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!
