For today's Nalbound Object of the Week we have some true figural work out of Peru. This time it's a singular effigy figure, not a border of figures. And, it's a viscacha, which are so adorable!
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#nalbinding #Peru #SimpleLooping
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#nalbinding #Peru #SimpleLooping
NOW: Viscachas figural effigy – 46-77-30/7651C
I hope everyone’s winter holiday season is going well and that the new year be all you need it to be. For this week’s Nalbound Object of the Week we got a viscacha figure/effigy. I love…
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December 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
For today's Nalbound Object of the Week we have some true figural work out of Peru. This time it's a singular effigy figure, not a border of figures. And, it's a viscacha, which are so adorable!
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#nalbinding #Peru #SimpleLooping
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#nalbinding #Peru #SimpleLooping
* Who am I kidding? I'm always thinking about socks... (or mittens, or hats, or.., but mostly socks)
** This is a very old art historical based dating. There has been no scientific dating of compound Egyptian nalbound socks.
** This is a very old art historical based dating. There has been no scientific dating of compound Egyptian nalbound socks.
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
* Who am I kidding? I'm always thinking about socks... (or mittens, or hats, or.., but mostly socks)
** This is a very old art historical based dating. There has been no scientific dating of compound Egyptian nalbound socks.
** This is a very old art historical based dating. There has been no scientific dating of compound Egyptian nalbound socks.
As the holidays gear up, I find myself thinking of stockings...*
So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
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So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
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NOW: Child’s sock with orange, blue and yellow stripes – III 15474
For a person that has spent a lot of time examining stockings, this is an excellent time of the year. The Museum der Kulturen Basel has the largest collection of Egyptian nalbinding1 and they just …
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December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As the holidays gear up, I find myself thinking of stockings...*
So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
nalbound.com/2025/12/23/n...
So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded.
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Today's Nalbound Object of the Week is hat/cap from the Cliff-Dweller culture in what is now Northeastern Arizona. The shoe-socks from this region are more well known, so I am happy to be able to include this cap in the series.
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#nalbinding #nalbound #nålbindning
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#nalbinding #nalbound #nålbindning
NOW: Arizona Cliff-dweller skullcap – 14-5-10/A1260
Generally when we talk about nalbinding from the Southwest United States, we are talking about socks or shoe-socks or possibly leggings. This week’s Nalbound Object of the Week is unusual in …
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Today's Nalbound Object of the Week is hat/cap from the Cliff-Dweller culture in what is now Northeastern Arizona. The shoe-socks from this region are more well known, so I am happy to be able to include this cap in the series.
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#nalbinding #nalbound #nålbindning
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#nalbinding #nalbound #nålbindning
If you are interested in the early blue & white knitted socks found in Egypt, the Museum der Kulturen Basel has put their collection online.
As the search engine is a bit tricky as yet, I put together a blog post that includes them and a few from other institutions: nalbound.com/2025/11/04/b...
As the search engine is a bit tricky as yet, I put together a blog post that includes them and a few from other institutions: nalbound.com/2025/11/04/b...
Blue and white knit stockings
Nalbinding isn’t the only corpus that is spread out across many institutions. Recently a number of museums have added to their online collection databases and we are now able to see quite a f…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If you are interested in the early blue & white knitted socks found in Egypt, the Museum der Kulturen Basel has put their collection online.
As the search engine is a bit tricky as yet, I put together a blog post that includes them and a few from other institutions: nalbound.com/2025/11/04/b...
As the search engine is a bit tricky as yet, I put together a blog post that includes them and a few from other institutions: nalbound.com/2025/11/04/b...
This is how I start people. It's not the Cross-knit Looping variant seen in the sock above, but a compound variant found apparently somewhat contemporaneously. youtu.be/m9PTMpQTZZM
I recommend a worsted weight yarn in a light but not white color to start.
I recommend a worsted weight yarn in a light but not white color to start.
Nalbinding: Simple Mammen/Korgen Start
YouTube video by Anne Marie Decker
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December 31, 2024 at 8:17 PM
This is how I start people. It's not the Cross-knit Looping variant seen in the sock above, but a compound variant found apparently somewhat contemporaneously. youtu.be/m9PTMpQTZZM
I recommend a worsted weight yarn in a light but not white color to start.
I recommend a worsted weight yarn in a light but not white color to start.
There are around 70 examples, some fragmentary, of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile
January 21st, 2019, I was honored to give a presentation entitled Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile (click on title to view recording: 30 minutes) at the Textile Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan…
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December 29, 2024 at 6:41 PM
There are around 70 examples, some fragmentary, of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Reposted by Anne Marie Decker
One of the absolute amazing moments on our trip to Sweden was seeing these two hand covers side by side. At the front, probably the most known #Nalbinding mitten, the Åsle mitten and at the back the Kalmar glove. (Yes, we also saw the Lödöse mitten, but in different museum). #CraftingScience 🧶
December 26, 2024 at 6:15 PM
One of the absolute amazing moments on our trip to Sweden was seeing these two hand covers side by side. At the front, probably the most known #Nalbinding mitten, the Åsle mitten and at the back the Kalmar glove. (Yes, we also saw the Lödöse mitten, but in different museum). #CraftingScience 🧶
There are around 70 examples, some fragmentary, of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile
January 21st, 2019, I was honored to give a presentation entitled Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile (click on title to view recording: 30 minutes) at the Textile Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan…
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December 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM
There are around 70 examples, some fragmentary, of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
There are around 70 examples of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile
January 21st, 2019, I was honored to give a presentation entitled Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile (click on title to view recording: 30 minutes) at the Textile Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan…
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December 29, 2024 at 6:29 PM
There are around 70 examples of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
While I was in Sweden to examine some of their medieval nalbinding, I had the chance to sit down with Återskapat and my friends Nele and Ingela and have a good long chat about nalbinding. You can join us at the table here: aterskapat.libsyn.com/terskapat-10...
