High-Class Purse Project (Part 1: Nalbinding) | Virsama

[@libellula3313]

Brilliant use for loom trimmings, but such a labour of love! Beautiful stitches. Thanks for sharing.

[@keyosuke]

I have been watching the weekly needle binding group chats with Karin and Mona and looking forward to seeing this tiny stitched bag. I am still working on the basics, but making small stitches appeals to me as a goal and I haven't become frustrated with it because I haven't gotten far enough to be. Very cool bag.

[@VMuraz]

I know! I am inevitably attracted to tiny stitches too 🤣🤣 the whole process is so relaxing that I don't mind it taking longer 😊 I am happy you like the bag!

[@monautheim8266]

I suport the way you think, use every bit of tread, use the time it takes to make it, and use the things you make - looking forward to the next part

[@VMuraz]

No piece of thread shall be left behind! 😊💪

[@jcortese3300]

That's really a good point about using old ends -- people wasted NOTHING back then. Nalbinding must have been seen as a wonderful way to use those short scraps from warping a loom, whereas today, we are so used to knitting and crocheting with whole skeins that we dislike the constant thread joins.

[@VMuraz]

Absolutely! Having spun my own yarn and knowing how long it takes, I wouldn't waste anything 😅🙈

[@jcortese3300]

@@VMuraz It might also answer a question I had about why nalbinding disappeared as a craft. In the late middle ages to renaissance, weaving started to become industrial and no longer a home industry. Once there was no loom in a home, there were no warp scraps either, and no need to nalbind to use them up. I think nalbinding might have had the same relationship to home weaving as quilting had to home dressmaking.

[@VMuraz]

Such a good point! And with knitting and crochet being a way faster technique and with the possibility of making way bigger projects on top of that... No wonder it almost dissapeared

[@reginadegiovanni6685]

Its very good! Nice to see how to use left over weaving yarn. 👍

[@VMuraz]

I like using every last bit of everything, so I can make the most out of it 😊😊

[@agypsycircle]

I’m new to naalbinding and I’m so mean to myself because I’m a sucker for making tiny stitches, not quite that tiny yet and I’m definitely taking notes on the tightening down technique you employed, and I definitely need more practice to even get York stitch down, so I’ll get there! This will help me make the socks I want to have!

[@VMuraz]

I know the feeling... but tiny stitches are so nice! 😍😍 I am happy that this could help, and definitely let me know about your progress 😊

[@HomeWithMyBookshelf]

I'm also working on a tiny stitch bag, and it's driving me slightly mad - mostly because my thread is kind of uneven because it's homespun. I'm doing mammen with an M1(middle) connection tightened to a needle. These stitches are even tinier though! Well done (and yes, I think you are a little crazy, but aren't we all?).

[@VMuraz]

Absolutely! It's wonderful to see that I have crazy companionship along the way 😅🤣 Can't wait to see that bag!

[@christenagervais7303]

When my starting chain is twisted, I iron it flat! Cheating, I know...it works great!

[@VMuraz]

We can keep each others secrets 😏😏

[@christenagervais7303]

@@VMuraz 👍

[@zekiah2]

How do you make the turn with York? I am having so much trouble making it look clean!

[@VMuraz]

Do you mean at the bottom of the bag? 🤔😊