Hey y'all! I'm a beginner at nalbinding, and I've had a lot of luck using the aforementioned 2+2 stitch, but I'm running into an issue with marking the end of a row in the round. It seems like it's spiralling a lot. It seems like when I mark a row finished each time I stitch in the loop that the stitch marker was in for the previous one, I'm still 3 or 4 stitches behind where the previous row had ended. Is this just a stitch that inherently lags behind like that or is there something I'm missing?

I remember getting these bout a yarn or 2 ago and I realized it’s perfect for celebrating pride month and I was wondering if there’s any pride month theme yarn to use for nålbinding. I find it pretty amazing that this would be something to use for it.

My wife works for a yarn retailer and recently came across nalbinding. She's been a knitter for ages. I was intrigued, and we've decided that we're going to try to teach ourselves the basics on our upcoming road trip to the Outer Hebrides. So, as my wife is going to provide the yarn, I said I'd make a selection of needles for us to experiment with. The first two - on the right in the image, I made from my son's old bamboo toothbrush (see the brand). Then, I tried with a bit of antler - centre, and finally a couple made from the broken bits of an old oak whisky barrel. I'm fairly pleased and will see how we get on. I've loved the process of upcycling things I had around the place.

This was sort of surprising - both swatches are 5 rounds at 30 stitches each. (Wool of the Andes, bone nål) The Mammen swatch is sooo much smaller. What stitch should I learn next? I’m leaning toward York, but only because I know the name of it.

Nothing special but the purple yarn was hand spun and kind of made mess of the other hand haha

Same stitch. (Oslo) Same yarn. (Wool of the Andes) The only difference between these two swatches is the nål I used. The bone nål makes a much better looking fabric in my opinion. The differences are subtle, and I’m not even sure I have the vocabulary to describe them. Whether that difference is a function of wood vs. bone or the dimensions of the nål (the wooden one is quite a bit larger) is to be determined. I’ve got both bones and wood to make more nåls. I also want to repeat this with different yarns and different stitches.

This is the first in a series of swatches I plan to make. I want to compare how different stitches, yarns, & needles impact the finished fabric. Each swatch will be 5 rounds, 30 stitches each. Oslo stitch. Bone nål. Wool of the Andes in Gosling. Oslo seems a lot faster than Mammen. (All my previous work has been Mammen stitch.) I like this yarn A LOT. 4 plies, felts nicely. Soft, smooth, stitches cleanly.

It's not great quality but I didn't know what else to do with it

Recently I heard bout yak yarn and it said to hypoallergenic,soft and more luxurious. I wasn’t sure if it’s suitable for nålbinding or not. I also wonder does it felt the same way as sheep’s wool. I think it might be a good idea to look for it and I may have to check on the prices.

I was wondering if it’s possible make a letter using nålbinding. Like if I were to use Coptic stitch,should I add the yarn to the flat place and use separate colors to make the letter and the other one as a main color,but if I were to make a chain of stitches,do I have to turn my work to the corner after I made a chain and should I make a chain off of the the part when pivoting to make keys say a letter K or M for example. Any ideas or tips for how it should it work, lemme know in the comments.

Diagramming @Daughter_of_Anagolay 's stitch as the comments won't let me add it.

I knew it was made with Coptic stitch,but I’m not sure if there’s a pattern available now. I heard some of it on the website,but on ravelry it costs money which I can’t afford it. So is there a free pattern for this one available online or do I have to order some items from Amazon,eBay,etc?? Lemme know in the comments and I might need some ideas.

Finally finished some fingerless gloves for my partner. His hands are shaped like giant plates, so I had to improvise on the shape. However, I'm very happy with these since this is the first time that I've made something that someone could wear, with my own hands. What a satisfying feeling! I'm already working on my own gloves! I cannot be stopped!

Hey there, I've knitted tons of socks but I'm still pretty new at nålbinding and I'm trying to start a sock. I've only heard of the toe up but do you HAVE to do it toe up? Can you go cuff down? Which one is easier?

Hey there, I've knitted tons of socks but I'm still pretty new at nålbinding and I'm trying to start a sock. I've only heard of the toe up but do you HAVE to do it toe up? Can you go cuff down? Which one is easier?

I have been failing miserably at any other stitch outside of York and Coptic, because I can't figure out working on-thumb.

I found some off-thumb York stitch tutorials by Ylva the Red, and Coptic stitch was fairly simple to figure out from diagrams.

But any other stitch has had me stumped.

I decided to just play with York stitch and add some over/under bits, and now it looks like a different stitch? But I don't know which one?

I'm using thrifted tapestry wool that I've been hoarding for several years.

I’m pretty new at this, been practicing with a couple of stitches and some cheap wool for about 3 months. I’ve just learned how to do a round start and I’ve started making round spirals, but after about 5 or 6 rows the round start to go all wavy! I’m not sure if it’s because I’m increasing too much and have too many new stitches or if I’m not increasing enough so the tension is too tight.

Any advice?

Working on tightening up my stitches as I prepare for that white pile of vermicelli pictured at the top.

I’ve gotten to the thumb stage of the mittens. Which method do you prefer (or find easiest)?

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Mittens are coming along. About halfway down my fingers now.

Three weeks after I started. One week after I started over. Two color spiral hat with trim. The red and green are Lettlopi and the black is Paton classic worsted. Mammen stitch. Now to start on a pair of mittens.

So, I'm a knitter and have been for 15+ years. I'm very green to nålbinding and I've seen a lot of smaller projects like mittens, socks and hats. I'm just wondering if you can do bigger things like sweaters? I can't say I have any plans to do something like that at the moment but I'd like to eventually if it's possibly.