Nålebinding is an ancient textile technique that predates knitting and crochet by thousands of years. It involves using a single needle and short lengths of yarn to create fabric through looping and knotting, making it distinct from knitting, which uses continuous yarn.
I had the opportunity to get involved with a textile event last Saturday as part of the NI Science Festival. The event was the ‘Textile Metatronics Challenge,’ and was essentially an information share and brainstorm exercise to consider how flax and other fibre processing could once again be carried out on a small scale, as e.g. a farm diversification scheme, or by individual or small group textile crafters.
