Hello again friends, and welcome to a new video where you get to see my face for a little bit.
In this video, I'm going to show you a way of starting a nalbinding piece that's different
from my other tutorials.
The first two videos I did on nalbinding
worked on a method of starting from the opening of a garment, up.
In this video, we'll be working from
the closed end of a garment, down.
This is useful for hats, socks, mittens, and other similar garments.
I will be using York stitch, which I feel is one of the
easiest stitches, and definitely good for beginners.
Please note that this is just one method, it's the way that I do it. It may not work for you.
But nothing is easy in the beginning so persevere before moving on to another method.
Also while I really enjoy nalbinding, and other people seem to enjoy what I make with nalbinding,
I'm by no means an expert in the field, just an enthusiast.
Now let's begin.
For today's tutorial, I'm using 100% wool, 8 ply yarn
so you should be able to find something comparable at any craft store that
sells wool yarn.
For practicing this small section on it's own, or if you have an allergy to
wool, the yarn type doesn't unltimately matter,
so if you have some acrylic at home
feel free to practice with that.
However, if you are going to be continuing on with other tutorials,
or if you have to go buy yarn anyway,
or if you're continuing on with a larger project after this,
and you are able to, I would strongly suggest that you buy
pure wool yarn. This is for two reasons
One, it's better for the environment in the long run.
And two, it's easier to join the end of your yarn
together with pure wool, over acrylic.
I'm putting together a video in the near future about how
to join your ends for nalbinding, so click the subscribe button and
ring the notification bell to hear when that goes out.
Now that you've got your yarn sorted, grab your needle.
I'm using a bone needle, that's 1cm wide
at the eye, and 8.5cm long overall.
Measure out about 1m of yarn, and break it.
Yes, I said break it, don't cut it.
Now thread your needle and you're ready to go.
Using the tail end of the yarn (at this point it doesn't really matter which is the tail),
create a slipknot.
Make sure that tail is the part that adjusts the size of the loop in the knot.
This becomes important later.
Put the loop over your thumb with the tail pointed into your palm.
Ok, so for those of you who have watched my previous
nalbinding videos, you might be thinking
"Hey, I thought you said you don't work on the thumb?"
and you'd be right to question it.
I don't normally work on the thumb, and I don't normally work top
down like we're doing here, but in the rare instances
where I need to, this is how I do it.
Moving on.
To begin, pass the needle down the thumb, under the slipknot.
Next pass the needle through the first loop and
underneath the slipknot on your thumb, and make sure it is
under the yarn working tail.
Pass the needle through both loops, and underneath the slipknot.
Now pass the needle through the second and third loops
you've made, and underneath the slipknot.
From here on,
only pass the needle through
the two most recent stitches you've made
and under the slipknot.
After you've made a few stitches, you'll see the chain
forming like we have in previous videos,
But this time you'll see all of the stitches are linked
on the slipknot.
When I'm making a pair of socks for myself, for example,
My foot's a size 9 (ladies, Australian) So to begin with
I'll start with 15 stitches on my slipknot.
Once I have 15 stitches, I take the work off my thumb.
And I pull the tail of the slipknot tight,
Then spread the stitches evenly around the slipknot.
As I am right handed,
My most recently made loop should be on the left hand side of the piece I'm working.
To start the second round of this piece,
I'll insert the needle from front to back,
into the first and second stitches
on the right hand side of the piece.
I should have two stitches on my needle.
Now, with the tip of the needle at the back of the piece,
I'll insert the needle into
the three stitches to the left.
Now I should have 5 stitches on my needle.
Pull the needle through,
Making sure the working yarn is in FRONT of the needle.
Now pull just tight enough, that the loop you've made, disappears.
Where you inserted the needle on the right,
you'll insert the needle again.
This time, when we're inserting from
the back to the front on the left, we'll only pick up
the two most recent stitches, not three.
The needle should come out one stitch to the right
of where your working yarn came out previously.
So that should be four stitches on the needle.
Then you pull through, this time with the yarn BEHIND the needle.
You've just made the first stitch in the new round.
From here you'll begin
increasing your stitches until your piece reaches the desired width.
More videos to come on increasing and decreasing your stitches.
Well I hope that helps a little bit as a different way of starting your
nalbinding piece. If you've got other suggestions
or requests for tutorials that I do in the future, leave a comment down below
and I'll see you there in the comment section!
By for now.
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