Some time before Christmas I came across the Swedish book Tvåändssticka and some z-plied yarn in a yarn store and of course I bought both the book and a few skeins of the yarn. I have been intrigued by twined knitting for quite some time and really wanted to learn. Seeing what other people have knitted this way made me want to learn even more.

My first attempt at twined knitting was quite successful, I made one mitten!
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Twined knitting is very time consuming, at least for someone who like me, does not have the experience. And then you constantly have to untwist the yarn. I know that winding my skein into two separate balls of yarn was not very wise. It would have been smarter to wind it into one center-pull ball and use both ends. I will try that with the next skein.

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Twined knitting makes the perfect fabric for mittens. It is so dense and keep your hands nice and warm even in the most windy weather.

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I think it is interesting how the knit stitches look like ordinary knit stitches, while the purl stitches look so different from regular purl stitches. In the picture above there are both all purl rows and rows with a combination of knit and purl stitches.

Why haven’t I made the second mitten? Well, I started it, and then one of my needles broke and I found a few mistakes and decided to frog the whole thing. I will start the second mitten as soon as I buy new needles. I used a set of five 2,75 mm double pointed needles which I purchased in England last summer. No LYS close to me carry that size needles. I know I can get them on-line, but I have decided to wait till next time I go abroad. I originally intended these mittens to be a Christmas present for my Mother, now I plan on saving them for the next.