Many projects that you can make with needlebinding are started with a circle : socks, a sweater or a pair of mittens. Knitting socks is done with cicelcular needles, or with 3 or 4 needles, the great thing about needlebinding is that you only need One Needle.
When you start a project you can choise a stitch you like, every stitch is different in size and thickness and tight or very loose. Your thumb size and whether you nalbind loose or tight and the stitch and connection stitch choice determines how the fabric will look. I made some swatches with 30 stitches in a row and 5 rows long.
All the swatches are made with the connection stitch F2, (you pick your old loop and your next loop on your needle and make your stitch).
The Oslo stitch was used in the next project.
This is the start of needlebinding of a row of 13 stitches with the Oslo stitch and extra long tail. You can also set up with more stitches, the hat is going to be bigger.
Make the needle on the long tail thread through the lower loops of the stitches.
The needle goes through the loops of all stitches.
Slowly tighten the woolen thread to create a circle.
Your thumb goes into the big loop.
Close the circle with the first stitch.
Closed the circle and made two stiches.
The first round make the circle larger by increasing every stitch. After the first round you attach a stitch marker so that you know when a round starts and ends. The 2nd round, one stitch normal and the 2nd stitch increase. The 3nd round, two stitches normal and the 3nd stitch increase. The 4nd round three stitches normal and the 4nd increase. The 5nd round four stitches normal and the 5nd increase. The 6nd round five stitches normal and the 6nd increase.
Now just measure the diameter, is it 21 cm (for my head the circumference is 56.5 cm than : The 7nd round just needlebinding, do not increase or decrease. After this round you are going decrease stitches.
The 8nd round five stitches normal and the 6nd decrease. The 9nd round four stitches normal and the 5nd decrease. The 10nd round three stitches normal and the 4nd decrease and measure and finish the edge. How to finish the hat see picture chapter increase and decrease.
If you want to make a bigger hat start with a longer row stitches in the beginning when you make the circel (magic loop they called it with crochet).
Kufi or Temporarily no hair hat.
This kufi is needlbind in a Finnish stitch 2+2 F2.
This kufi is needlbind in a Finnish stitch 2+2 F2.
This kufi is needlbind in a Finnish stitch 2+2 F2.
This kufi is needlbind in a Finnish stitch 2+3 F2. This stitch is a lot of denser than the “normal” Finnish stitch.