Nalbinding Loopship STL File

The Loopship came about when I was first learning nålbinding. I'd reached a stopping point in the first piece I worked on, then looked at my thumb with the piece hanging off of it and thought, "...now what?" I couldn't come up with a quick and easy way to set my work-in-progress aside without risking losing the working loops.

A few solutions already exist: a small stick, removable knitting/crochet stitch markers, or even the nålbinding needle itself. But I wanted something more fun, more secure, and less likely to snag on the fibers of the yarn. I also wanted to be able to more easily tell which loop was the front and which was the back.

The Loopship is a small tool designed to make it easy and convenient to capture your working loops when setting nålbinding aside temporarily. Each half of the ship slots into one of the loops, and the mast and sail securely separate the loops. "Sail" it forward toward the front loop for a good visual indicator of which one it is.

The smoothed ends mean it won't snag or pierce your yarn, and the small shields on either side of the hull provide just a little bit of extra grip to keep the loops in place.

Total size of the Loopship is 1.5" long, 5/8" wide, and 1" tall (40mm x 16mm x 24mm).

3D print the Loopship in your material and color of choice. Printing recommendations:

• Use a brim for better adhesion; the Loopship likes to sail away mid-print
• Supports not necessary
• 0.2mm or 0.25mm high-detail nozzle highly recommended
• 0.1mm layer height

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Don't want to print your own Loopship and would rather buy a pre-made version? I have the pre-made Loopships available here.

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