Bernhard's Nålbinding - links and informations

The links presented here mostly lead to pages,

which engage in depiction of ancient cultures,

mainly in the culture of the Vikings.

I am not responsible for any of the contents on those pages;

this is the responsibility of the homepages' hosts.

 
Enjoy rummaging in ancient and new cultures!
 

The most important links first:
 

If any problems with Nålbinding do come up,

just contact me via email. Email-adress

The "Yarn Owl" can help
 

Nålbinding links and other links

AGIL is a german organisation consisting of archaeologists, craftsmen, educationalists, biologists, restaurateurs, media experts and others, who have been working for more than 15 years in the field of experimental archaeology and living history in the widest sense of the meaning.

dilettante.info - page about Nålbinding with a lot of background information
 
Nalboundhat.htm - reconstructed cap worked in Nålbinding
 
Stringpage.com (engl.) - of historic textile techniques, e.g. Nålbinding
 
Museumsdorf Dueppel near Berlin - good German page with background information and practical instructions,
                                               e.g. making wooden needles, forum for Nålbinding fans
 
Flinkhand - Naalbinding - very good German page for practical work (not only Nålbinding)

The Viking Experience - Socks - Examples of socks
 
What is Nålbinding - Nålbinding page with good background information
 
Norsefolk - The Viking Age on the Web (engl.) - here You find the "thumb catching method" with a dubble forward thumb loop
 
Nålebinding Techniques in the Viking Age (engl.) - good description of Nålbinding during the age of the Vikings

Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History - slightly short page about Nålbinding, but very interesting
                                                                                                         presentation of a historical sock
 
Mielke's Farm - page with practical examples and the possibility of ordering English books about Nålbinding by Larry Schmitt
 
Kiaras Naalbinding Page - modern Nålbinding page with interesting two-coloured socks in "double spiral technique".
 
tkukoulu.fi - Finnish page that shows well how Nålbinding works, even without understanding Finnish (series of pictures)

Introduction to the "Åsle" stitch - good step-by-step instructions
 
The Bellwether - Nålbinding page from the USA, where books and needles can be ordered
 
Textile Arts - page with many more links
 
Nalbinding - Norwegian page with a piece from a museum - worked in Nålbinding

Den Blauwen Swaen - arts, crafts, photo's, history and stuff - Netherlands site also with nalbinding

Swalin shows a Viking family from about 1000 A.D., living in Haithabu
(today in the county of Schleswig - Northern Germany).

extensive reference on the Internet, just click on either of both logos

- likewise: just click on the logo

 

The address for historical re-enactment in Germany.
"Tempus vivit" (time lives) is a meeting point, information centre and a calendar of events for everybody involved in historical re-enactment and also visitors.

 
(click on the logo)

For those who do not only want to know about Nålbinding, but also look for information about tablet weaving, can find this at: Wir weben

Some useful links

At "De Wullstuuv", Kiel shoe forms made from Styrofoam are available for felting socks worked in Nålbinding in the washing machine. Rubber latex for non-skid soles is available too.

The Webstuhlmanufaktur Rudi Künzl, Gilten Nienhagen sells cheap woollen yarns for Nålbinding.

An interesting magazine, for people with an interest in Nålbinding too, is

Join the German Nålbinding Yahoogroup, if you are interested in an exchange between German Nålbinding people. You'll find it here: Yahoo Group: Nadelbindung


 Some Nålbinding people can also be found on the list:Yahoo group: Lavendelschaf_Freunde

or are members of the "SpinnWebe" mailing list, which can be contacted via the homepage of "Hachinger Spinner".
Click on the button beneath the picture "fuer unsere Mailingliste eintragen" (transl. for a membership on our mailing list)

If you are interested in preparing and spinning your own yarns for Nålbinding, you should visit:

Plentiful information about hand spinning is available from Handspinnen.de

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