Nalbinding Researcher https://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3mgdqoxxsic26Beans and faces make up today's Nazca Nalbound Object of the Week. This 2nd cent CE tunic border is in the The Walters Art Museum The central band has beans worked out of the upper edge and fully haired faces hanging below. The “hair” fringe is in very nice condition. https://nalbound.com/2026/03/03/now-beans-faces-border-fragment-2011-20-5/05 Mar 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdqoxxsic26https://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3mfmjivuhzc25Today's Nalbound Object of the Week is another Egyptian sock, but this one is a bit unusual in that it is primarily made of linen.* It does have some dark blue/green and yellow wool on it. https://nalbound.com/2026/02/24/now-linen-sock-with-colored-wool-stripes-iii-15476/24 Feb 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmjivuhzc25https://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3mf6iexv2522uFor today’s Nalbound Object of the Week we get a two for one special. The left sock was in Berlin, but has been lost since WWII. Its likely mate is in Ludwigsbourg. The two socks were both bought from the same dealer in 1890 and listed as presumably from Akhmim, Egypt. https://nalbound.com/2026/02/18/now-lost-red-sock-9804-found-mate-gt-4498/19 Feb 2026 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6iexv2522uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3memuylqyb22mContinuing with the theme of African nalbinding, this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is another Congalese Prestige Cape dating to pre-1853. Made from raffia palm fiber, the stitch has often been mistaken for sprang. https://nalbound.com/2026/02/10/now-bakongo-nkutu-prestige-cape-af18530713-1/12 Feb 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3memuylqyb22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3me33z7rl5c2mThis week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely red hat with a blue and yellow silk patterned wrap around its point/tassel from 11th-13th century CE Arsinoë/Krokodilopolis, Egypt. It's one of the few artifacts that include more than one type of nalbinding. https://nalbound.com/2026/02/04/now-red-hat-with-tassel-9318/05 Feb 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3me33z7rl5c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3mcy5mwgbgc2zThis week we take a closer look at the 17th cent mitten found in the ramparts of Copenhagen for our Nalbound Object of the Week. Like many mittens of this time, it has some tar stains. If you look very closely, there is some 2-toned embroidery around the cuff edge. https://nalbound.com/2026/01/20/now-mitten-with-embroidered-cuff-d7403b/22 Jan 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcy5mwgbgc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3mcn3svt57s26https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HLWcwpduP/ Hard to believe it has been 7 years since I was able to traveltothe Museum der Kulturen Basel. I posted a bit about our examinations of the slip stich crocheted sock that had been misinterpreted as nalbinding here: https://nalbound.com/2021/02/21/coole_socke/ #nalbinding #museum17 Jan 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcn3svt57s26https://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3mbc3tj5l3k23For today's Nalbound Object of the Week we have some true figural work out of Peru. This time it's a singular effigy figure, not a border of figures. And, it's a viscacha, which are so adorable! https://nalbound.com/2025/12/30/now-viscachas-figural-effigy-46-77-30-7651c/ #nalbinding #Peru #SimpleLooping31 Dec 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbc3tj5l3k23https://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3maoau4775226As the holidays gear up, I find myself thinking of stockings...* So this week's Nalbound Object of the Week is a lovely example of Egyptian compound nalbinding. Ostensibly from the 4th century,** but its specific find location and strata was not recorded. https://nalbound.com/2025/12/23/now-childs-sock-with-orange-blue-and-yellow-stripes-iii-15474/23 Dec 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoau4775226https://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3m5zw2s2cm22lToday's Nalbound Object of the Week is hat/cap from the Cliff-Dweller culture in what is now Northeastern Arizona. The shoe-socks from this region are more well known, so I am happy to be able to include this cap in the series. https://nalbound.com/2025/11/18/now-arizona-cliff-dweller-skullcap-14-5-10-a1260/ #nalbinding #nalbound #nålbindning20 Nov 2025 04:19 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5zw2s2cm22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3m4yzicxtr22yIf you are interested in the early blue & white knitted socks found in Egypt, the Museum der Kulturen Basel has put their collection online. As the search engine is a bit tricky as yet, I put together a blog post that includes them and a few from other institutions: https://nalbound.com/2025/11/04/blue-and-white-knit-stockings/07 Nov 2025 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4yzicxtr22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3lehngm5pp22dWhile I was in Sweden to examine some of their medieval nalbinding, I had the chance to sit down with Återskapat and my friends Nele and Ingela and have a good long chat about nalbinding. You can join us at the table here: https://aterskapat.libsyn.com/terskapat-103-nalbinding?fbclid=IwY2xjawHeL1hleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbPNT6aDBrFHyFa225JfSlQlkfG9Gas4p_8lyC_Pl_MCtL7PmX5PIVNMoA_aem_lYoAREO9yHImj_0PpqeqiA29 Dec 2024 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lehngm5pp22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sigkit.bsky.social/post/3lanlssmsyt2hMy presentation has been accepted. "Knee-length nalbound stockings from medieval Scandinavia: Two previously unexamined examples" will be in the DISTAFF & MEDATS sponsored session "For Dress and Textiles (1): Tools and Techniques" May 2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI11 Nov 2024 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:c4prbairwm4msrbk2niyom2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lanlssmsyt2h