’t feel comfortable with a video call. Sorry
@@okej8815 That's fine. When you pull the needle through, do you make sure to catch the thread on your thumb to make a thumb loop?
HomeWithMyBookshelf I can’t really catch the thread on my thumb because for some reason I keep making a knot
@@okej8815 Okay. Try pulling the needle just through the loops, so it comes out on the other side, but you haven't pulled the rest of the thread through. Then stop, put the "loop" that is the rest of the thread on your thumb, hold it in place with your index finger, and pull the needle the rest of the way through.
If that doesn't solve your problem, please describe exactly when during the process of pulling the needle through you get the knot.
I don t undestand
Any specific part you don't understand? I could try to help!