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The Long, Looping History of Nalbinding (25 February 2021)
Sock, 3-4th century AD, Egypt, from the British Museum
Nalbinding hat found with Tarim mummy (now in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and western China), c. 1000 BC, discussed in Penn Museum article (https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/ancient-mummies-of-the-tarim-basin/) 
Dura-Europos, 323 BC-256 AD, from the Yale University Art Gallery
Dura-Europos, ca. 200 – 256 AD, from the Yale University Art Gallery
Pair of socks, 250-420 AD, Egypt, from the Victoria and Albert Museum 
Sock, 300-600 AD, Egypt, from the National Museum of Scotland
Needles and needle-like objects, made of antler, York, 1000 CE 
Sock, York, 10th century, from the Jorvik Viking Centre
Åsle Mitten, 1510-1640, Gotland, Sweden
Finnish nalbound church mittens, South Carelian style. https://www.en.neulakintaat.fi/17
Coptic stitch (Tarim stitch), front side,
https://www.en.neulakintaat.fi/45
Coptic stitch, back side
York stitch, https://www.en.neulakintaat.fi/48
Åsle stitch, https://www.en.neulakintaat.fi/49
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