Nalbinding a Candy Cane Hat!

[@laurawilliams7782]

"Do not let the yarn sense your fear" was just perfectly delivered. :)

[@KristineVike]

When Yarn Chicken finds us, we must be ready. 🐥

[@KristineVike]

Also, shoutout to my good friend, Liv Elin. Who spent an entire holiday one year, glued to tutorials and littering the living room table with discarded nalbinding practice pieces (we called them nalbinding corpses, bc good luck unraveling the practice piece to reclaim the yarn 💀). When I came home, you could just teach me! Love you. ❤️

[@alessazoe]

"... the most? recent?? previous??? stitch...? ... good luck!" hahah, so good!

[@KristineVike]

And still some people think my videos are tutorials. Ma’am, I’m just here for the vibes. 😅🙈

[@Tvianne]

Spitsplicing is the best! it's the only method I trust… btw, if the yarn is too thick (thicker than this one in the video), it can be thinned a bit with no problem, felting keeps it from fraying. PS; my degree is in foreign languages and literatures and… I can't remember names, titles and dates. Like, at ALL. I'm very good at text analysis, but dry data memorizing… nope. Not happening. 😭 PPS: when I have to towel-squeeze some knit-work, I rool it up like you did, put it on the ground, then stomp on it, Godzilla style. Very cathartic.

[@KristineVike]

Hahaha, I stomp too! Especially the bigger things! 🦖

[@linr8260]

How cute. It makes me think of Link's hat, but festive. Congrats on your epic victory

[@KristineVike]

Haha, it does a bit, doesn't it?

[@thebookishqueer]

This hat is so cute and silly! This video, and your nalbinding mittens video inspired me to start nalbinding! I've already made my first mitten! I just had to collect all of the yarn art techniques; knitting, crochet, weaving, and now nalbinding!

[@cdey8512]

"Continue as normal" was not my mother's advice. She always said "Knit faster before it runs out!" Yarn chicken is a delightful term for this; and yes, I think you used up the rest of your luck for the year. o.O

[@KristineVike]

That is delightful. I might adopt that phrase!

[@haleyhoudini]

Will I be learning nalbinding this weekend? Yes, yes I will ❤ thank you for sharing this adorable project!! Also, the "do not let the yarn sense your fear" is such a palpable feeling, haha. Many a knitting or crochet project have reached rhat point 😅

[@KristineVike]

It is always that anxious feeling when you’re ALMOST at the end. 😰

[@MamamanaDoDo]

I love this! Embrace the dork-ness! And the organic chem names messed me up every time.

[@KristineVike]

Hahaha, yes! All the dork!

[@davidlove236]

Never let the yarn see your fear is good advice for any game of yarn chicken! This video makes me want to go back to the tutorial videos, practice up again, and make this hat. I’m not sure that I’d actually wear it because I almost never wear hats, but it looks like a fun project.

[@Tvianne]

maybe a neckwarmer?

[@davidlove236]

@@Tvianne A cowl is a good idea!

[@KristineVike]

I mean… I want to do spiral socks too? Or mittens, that would be so cute!

[@Tvianne]

@@davidlove236 it should be simple, right? good luck!

[@archeanna1425]

This was adorable. You can do this type of video anytime. I'm marking it to watch again. I live in a place where we don't always get snow in the winter and I think I will watch this to celebrate our first snow on the mountains.

[@KristineVike]

How arcane and mysterious. We lived in a place with barely a few days of slush in winter before spring came again and I was so mystified! I do love the big changing seasons I grew up with.❤️

[@JillianEve]

This was the absolute cutest project. I love to see nålbinding projects. So much inspiration!

[@KristineVike]

There are so many fun things to do! ❤️

[@karlahovde]

I think this video has me convinced to get into nalbinding! I've been curious about it for a while, but nothing made with it looked like something I'd actually wear, until this!

[@KristineVike]

I hope you do, it is such fun!

[@janethavis3495]

I'm loving the video, playing chicken with yarn (I've learned to start at the pointy end!), and great subtitles.

[@HomeWithMyBookshelf]

Omg you nalbind left-handed! That is cool, I haven't seen many people who do left-handed nalbinding! I'm planning a set of spiral mittens soon!

