Finnish Rya Rugs Finnish Textiles – Rya Rugs Here are a few examples of vintage Finnish rya rugs. The pile for a rya rug or tapestry is woven or sewn onto a […]
Finnish Rya Rugs
Russian Join
Russian Join The Russian Join is an effective method of joining yarn ends. This technique can be used for knitting, crochet or nalbinding and gives a better result than tying knots to […]
History of the Rya Rug
History of the Rya Rug A Rya tapestry is similar in nature to a knotted Persian carpet. It iscomprised of woven rows of weft alternating with rows of knotted yarn. The rya […]
Nalbinding A Sock
I try to work on a bit of nalbinding each day. I record some of these on Live stream or save the videos on various platforms. May 29/24 – Nalbinding – Stitching […]
Nalbinding Books
NALBINDING BOOKS BUY REAL BOOKS Nalbinding – What in the World is That?UK – ISBN 3734779057 Nålbindning – The easiest clearest ever guideUK – ISBN 9163761920 With One Needle – How to […]
My Experiments in Fish Tanning
Fish Leather Tanning – My First Experiments – 2018 A few years ago I became interested in learning how to turn fish skins into leather. I sourced the fish skins from a […]
Softening Fish Leather
Sometimes, fish leather that has been commercially tanned is not very soft. I think there is a genearl misconception or misunderstanding about how soft and flexible fish skins can be. The fish […]
The Flexibility of a Fish Skin
Flexibility of a Fish Skin Learning how to prepare and tan fish is a trial and error method. Each breed of fish is different – in size, in weight, in type and […]
Tin Thread Spinning -3
TIN THREAD SPINNING 3 Tin Thread EmbroideryPart 3 – The spun tin thread can now be used for stitching and embroidery. Post Views: 909
Tin Thread Spinning – 2
Dragging Tin Thread Spinning Tin Thread Part 2The tin (Pewter) is dragged through a die to make a fine thread. Post Views: 939
