Twined knitting

...aka two-end knitting, a several hundreds year old traditional Scandinavian knitting technique. You use two strands of yarn (even when knitting in solid color). Knit each strand alternately and twisting them between each and every stitch.
The resulting fabric is much firmer and denser than regular stockinette stitch and creates a warm, dense and wind-resistant fabric. As perfect today for mittens, hats and socks... as it was back in the 17th century.
When working twined knitting most common is to be knitted in the round and with the yarn held in the right hand as an opposite to regular Scandinavian knitting where you hold the yarn in your left hand.
In other fair-isle techniques the strands are running parallel instead of being twined as in twined knitting. Fair-isle is creating a much less dense fabric than what you get with twined knitting.

Video #256, listed in: Learn to knit, Texture Knitting, Knitting tips & tricks, Other texture stitches

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C.rippens wrote:

Enig patroontje. hoe krijg je die streepjes

21.02.2014 - 14:26

Sophia wrote:

Finns det några speciella mönster när man stickar med denna teknik? Eller kan man använda denna teknik på alla era mönster?

13.01.2014 - 12:28

Janice wrote:

Drops 117-43 uses this technique.

25.08.2013 - 19:37

Jutta wrote:

Are there any Drops patterns using this technique ?

03.08.2013 - 21:46

Sally wrote:

Would love a video with turning the heel of twined socks

20.06.2013 - 01:38

Ruht Kock wrote:

Kann man den Faden auch auf der linken Hand führen? Wenn man ein größren Stück machen möchte dauert es mit dem links gefürten Faden zu lange. MfG Ruth Kock

24.05.2013 - 23:15

DROPS Design NL wrote:

Beste Ada. Wij hebben helaas geen patronen hier die deze techniek gebruiken. Maar er zijn boeken verkrijgbaar, of probeer te zoeken op het net.

01.05.2013 - 14:44

Ada Van Der Hoek wrote:

Ik vind deze techniek heel erg interessant. Hoe kan ik aan werkbescrijvingen komen?

30.04.2013 - 23:09

Rachel Søgaardd wrote: