Question: Is there a #crochet equivalent of #mastokal2017?

Also: anyone on here know nalbinding?

@jessmahler I've done a bit of nalbinding, but that would be a pain here because you have to work with yarn only as long as you're willing to draw through with a needle.

@Pica Which is why you work in short pieces of yarn and splice. I figure every craft has it's "thi is such a pain" bit, and that just happens to be it for nalbinding.

@jessmahler I'd love to make some nalbinding socks sometime, but not a shawl!!

@Pica LOL! What I seem to be finding is that nalbinding is really good for small in-the-round work that would be a pain with knitting, like socks and gloves.

@jessmahler @Pica
How does nalbinding work for socks? I have enough trouble making knitted socks comfortable.
(And yes, the crochet version of a KAL is a CAL)

@DialMforMara @Pica I'm not sure about shaping and such, but with nalbinding you are literally using a big needle to sew knots in the yarn, so you aren't tied to straight lines the way you are with standard knitting needles. You can do actual in-the-round work like with crochet.

But (i've been told) nalbinding stitches have knit-type stretch that crochet stichets don't, so better than crochet for skin-tight wearables.

@jessmahler @Pica
Interesting. My problem with knitted socks is that I can feel every single bump, and putting them in shoes stretches the bumps and makes them bigger. Inside-out soles help, but not much; and I think Colorworks soles put the most distance between me and the bumps.

Is nalbinding not just bigger and more isolated bumps?

@DialMforMara @Pica Sounds like your feet may be more sensitive than most folks, but fwiw, nalbinding and knitting have very similar looking/feeling stitches. Like, archeologists say they only way they can tell if a piece they dig up is knit or nalbound is to unravel it

@jessmahler @Pica
Wow. That I didn't know.

@DialMforMara @Pica Screenshot from this nalbinding video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znmp_bFRAak https://wandering.shop/media/2hGFD8NZKpMQW8V1X3U

Like, it doesn't quite look like the kind of knitting we usually see, and I don't think you could ever knit in a spiral like that cap, but it really does look very similar.

#sticksandstitches

@jessmahler @Pica
Wow. Yeah, that spiral makes it look crocheted. I'm gonna have to watch that when I get to work.

@DialMforMara @jessmahler @Pica non-fiber-artist anthropologists sometimes get them confused :-)

@aldersprig @DialMforMara @jessmahler Non-fiber anthropologists often confuse spinning and weaving, like regular muggles, so... yeah.

@Pica @DialMforMara @jessmahler Yeah, my non-fiber-arts husband confuses crochet and knitting.

@aldersprig @Pica @jessmahler
I mean, crochet and knitting use similar gestures, and you can't blame them *as much* for not seeing the second point stick... But when you're using multiple DPNs there's no excuse.

@DialMforMara @Pica @jessmahler More the finished project.
“You should make this.”
”That’s crochet.”

@aldersprig @Pica @jessmahler
I think I've trained @Canageek at least to ask which one it is

@aldersprig @Pica @jessmahler @DialMforMara knitting involves multiple needles, crochet uses one. also Mara can do both so I can suggest projects that use either.

I kind of want to see Mara get in the nail binding because things made with it or almost impossible to unravel. since each not is independent of all the others they won't unravel at one cut like a knitted thing will.

@Canageek @DialMforMara @jessmahler @Pica @aldersprig the disadvantage to the not-unraveling thing for nalbinding is that it also makes it harder to fix mistakes. Pros and cons!

@DialMforMara @jessmahler @Pica @aldersprig @gannet scissors?

@Canageek @DialMforMara @jessmahler @Pica @aldersprig but then you waste yarn!

@gannet @DialMforMara @jessmahler @Pica @aldersprig *Looks at the stash Mara has in my closet* Uh huh. You are telling me there are knitters who DON'T have a ten year supply of the stuff?

@Canageek @aldersprig @Pica @jessmahler @DialMforMara @gannet TEN YEARS? My gods I hope I’m still going to live a bit longer than 10 years. 10 year stash makes me wonder if you think you’re going with the rapture. 😉

@Johannab

I think you're saying my stash is unusually small, and @Canageek is not quite getting that because he's concerned with how large it is.