Sewing/knitting needle made of bone, nålebinding (nålebinding) Early Middle Ages

Sewing/knitting needle made of bone, nålebinding (nålebinding) Early Middle Ages

Knitting needle / Large bone sewing needle for Nålebinding
 
This robust knitting needle / sewing needle made of animal bone is mainly used for nålebinding. It differs from modern knitting needles in that it has a hole for threading the yarn. Unlike modern sewing needles, it is also much wider in circumference, and the tip of the nålebinding needle is blunt, so that you cannot accidentally pierce the wool yarn. 
The nålebinding needle is very well suited for making your own historical garments such as hats and gloves. The oldest nålebinding finds date back to the Stone Age. Nålebinding is therefore much older than knitting or crocheting, and can thus be regarded as a precursor to modern craft techniques. Nålebinding finds extend into the Early Middle Ages, so for example, textiles from antiquity and the Viking Age can also be reconstructed. 
Unlike knitting, nålebinding uses only one needle. The advantage of this craft technique is that no dropped stitches can occur, as the individual stitches are 'knotted' during nålebinding. In nålebinding, the yarn is also cut for each row of stitches, making this form of needlework very suitable for using up leftover yarn. The resulting fabric is also beautifully firm and dense. 
This bone needle can also be used as a large sewing needle, but only for knitted handicrafts with wide stitches or elastic threads, as otherwise, due to its blunt tip, it will not penetrate the material, and due to the width of the large sewing needle, it will leave holes in the fabric.

Suitable for many eras: Stone Age, Antiquity, Early Middle Ages

Dimensions:

• Length: approx. 8.5 cm
• Diameter: approx. 5.5 mm
• Hole diameter: 2.5 x 6 mm
• Weight: approx. 5 g.

Price per needle!