Category Archives: Nalbinding

Looking for Nailbinding – the Roman way

By Crafty Guest | Published: 31/01/2011

I am so happy to introduce this guest post written by Evelyn Arnott who is a volunteer and occasional member of the Education Team at the Roman Palace, Fishbourne, West Sussex where she demonstrates Spinning & Weaving to Children and visitors of all ages. I met Evelyn when she came to the Hampshire Guild of [...]

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A Tale of Knitting

By Helene | Published: 03/06/2010

By Helene Agerskov Madsen Knitting is probably the single most well-known craft technique today. Furthermore, knitting has received an immense renewal of interest over the last years with numerous knitting books being published and the establishment of knitting groups, societies and guilds. Nevertheless, it would probably be useful first to agree on what is meant [...]

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Learning a new craft – naalbinding

By Helene | Published: 26/02/2010

While waiting for spring to come, what better ways to pass the dark winter evenings than learning a new craft. My choice fell on a relatively unknown technique called nalbinding. This seemingly obscure decision was made earlier this winter when I agreed to take part in a medieval re-enactment trip later in the early spring [...]