This past Saturday I had the pleasure of taking a class at one of my local yarn shops, Nature's Yarns, with Beth Brown-Reinsel, the author of "Knitting Ganseys" and teacher par excellence.
The class I took was An Introduction to Twined Knitting, aka Two-End Knitting, aka Tvaandsstickning. The technique is Swedish and involves knitting with two ends of the yarn which produces a thick and warm fabric. Twined knitting is used primarily for gloves, mittens, caps and socks.
Our project was a "wristlet" knit in the round and we learned different patterning techniques such as twined knitting stitches, twined purling stitches, the Crook stitch, the "O" stitch sequence, and the Chain Path sequence.
Instead of making a second wristlet - don't think I would wear them - I found another use for the wristlet!
Thank you Beth for an excellent class! And thank you to Nature's Yarns for bringing her to Fairfax!
4 comments:
Glad you enjoyed the class. Our guild has this gal and Sally Melville coming for classes in the fall. I can't wait to take their classes.
I'm surprised to see you reading SharynMcCrumb!! I thought I was the only one who read these horro gems. Did you read The Postmuistress, Rhett Butler's People or Loving Frank?
Pretty color, and I definitely think you wouldn't wear the wristlet :) Very creative alternative!
I keep looking at 2 twined knitting mitten patterns - I LOVE the look and think I want to give it a try - very pretty coffee holder :-)
I'm intrigued! I've never heard of 'twined' knitting. It looks beautiful!
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