[Steppes] Fiber Arts Focused Collegium

[Morgan Cain (Ansteorra)]

> There is a kind of weaving-cum-knitting (The name, someone?) from
Scndanavia
> that, once the sock/cap/whatever is done and washed a bunch of times looks
> and feels like thick felt. Great for scuffing around the house in the
> winter. The "needle" is usually the tip of an antler with a hole in it.
> [Would the airlines let us take *that* kind of needle? ;-)   ]

That would be naalbinding.  Actually, knitting will often felt if washed,
and many of the period hats that have come from the Thames and other areas
are knitted and then felted.  The Monmouth Cap has been redacted and the
pattern is available, and Fiber Trends sells patterns for felted slippers
and other items.  NAYY, just used their patterns successfully.

                                    ---= Morgan


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