Nalbinding Circular Start from a Chain

In this video I demonstrate how to make a circular start from a straight row in Nalbinding. After the basic number of stitches needed to form the circle are created, I use the tail to lace through the connections on the bottom of the row to cinch it into a tight circle. Use 16 stitches in the initial chain! (I show it with 12, but 16 will be easier.) The video then progresses to show how to increase without causing holes by alternating F1 & F2 connections and how to keep the circle flat without counting increases.
The first part of the video shows how I start Mammen/Korgen stitch and how to nalbind the stitches in the initial chain.
Skip to 4:07 to see how to count your stitches.
Skip to 5:27 to see how to straighten your chain and identify the bottom loops versus the middle loops (the row often works up triangular versus flat, so this shows how to flatten the chain).
Skip to 7:35 to see how to use the tail to convert the chain into a circular start.
Skip to 9:00 to see how to put your nalbinding back on your thumb after having taken it off.
Skip to 9:55 to see how to add stitches to get around the end as 12 stitches in the chain was insufficient (should have been 16).
Skip to 12:17 to see using an F1 connection to add extra increases in an F2 connected stitch. This keeps you from more than two stitches in the same hole and reduces the number of holes caused by large numbers of increases.
Skip to 12:46 to see how to determine if you need more increases to keep the circle flat by comparing the line of your thumb loop with that from the center of the circle through the connection stitch.
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[@terryech9110]

Best videos for nalbinding that I have seen so far. Most videos don’t give enough detail to allow you to learn to “read” your work. When I teach knitting that is the first thing I try to explain since you really need to know how to see your mistakes. If you don’t know what it’t supposed to look like how will you know you have done it correctly? THANKS!

[@annemariedecker6295]

Thank you. The ability to see demonstrated both what you are supposed to pick up and what you are supposed to leave behind was a big motivator in writing my first two instruction manuals and I try to carry that over into my videos as well.

[@craz4mom]

Love this!

[@MawoDuffer]

Very clear to see string. And the pinch method helps. But I still find myself going through a wrong loop and getting an out of place stitch. Is this just a matter of practice? It is so difficult to see on plain yarn