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How to Craft a Natural Nålbinding Needle
With some basic shop tools, you can turn thorns from a menacing stand of trees—or other castoff wood—into an ancient fiber tool.
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AAWith some basic shop tools, you can turn thorns from a menacing stand of trees—or other castoff wood—into an ancient fiber tool.
Nålbinding is one of the oldest textile arts. It’s so old, in fact, that the specifics of its origins are unknown.
Nålbinding is the craft of making a textile from loops of yarn; it is a craft for mavericks. Learn it, and you’ll be forever free from the tyranny of patterns and rules.
If you’ve been wanting to turn some handspun into a suitable pair of handcoverings for your own mitts, I offer up these pointers gleaned from the group’s knitting experiences.