Nalbinding – It's Not Knitting

Heritage techniques for the contemporary textile crafter

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Put down your knitting and pick up something new – and old – with these 20 projects teaching needle-looped stitches from across the millennia.Nalbinding – loop-manipulated textiles that use just a single needle – can be traced as far back as the Mesolithic period and is still popular in Scandinavia. The results of the various techniques can resemble wool knitting or be worked as an open mesh akin to netting; it can be dense and warm or light and airy; and can use thick woollen yarns or be worked in thin, smooth plant fibres.This guide containing modern-day designs will teach you various nalbinding techniques and stitches dating from the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age, Ancient Egypt, into medieval Scandinavia and beyond. Sally Pointer's photographic step-by-step instructions will show you how to create your own knotless netting shopping bag, drawing on a Neolithic textile fragment; craft a messenger bag using Oslo, Mammen and Dalby stitches; and knock up practical old favourites such as pixie hats, socks, slippers and, of course, mittens!

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-01-15
Mått250 x 10 x 210 mm
Vikt725 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781789943061

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Sally Pointer is an English archaeologist and award-winning heritage educator committed to keeping techniques from the past in use within modern society. With a working background in the Museum and Heritage industry, she has an MSc in Experimental Archaeology and is currently an Honorary Associate Research Fellow at Exeter University, where she is researching prehistoric textiles. She is a member of Heritage Crafts and EXARC and teaches traditional skills both in person and online. She can be found on social media as @sallypointer.

Introduction: Living ArchaeologyPart One: Background and Basics- PROJECT 1: Make Your Own Nalbinding NeedlePart Two: Needle-tensioned Stitches- PROJECT 2: String Bag (simple looping)- PROJECT 3: Shopping Basket (looping around a core)- PROJECT 4: Phone Case (looping around a core)- PROJECT 5: Dice Bag (looping around a core)- PROJECTS 6 & 7: Festival Socks (Coptic Stitch, Tarim Stitch)- PROJECT 8: Sock Toppers (York Stitch)Part Three: Thumb-tensioned Stitches- PROJECT 9: Moebius Scarf- PROJECT 10: Oslo-Stitch Hat- PROJECT 11: Spiral Stripes Hat- PROJECT 12: Hot Water Bottle Cover- PROJECT 13: Gauntlet MIttens- PROJECT 14: Fingerless Mittens- PROJECT 15: Tablet or Journal Case- PROJECT 16: Knotwork CapeletPart Four: Socks, Technical Information, References- PROJECT 17: Short Row Heels- PROJECT 18: Flap Heels- PROJECT 19: Tongue Heels- PROJECT 20: Squashy SocksConclusionAcknowledgementsReferencesResourcesIndex