New project Stained glass but with wool.
After making all kinds of berets and socks and even more garments and patterns I wanted to make something different. I love stained glass, the shapes and the colors.The idea to translate stained glass into wool and nålbinding arose while I was doing free-form nålbinding. The projects of the ”free form needle binding” had been […]
The winterfair Margriet & Libelle needlebind Marathon.
In 2025, I’ll manage to write an article for the March issue of Handwerken zonder Grenzen. An article in the women’s magazine Margriet would also be great. I sent an email, and if they had any thoughts, I’d be notified, the reply said. After waiting a month and still no email, I’ll email Libelle. Again, […]
My needlebinding book: Happy needldebinding.
On Saturday, July 19, 2025, I turned 70 and received a very special gift from my daughter Eise. It was a huge surprise, I didn’t know anything about it and Elise also came up with the title of the book, which I think is a great choice 🙂 She is a software engineer and designer. […]
Needlebinding a square.
When i was needlebinding a freeform object i discovered that if you increase 4 times in a stitch you get a right angele. A right angle if i make 4 right angles then i will have a square something that is still on my to do list. After a few attemps i managed to make […]
Needlebinding Wind spinners.
At the European Wool Camp in Elsloo, where i gave needlebinding workshops for a week, I saw crocheted wind spinner for the first time. The lady who gave the workshops asked me (I didn’t know her) “how are you going needlebind them now?” I have an idea, the wind spinners are very beautiful, was my […]
Needlebinding Mittens.
In the step by step chapter you saw how to make the Oslo stitch. When you making mittens or slippers you actually start exactly the same, you make a row of stitches the width of your 4 fingers or the width of your 4 toes. So you start with a row of stitches. The third […]
My YouTube videos
I made 41 needlebinding videos. 10 Dutch, 26 English and 5 German. The first 10 videos are in Dutch but the images are clear to understand. This video is about: what is needlebinding and how to get started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOuECpQw6MY&t=240s This video is about: easy learning oslo and faberg stitch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peebUIdxG6E&t=287s This video is about: how […]
Baby socks and monkey.
I made socks and slippers but never Baby socks. Today it is 3 okt. 2023 and i made my first nalbound Monkey. The pattern of my first stuffed monkey can be found at the end of this page. All my patterns are free 🙂 These were my first tries, and now i have to invent […]
Needlebinding thin summer socks.
I needlebind socks with the Swedish Klas Brita style, it is a different kind of heel nalbinding then basic socks. These socks are easy to make and have a very beautiful heel. When you needlebind socks or slippers it is useful how long and wide your foot is. I made a mold of my foot, […]
Wool, acrylic, alpaca, mohair, cotton ?
I always use 100% wool for needle binding on my websites. The wool I use during my videos is always 1 ply wool and needle/hook 9 mm. The thickness of the wool is approximately 5 mm. Due to the thickness of this wool you can see the stitches clearly and also where the fewer or […]