Återskapat: Återskapat - 103 - Nalbinding
In this episode we talk about the art and history of the nalbinding technique. When did it start? Where was it used? Did the vikings use nalbinding? With: Anne Marie Decker, Nele Nuutin...
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December 29, 2024 at 6:27 PM
While I was in Sweden to examine some of their medieval nalbinding, I had the chance to sit down with Återskapat and my friends Nele and Ingela and have a good long chat about nalbinding. You can join us at the table here: aterskapat.libsyn.com/terskapat-10...
It's the inventory label. They used to sew them onto the object. This is better than some where they wrote the inventory number directly on the object.
December 27, 2024 at 5:42 PM
It's the inventory label. They used to sew them onto the object. This is better than some where they wrote the inventory number directly on the object.
When Barbara Thomas (née Köstner) went to the ROM to study their collection, they made a nice video. Note: Tarim stitch is a misnomer. nalbound.com/2019/04/21/s...
Socks in the ROM
Exciting news. As I was preparing for my presentation in January, the Royal Ontario Museum posted photos (including some shots of the bottoms) of all 11 of their 3rd-7th century cross-knit nalbound…
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December 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM
When Barbara Thomas (née Köstner) went to the ROM to study their collection, they made a nice video. Note: Tarim stitch is a misnomer. nalbound.com/2019/04/21/s...
There are around 70 examples of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile
January 21st, 2019, I was honored to give a presentation entitled Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile (click on title to view recording: 30 minutes) at the Textile Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan…
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December 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM
There are around 70 examples of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Definitely a highlight!
December 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Definitely a highlight!
Here is how I start people: youtu.be/m9PTMpQTZZM
I recommend a worsted or bulky weight yarn in a light, but not white, color.
It's the same stitch I use in my instruction manual: Nalbinding Made Easy tanglefairies.etsy.com/listing/1365...
I recommend a worsted or bulky weight yarn in a light, but not white, color.
It's the same stitch I use in my instruction manual: Nalbinding Made Easy tanglefairies.etsy.com/listing/1365...
Nalbinding: Simple Mammen/Korgen Start
YouTube video by Anne Marie Decker
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Here is how I start people: youtu.be/m9PTMpQTZZM
I recommend a worsted or bulky weight yarn in a light, but not white, color.
It's the same stitch I use in my instruction manual: Nalbinding Made Easy tanglefairies.etsy.com/listing/1365...
I recommend a worsted or bulky weight yarn in a light, but not white, color.
It's the same stitch I use in my instruction manual: Nalbinding Made Easy tanglefairies.etsy.com/listing/1365...
Nalbinding as a technique is found around the world and across significant swaths of time. Very little in the Viking Era, even though that is often where people hear about it. Here are a bunch of Roman Era Egyptian examples: nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile
January 21st, 2019, I was honored to give a presentation entitled Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile (click on title to view recording: 30 minutes) at the Textile Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan…
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November 14, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Nalbinding as a technique is found around the world and across significant swaths of time. Very little in the Viking Era, even though that is often where people hear about it. Here are a bunch of Roman Era Egyptian examples: nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
A copy of the abstract can be found at: nalbound.com/2024/11/07/6...
60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo – May 2025
Just before I left for Ghana, I received formal notice that my presentation proposal, submitted in September, has been accepted. I will be presenting “Knee-length nalbound stockings from medi…
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November 11, 2024 at 5:37 AM
A copy of the abstract can be found at: nalbound.com/2024/11/07/6...
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My presentation has been accepted. "Knee-length nalbound stockings from medieval Scandinavia: Two previously unexamined examples" will be in the DISTAFF & MEDATS sponsored session "For Dress and Textiles (1): Tools and Techniques" May 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI
November 11, 2024 at 5:33 AM
My presentation has been accepted. "Knee-length nalbound stockings from medieval Scandinavia: Two previously unexamined examples" will be in the DISTAFF & MEDATS sponsored session "For Dress and Textiles (1): Tools and Techniques" May 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI
Also to be fair, we don't have much nalbinding at all in Scandinavia in the Viking Age. It becomes prevelant after the Viking Age. Whereas it's much more prevelant in Egypt running from the Ptolemaic through the 12th century CE.
November 11, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Also to be fair, we don't have much nalbinding at all in Scandinavia in the Viking Age. It becomes prevelant after the Viking Age. Whereas it's much more prevelant in Egypt running from the Ptolemaic through the 12th century CE.
There are around 70 examples of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. Recording at: nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...
Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile
January 21st, 2019, I was honored to give a presentation entitled Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile (click on title to view recording: 30 minutes) at the Textile Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan…
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November 11, 2024 at 5:24 AM
There are around 70 examples of this particular variant of nalbound sock, now spread out in museums around the world. I had the honor of including photographs of quite a few of them in my presentation Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile. Recording at: nalbound.com/2019/04/06/c...