Textiles, Fiber Arts, and Needlecrafts

Mhhhhm... Something seems wrong with my nålebind project.. 🤔

Must be the colours, i'm sure ! Not at all because I didn't tie the knots tight enough on the first row 😌

Fortunately, the project is to make a headband, so it's not too much of a problem (if it had been socks or something else, a bit more complicated...)

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Does anyone know if this is possible? I tried looking it up and couldn't find anything. Then, I tried to just do it, but it didn't seem to be working... Solid odds I was either doing it wrong, or it needs some kind of modification to work with 2 color in the round style. There's gotta be a way right?

This is a really great new simple introduction to nalbinding, and just an awesome project as well. I've always really struggled to understand what's actually structurally happening in a nalbound textile. The stitches are so confusing! This series helped a bit. Also it's a new channel, always nice to see more people posting nalbinding content. I'm gonna leave a comment asking if they'd consider mirroring it to PeerTube though. 😝

To the best of my knowledge, most of the contemporary work in ply-split braiding is being done/talked about there. They have frequent show-and-tell Zoom meetings and always seem to be trying new things with the technique. Especially some of the 3D stuff, that really seems like it's at the forefront of handmade textiles in general. Of course, I'd love it if some of them would come post here too! 😝

If you haven't tried it yet, it's a very accessible craft. All you need is a tool called a "gripfid", although admittedly they can be hard to find. Once you've got one though, the whole hobby is very portable and easy to put away at a moment's notice. It lends itself well to experimenting without a pattern as well.

As in bi-stitch-ual. I didn't come up with it though, there's a very popular subreddit by that name, and one whose presence I've sorely missed since moving away. While there are already a bunch of needlecraft communities in the fediverse, as far as I could tell, most of them are dedicated to specific popular crafts (knitting/ crochet/ cross-stitch/etc). That leaves a void for folks interested in, say, ply-split braiding. Or combinations of crafts, like knitted garments with tatted trim.

Also, since PieFed isn't exactly a 1-for-1 Lemmy clone, I figured it could use some of it's own versions of communities anyway.