For beginners I would recommand off the thumb stitches. Once you have
the hang of that, you understand the basics of Nålbinding.
There are lots of different variation on those stitches. And sometimes
you are doing a stitch and later you find out there was exactly a name for it. That happened to me more then once.
Pattern codes :
To explain others what you are doing
is not that easy sometimes. So somebody came up with a code or a description: the "Hansen - classification"
It descibes if you go Over or Under.
And how many times.
* Here is a link to a website that
has good visuals. And with the codes:
*Here is a link with codes, desciptions
and pictures:
* And another very good list:
