Medeival Handcrafting

Nålebinding is like the medeival handcraft. We’ve been to a couple of these viking/medeival festivals in Oslo lately, and many of the hats and socks are nålebinded (is that the correct conjugation of that verb?) I talked to one of the ladies who was nålebinding a little bit, and she said that it predates knitting. She said it is quite a bit slower than knitting, which I guess would explain why knitting got more popular. Judging from the samples I saw, it makes a hardy thick fabric similar to crochet. Nice and cozy!

Nålbinding, of course, and it looks like felted, too.

A little more detail here, you can see how thick each round is, and how obvious the join is. The fabric also seemed very thick, looks like he has no problems with slouchy-sock syndrome!