[@HomeWithMyBookshelf]

And btw the notation goes 'number of loops on the thumb as the needle goes through the loops' + 'the number of loops you pick up behind the thumb' 'type of connection, number of connection stitches to previous row'. Example: 1+2 F1 (one loop on the thumb, 2 picked up behind the thumb, one edge loop picked up from front to back). Because the notation makes more sense to me than the names, I usually stick to that for myself.

[@HomeWithMyBookshelf]

1+2 F1 is what you are doing. Which is generally known as Korgen stitch (but it is the same stitch as Mammen except Mammen is 1+2 F2 - 2 connection loops instead of 1 for Korgen). So many people call the Korgen stitch the Mammen stitch - so no worries about the name 😉. I find the names confusing, but just saying the code isn't useful to most people. I don't like using my spit for splicing after covid, but I carry around a small spray bottle in my project bag that has a very weak solution of water and wool soap (Milo). It works well, and knocking it over isn't a big deal! I got the spray bottle from one of those travel sets.

[@KristineVike]

I do everything left-handed, so that tracks!

[@jenninstitches]

I keep wanting to learn this as a knitter and a crocheter......but I really need to see it done in person. Trying find someone in Trondheim who wouldn't mind me staring over their shoulder. I have a whole book and really couldn't make it make any kind of coherent doing of the thing between my brain and hands 😂

[@KristineVike]

Ooof, I can see how learning this from a book would be challenging. Luckily for you, Trondheim has tons of skilled nalbinders, especially in the Viking guild!

[@jenninstitches]

@@KristineVike i really need to start hanging out with them because they seem so cool. I'm such a homebody though.... Ugh the eternal struggle! The hat is absolutely adorable and so whimsical. I love it.

[@coreygilles847]

I love this hat so much! ❤ it is adorable and looks warm and cozy as well 🎉

[@KristineVike]

Can confirm. Very warm and cozy! 😊

[@marionsworld24]

Love your stripey hat! Beautiful yarn too. I'm also a left-handed nalbinder.... Just posted a phone pouch made with Finnish 2+2..

[@KristineVike]

Left-handers unite! 🪡

[@marionsworld24]

@@KristineVike Absolutely!😊

[@gettheetothestitchery]

Oo okay, this technique reminds me of Armenian needlelace, which kind of feels like it could be a bridge for me (who is a little intimidated by all things knitting and crocheting) between embroidery and yarn arts! (Also I so agree with you on naming things after people, like how is that going to help us remember anything huh??)

[@KristineVike]

I think this is a lot less intimidating than knitting or crochet for an excellent stitcher like you! It’s like sewing but with yarn! :D (*quietly* one of us… one of us…)

[@leiyak.8869]

Another Nalbinding Video just after I spent the last week doing my first steps with it (And a fun game of yarn chicken ahaead of me which I will probably lose). Maybe I'll also just make a fun candy cane hat instead of a simple headband out of my handsoun yarn lol. It looks fun and a delightful sight in the dark days of the cold season!

[@KristineVike]

Do it! The fun is worth it!

[@ladyjusticesusan]

I love this. I have tried nalbinding a few times and find it very difficult but very rewarding. It seems to be something I am not catching onto quickly but at the same time am greatly enjoying. My brain hurts sometimes in trying to make the stitches but I figure keeping my brain active is important LOL! Seriously love this hat and am inspired to keep going in learning nalbinding. Thank you for posting.

[@KristineVike]

I really hope you do! I really like the fluidity of it, how I can change things up as I go and just have fun with it. It might also be because I just love learning and collecting lots of crafts!

[@aquaaurora2747]

That's some serious yarn chicken! I had a recent thread chicken with the sewing machine, finished with last bit on bobbin and thread spool was less than 36" each.

[@KristineVike]

That is quite an intense one too! Glad you won the battle this time!

[@aquaaurora2747]

@@KristineVike I'm glad you won too!

[@suzz1776]

I love a good game of yarn chicken. Lol. Glad to see u won this one. Cool hat btw.

