[Nfb-krafters-korner] Anyone do nalbinding?

[Rovig, Lorraine]

I'd like to practice nalbinding when I get to the part at convention where I get to sit down. Do any of you who will be at convention know how to do this craft in case I get stuck? If the term is new to you, it is a Viking art that uses a short needle with a big eye, like a size 16 needle, or the handmade wooden needle my SCA friend gave me, to do a very early form of knitting or crochet (take your pick) with a cut strand of yarn. Traditionally it was used to make small items - socks, gloves, and hats. It has the benefit, especially for socks, of having no knots where you connect one finished thread to the next cut piece of yarn. The connection is felted via a tiny bit of spit and rapid rubbing to heat up the connection.

Lorraine Rovig
Baltimore, Maryland

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:20 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] quick intro

Ramona and Meg,

I won't be coming into dallas until Saturday evening but I will try
very hard to come to the meeting.

Meg, I too think I will crochet and crochet and crochet. I do find it
very relaxing and have noticed it is very easy to have 2 or 3 hours
just slip away. My mom recently had foot surgery. I sat by her bed and
crocheted the entire weekend I was with her in the hospital. She said
I looked so relaxed. She seemed so happy that I finally learned how to
do what her and my grandmother do.

Lisamaria

On 5/29/12, Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lisamaria, I sent this before I was done.  It sounds as though you are
> making very good progress if you have done several items in one month.
> Bring some yarn and hooks.  Meetings are great times to practice.
>
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 5:00 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] quick intro
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have finally joined. I live out in California and I've recently
>> started to crochet and knit using a knitting loom. I have knitted 3
>> baby hats and 2 scarves on the loom and I have crocheted 2 scarves --
>> all in the last month.
>>
>> I'm a little stuck because I want to learn how to do cool projects and
>> I want to learn how to do more advanced stiches, etc, etc. My crochet
>> teacher is pretty busy and doesn't have a ton of time to teach beyond
>> what she has already taught me, which is to say, she's taught me how
>> to do a slip knot, chain, a single stitch and how to finish off. I've
>> read a crochet book my husband bought me for Mother's Day and have
>> learned, in concept, how to make other stiches like the half double
>> stitch.
>>
>> I've downloaded and read a few iPhone apps that have taught me
>> additional stitches. I have arm wrestled my husband into watching
>> YouTube vids of looming techniques but he complains he doesn't know
>> what he is looking at and isn't a good candidate for helping me learn.
>>
>> Anyways, I'm new and I'm open to learning how to learn.
>>
>> any ideas are much appreciated. And, if anyone is willing to sit and
>> teach me a few tricks at Dallas, I'm game! I learn very fast.
>> crocheting is ihn my blood. My grandmother does it for a living in
>> Puerto Rico. My mom and sister crochet, but my mom was never able to
>> teach me. I've finally found someone who could teach me and I'm so
>> hooked.
>>
>> Lisamaria -- AKA, LM
>>
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