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I was so fascinated to hear that nalbinding was not an exclusively female craft! Given how strongly it is suggested that weaving was gendered female, I would have assumed that nalbinding would also be.
Very much! We certainly need to do more research on nalbinding to see of you can tell if a man, woman or child made the items. But we have such an assortment of very large nalbound mittens, to small child-like items. Items are being nalbound for all members of the community, by different members of the community, this is demonstrated by the variation in stitch size and tension. Nalbinding is so akin to net making and basketry, there is no evidence to suggest that it's just women nalbinding in the Viking Age. Glad you enjoyed the video. 😊
@@nidavellnirnalbindinguk Very interesting! It just goes to show again how arbitrary these distinctions, as to which craft is gendered male or female, are...! I'm looking forward to finding out more.
Given that both Weaver and Dyer are surnames suggests that at some point in history these two skills were taken over by men. After all, Spinster, one who spins is a slur for an unmarried woman not a surname.
The more I watched of this video the more I got convinced I need to get into nalbinding
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I was so fascinated to hear that nalbinding was not an exclusively female craft! Given how strongly it is suggested that weaving was gendered female, I would have assumed that nalbinding would also be.
Very much! We certainly need to do more research on nalbinding to see of you can tell if a man, woman or child made the items. But we have such an assortment of very large nalbound mittens, to small child-like items. Items are being nalbound for all members of the community, by different members of the community, this is demonstrated by the variation in stitch size and tension. Nalbinding is so akin to net making and basketry, there is no evidence to suggest that it's just women nalbinding in the Viking Age. Glad you enjoyed the video. 😊
@@nidavellnirnalbindinguk Very interesting! It just goes to show again how arbitrary these distinctions, as to which craft is gendered male or female, are...! I'm looking forward to finding out more.
@@MoonyAJ It depends on the part of the world. Men are the weavers in some cultures.
Given that both Weaver and Dyer are surnames suggests that at some point in history these two skills were taken over by men. After all, Spinster, one who spins is a slur for an unmarried woman not a surname.
It occurred to me that you could make flat rectangles and squares and then cut and sew (with a sewing machine) into mittens for instance.
Hmmmm, I have mulberry fiber and bamboo. I wonder if I spin those up, how will the resulting yarn work for naalbinding!