[@KristineVike]

Many thanks! I was soooo doubtful that I'd actually make it to the top of the hat.

[@christenagervais7303]

I love nalbinding! Your hat is adorable 😊

[@KristineVike]

It is such a fun craft! With so much potential!

[@charliespinoza1966]

I love it so much! I was just wondering if anyone had a video on making a nalbound hat in this style and here you are!

[@moonbasket]

I love it! So fun

[@savannahhostetler8283]

This video was very cute and funny. I love the finished project!

[@elizabethstreeter2145]

Love your hat and missy would have sat on the har if you didn’t want her to you know that, loved your videoing in the forest

[@KristineVike]

Hahaha, you do make a good point!

[@TheBadWitchCrafts]

I absolutely loved it!!! I just got a nalbinding needle this summer in the Borre Midgard vikingsenter marked and this really inspired me to finally learn to use it! How long did it take you to complete this hat? It’s seriously so cute and I think you’re going to start a new trend here 😅

[@KristineVike]

This was about three days of work for me. :) I hope you do give it a try! It is such a fun craft. I always wonder why I don’t do more of it whenever I pick my needle back up again.

[@cristinaluciacibils6554]

I love your videos!! ❤

[@KristineVike]

Thank you! ❤️

[@cristinaluciacibils6554]

@@KristineVike thank YOU !!

[@UnsortedSeeds]

So many things I want to try, but so little time to do it 💀. This hat looks absolutely adorable!

[@KristineVike]

What is one more craft… in the big scheme of things? It’s all yarn after all! :3

[@rachelmolina3995]

A very cute video, thanks. Love the hat.

[@KristineVike]

❤️

[@JustSaralius]

I am completely the same with names! And also very bad at remembering what people are called for that same reason, I guess. 😅 Also dates... I barely remember my own birthday! lol

[@KristineVike]

It is such a challenge! And my age too. At least the year I was born doesn’t change. But age changes every year and I always forget. 😅

[@Mypink11]

Found it. 😊

[@KristineVike]

❤️

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

love this whole video! Your projects are always delightful and your narration is so insightful (even when the weather outside is frightful... ;) )

[@HandmadeSolace]

I love your videos. Thank you so much for this one. I always wanted to try a fine-gauge nalbinding project, but it's so hard to find videos of people doing them (to know what the heck to do with my fingers??) that I keep putting it off. I especially loved the cozily dressed faerie sneak through the trees. Do take care of yourself and pet the cat for me, too🫂

[@KristineVike]

I hope you do give it a try! It looks a bit archaic to begin with, but for me at least, things fell into place pretty quickly when I gave it a go. ❤️

[@moonlightcrafter6299]

Oh no! Not another hobby! Too late, I'm intrigued now. 😂 Love the hat!

[@KristineVike]

But if we just identify as “crafty”, then it is not a new hobby. Just a continuation of our craftyness. 😌

[@moonlightcrafter6299]

@@KristineVike love it! 😀

[@MaxxSmiledog.jpg1998]

That video looks pretty good. But did you know you can make a hat in the round start as the same thing with mittens and other items? I find making the hat in the round start a lot easier. As of now,I’m currently making a pair of normal gloves like you usually wear during winter.

[@KristineVike]

I did know this. But I find I get a "pointier point" when I start on the wide end. :) Some gloves sounds fantastic this time of year!

[@Siennaflower]

You are delightful! Just subscribed. ❤

[@tomfromoz8527]

Julenisse! Wonderful video. Tusen Tak!

[@bellaboneshawk5286]

are you splicing the red and white together?

[@KristineVike]

Just red with red and white with white. They are held together with the stitches!

[@Addysfearless]

Folk/ fairy tales and kitties please!!!

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

I love this. 😄

[@projectpenwing]

Made me laugh at 9:44! Turned out cute :D

[@ЛюдмилаПанченко-ч2й]

Супер!!!

[@rachelmolina3995]

I don't have the video, just the sound. Can you help me? Thank you!

[@Traditionalsetup]

Salam alaikum 🙏 great job 👍👍 wonderful work 👏👏 my dear friend 🙏❤️🙏🤲 from Pakistan 🇵🇰