Do I know anyone, who knows somebody who has seen the Medieval blue and white knitted socks in MET, DIA, Smithsonian or Washington textile museum in person and would like to share notes and possibly few photos? #textiles

My beloved Puddle Jumper has passed the road acceptance test for another great year of shared adventures. Age is starting to show on her, but she is still in "suprisingly good condition for her age". Here is for yet another 100 000km! 🥂

Lue Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkosto ry:n kannanotto @kansallisarkisto.fi toimipisteiden lakkauttamissuunnitelmia vastaan: uudenajanalku.fi/2026/04/21/uuden-ajan-alun-tutkimuksen-verkosto-ryn-kannanotto-kansallisarkiston-toimipisteiden-lakkauttamissuunnitelmia-vastaan/

“Books with pictures make reading faster.” You’ve obviously never read a book on art written by a museum.

The #MiniNeuleMaraton2026 begins in about 15 minutes: ✅ Pattern bought (Marled Magic Blanket by Stephen West) ✅ Yarns sorted (6-ply leftovers from 2006 onwards) ✅ Podcast track sorted (Museokeskus Vapriikki) ✅ Needles ready (7mm) Welcome to see how far I get during the long weekend! 🧶

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I have a "Name that technique" -game for you as a weekend brain teaser. 10 mittens, 10 techniques or versions of techniques. How many can you name? I'm right handed, and all mittens are worked as right handed would, the technical front is visible and the technical back is folded up in cuff.

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Crafter vs. AI. Last fall we saw the whirl wind of AI "written" nalbinding books, with generative AI hallucinated covers, with projects that were not presenting as nalbound.

I think it is important to talk about making and fixing mistakes in crafting. Earlier today I went to movies, and as I didn't have any simple projects on the go, I casted on a K2/P2-scarf. About 15 minutes before the movie ended, I figured out there was an issue.

"Never forget that a political, economical or religious crisis is enough to cast doubt on women's rights. These rights will never be vested. You have to stay vigilant your whole life." Simone de Beauvoir, 1949 #WomensDay #IWD2026 #8M

A small moment of gentleness in the middle of everything. 🐈‍⬛🤍 (please open the thread)

A tiny flower of hope for you 🐈‍⬛🌼

Crafter vs. AI. Last fall we saw the whirl wind of AI "written" nalbinding books, with generative AI hallucinated covers, with projects that were not presenting as nalbound.

a horror story in three words: new improved recipe!

Is craftivism performative? Yes. That's the point. Resistance includes a public demonstration of opposition at accessible events with a low barrier to entry. The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?

Ariana Grande said something to the effect of "people who have the ability are not also the ones who can manage the spotlight." Thinking of that as I see a call for more plus-size designers and I know just how raw & vulnerable it feels to put your plus-size body on display for a knitting pattern.

We have exchanged hostages with the Monster under the Couch. I was returned a ball of yarn I need to finish a project from '21 and the hook end of loop & hook closure has been remeened a worthy trade. I was also able to retrieve one of the needle tightening tools, so it wasn't a bad trade...

Now, did I learn from the first time? As you are reading this, safe to say no... 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

It's really not that hard to draw a line from brushing off memeified social media Nazi content as "hahaha it's just a joke, lighten up, nobody takes this seriously," to murdering people in the street.

Apparently I'm in need of a website and a domain name. I have zero thoughts on simple domain name, which would work with relative ease in English and Finnish (it will be .fi-domain). Any thoughts around looped textiles?

My Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera × buckleyi, I assume) has buds! All 3 of them.

The year long thread for finished objects.

Long before the term existed, Star Trek's heart was "woke" & even though that word has been hijacked & made a cudgel to insult, to ridicule & - at the toxic extremes of social media - to justify prejudice & racism, Star Trek's heart is strong & still beating for those listening

You know what doesn’t cause wars? Women and renewable energy.

i don't want to wake up to any news bigger than "raccoon breaks into a liquor store, gets drunk" anymore

In 2025 I finished 42 projects using 14 different techniques to 17 different people. I used 4445g of yarn, spun 1340g new yarn and bought 700g new yarn. 🧶

"Kenen maa, kenen ääni? on ensimmäinen kokonaisesitys Suomen saamelaisten historiasta. Hajallaan olevaa tietoa on saatettu yhteen, ja tuloksena on vähemmän tunnettu luku Suomen historiaa."

I don't know if this is the stuff of nightmares or a miracle of evolutionally design, or possibly both, but looking at the structure of spider silk makes the collection machines of spider silk to make more sense.

Sometimes research requires buying tools to use as example why theory doesn't work as many assume it to work (the size of the i-cord is based on the distance of the nubbins, NOT on the size of the hole). Locally 3D printed Roman dodecahedrons. #TextileResearch 🧶🏺⚱️

The III 7400 at the @museumderkulturen.bsky.social is very interesting knitted item, onced owned by young child. Did the toddler do toddlery things and kicked and squarmed out of their sock, or is there a Medieval toddler spending their Eternity with cold foot? #Medieval #Knitting #Socks #Cotton

If 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: nalbound.com/2025/11/04/b...

I'm looking for book recomendations: - Strong female characters - Not gory, not crime, not just spice - Writen in Finnish, Swedish or English - No black leather for every Viking Books I have enjoyed: 7 Sisters, Outlander, Anne of Green Gables Books I haven't enjoyed: LotR, SoIaF #Books #ReadingTips

Two weeks ago I got to meet her! I was very envious when so many of you were posting about the #Neanderthalerin exhibition earlier in the year, but two weeks ago I happened to be close enough to drop in for a quick look! And it was deffinetly worth the walk! neanderthal.de/en/our-museu...

Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä. Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.

I frogged a dormant project today. It was casted on on a whim to be knitted with my knitting machine. After 10 years of owning a knitting machine, I have come to the conclusion, that I don't like knitting with the machine and I don't think the sock blank-hype came to stay. It's time to say farewell.

Löytyyköhän täältä ketään, joka osaisi avata disability studies -alan käypää suomenkielistä termistöä? Kamppailen käännöskysymysten kanssa.

Ask and you shall be given. 📸 Dad #YarnCrafts #AncientCrafts #SprangLoom 🧶

The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine. Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.

Have you seen this sock (?) "Current location unknown"

If you were a #TextileNerd and had a day in #Berlin (Germany), what would you go and see? Destinations, say within an hour~ish, with bus/regional train are also considered.

Althought crafts are very much part of the material world, crafting in the other hand is very strongly immaterial. What aspects of the immateriality are the important factors for you in crafting? 🧶 #KnitSky #YarnCrafts #CraftingScience #MaterialCulture #SlowFashion

Reading a pattern is a rather crucial skill to obtain... 🤦‍♀️ And being able to estimate how much 2,5m is might help too... 🧶 #Frivolite #LaceMaking #YarnCrafts

How about some knee-high colourwork socks? (collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collectio... ) 10 stitches and 15 rows, knitted with 1,5mm needles, in cotton-silk blend with 800m/100g. #CraftingScience #ArchaeologicalTextiles #YarnCrafts #KnitSky 🧶

Have you seen this sock? It has been at the collection of the German hosiery online museum, which has been closed down. Do you know which museum the physical object might be?