With everything else I've been doing, this Crow-original nålbinding project went by the wayside, and I really hoped to get it done in time to put in the Puyallup Fair. But wait...! There's a problem. I can't find a Division to submit it under, let alone a Class! Obviously, it doesn't belong with Knitting or Crochet, and the closest I could come was an "Other" classification under a catch-all which seems primarily dedicated to embroidery. I even contacted the Fair, but they were no help.
So, lemme tell ya, that braid was a pain in the neck! I quickly discovered that the instructions I had for making it were not going to work well, so I designed another way to apply it, working each strand of the braid separately. Even that was a nightmare! I took the third row out of one sock twice before discovering that the reason it wasn't twining correctly was because I'd made a mistake in the second row. That experience taught me to run a "guide thread" through the legs of the braid to keep track of where I was supposed to weave over/under. But aren't they adorable? I think they were well worth the work.
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