Its the middle of the night. I have a three year old with a virus. Things are quiet but I don't really want to sleep. So I spent a long time searching for...
Hello Lazy Joiners, ;-) the lazy join is a very easy und brilliant method to join nonfelting threads. I tested it with Cotton yarn in Oslostitch. I would have...
Dear Virginia, Linda here I tried to send you my photos but yahoo rejected the entire email. I also read your lengthy 3am letter and can sympathize with you....
I made a mistake. I had New Zealand confused with New Guinea. I mixed up Maori and taaniko which come from New Zealand with bilum bags which come from New...
Hi there, dutch and belgian needlebinders. Are your brooches finished so we can recognise eachother at Archeon? I'll make something in my hair and put the...
I cannot go to Pennsic this year, but I will tell you for truth... you talk to the ladies and gents and ask about naalbinding... SOMEONE will know someting...
Hi Everyone, I have no idea what this stitch is...or if it even is one..lol I wanted to try making something using the knit stitch so I decided it would be...
Hi Linda, At a guess, it is cross-knit looping. Worked like the buttonhole stitch, but instead of picking up the loop from the previous row, you pick up the ...
Hi Linda, no problem what soever. I have been very busy. Birthday Annemiek and was at Archeon again. Theme: how to brew your own beer! yummie! Learned another...
Thank you so much! I am so very very happy that you understand and like lazy join. I think your join for nonfelting yarns might be the best one for lacy, ...
Sorry,, I have to go a little off topic here!! I followed the links and ended up on a page where you talk about going to the SRF with your family! I havent...
That is the coptic/Tarim stitch. It's the stitch that is most often mistaken for knitting in extant artifacts. Roman sandal socks, and early Egyptian...
Hi Nurianna... Such a small world it is! What a wonderful day that was! I kept asking the women there if by some chance their hair nets were nalbound...alas...
Hi Anne, I knew this was the Tarim stitch..also called by some the knit stitch. But in the process of trying to learn to do it, I couldn't quite get it... I...
Dear Linda S, I also went to the archeon and their hairnets are done with a process called sprang. Really very easy, I'm sure you could find some examples on...
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Linda Anderson ... http://www.stringpage.com/sprang/sprang.html *grin* There's also a yahoo group. Sarah -- Sarah Goslee ...
I'm halfway done and I'll be at the Archeon saturday juni 15. Groetjes Harma ... From: sluijs1963 To: nalbinding@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008...
I just thought I'd drop a line, because I know there was some interest last time. I'm teaching a bunch this summer. My next class will be at the Estes Park...
Sprang is one of those things that I am going to have to try. My poor DH has decided that I absolutely will keep him in the wood shop constantly making me...
In the process of stitching the Tarim stitch, I found that the twist in my yarn would come almost completely apart by the time I was about 1/2 finished with a...
Have you tried holding the work and letting the needle hang down so that it can spin freely? The yarn then retwists itself. I do this whenever the yarn looks...
Clockwise is usually Z. I do see the yarn untwisting a little as I work with it, but I do as Shelagh does (letting it hang and twist back up) and it's never...
Here are a couple of ideas: If you ever have an opportunity to work with a professional needle artist you will learn how often and how much to twist your...
-Hi Harma, I'll be at Archeon too next saterday. 10.00 a.m. sharp!! When and where do we meet? And Linda Anderson, are you coming too? I have been sending you...
Dear Christa, Hi, I went to Enschede for my show but haven't been receiving your emails. I'll send you one on your regular email again so you will have it....
Hi All, I always give my yarns a hot water wash and use a little softener after spinning. However, I do not agitate it. Perhaps this would help...hmmm. You...
