Twined Knitting:Deep Knit & Crook Stitch

This video is about Swedish Twined Knitting. The Deep Knit & Crook Stitch are stitches used to create the beautiful and unique motfis possible only through the technique of Twined Knititng, which is over 400 years old. These Twined Knitting videos illustrate different techniques used in Swedish Twined Knitting (Tvåändsstickning), which is a knitting method over 400 years old. This type of knitting, with both ends of the yarn ball, creates a warm, strong fabric that has firm elasticity. The yarns are twisted around each other so that every other stitch is worked one yarn, while the alternate stitches are worked with the other. Unique motifs are possible: the crook (kruk) stitch, Chain Path, the “O“ stitch, and more. Traditionally this technique was used for accessories such as mittens and gloves socks and hats, but some ares of Sweden used the technique for beautiful jacket sleeves which were then sewn to fabric bodices and embellished with machine embroidery. This typ