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#WWNIPday – Grand Canyon edition

I hope everyone had an excellent Worldwide Nalbinding in Public Day! I know I did. In our planning of this particular research trip, where exactly we would be today was a bit amorphous as we planned to explore a variety of small museums around the Four Corners region searching for nalbinding and basketry of the Cliff Dweller and Ancestral Pueblos peoples.

It turns out, the Grand Canyon is a glorious location to nalbind in public.

Holly Dawn Hewlett filmed Anne Marie Decker Nalbinding in Public at the Grand Canyon on the 10th anniversary of International Nalbinding in Public Day.
Anne Marie Decker Nalbinding in Public at the Grand Canyon on Worldwide Nalbind in Public Day 2025.

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1 Sept – Worldwide Nalbind in Public Day

I am looking forward to nalbinding in public this coming September 1st on the tenth anniversary of Worldwide Nalbind in Public day. Exciting plans are beginning to form. Find your string and get your needle ready.

The International Nalbinding Day or Worldwide Nalbind in Public Day was started in 2016. I missed the first few years, but here’s a review of what I’ve been up to for the last few.

In 2024, I had the pleasure of nalbinding in two venues: online on Zoom in our weekly Nalbinding Get Togethers with friends on three continents and later at a wedding in a beautiful venue. Facebook has also kind enough to remind me of where I was nalbinding on previous Nalbind in Public days.

Four women participating in a virtual nalbinding session, each showcasing their knitting projects: one holds a green and blue piece, another displays a black circular item, while two others show a colorful patchwork and a light-colored garment.
A person wearing a white veil and a red headscarf holds a green knitted piece while standing in front of a stone building with medieval architectural features.

Prior years:

In 2023, I went to the Susquehanna museum and Lockhouse.

Three years ago, I was examining the nalbound mitten from Iceland

Four years ago, Hurricane Ida put laid to my plans, so I shot a few videos for the public instead: Nalbinding: Simple Mammen/Korgen Start

Five years ago, I worked on a modern pair of socks inspired by my examinations of Roman Era Egyptian ones.

Six years ago, I was nalbinding on a train to Paris as we made our way home after examining the Mammen Pennants, the Egyptian sock in the National Museum of Denmark and three pairs of Egyptian nalbound socks in the Musée Dobrée in Nantes, France.

A person wearing a headscarf and glasses is sitting on a train, holding a needle and yarn, ready for nalbinding.

It’s been an adventure.  Where will you be?

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