Description ~ Twined Textured Fingerless Mitts

Learn the fascinating 400-year-old Swedish technique of Tvåändsstickning, (Two-End Knitting), or Twined Knitting by creating one of a pair of fingerless mitts. Working in the round, two yarns are used to create this beautiful, elastic fabric, but they are not stranded! The yarns are continuously wrapping around each other taking turns in the front or back of the work, to make the motifs. Once you understand the movements, the knitting becomes almost meditative and soothing.

The typical gauge for traditional twined knitting is high, usually 8 stitches to the inch or more. I teach a lot of twined knitting classes and have found that students meet with better success and less frustration initially if they begin with a lower gauge, such as working with worsted weight yarn.

Materials Needed ~ Twined Textured Fingerless Mitts

• Main Yarn-No single ply yarn! Around 4 oz. light colored worsted weight yarn for two mitts. Yarn MUST be wound into a center pull ball
• 1 oz. contrasting yarn of the same weight. (Heathers and fuzzy yarns obscure the patterns. Four ply yarns show the textures best.)
• Needles: One set of 7" long (approximately) double-pointed needles, US size 6 (4 mm)
• Extras: Tapestry needle, stitch markers, waste yarn for holding stitches, magnetic board or sticky notes for keeping one's place on the chart.

Homework ~ Twined Textured Fingerless Mitts

Main color yarn MUST be wound into a center pull ball with the two ends accessible before class.