Knitted braids are the perfect embellishment for any project to make it just a little more special. Braids are used an embellishment that serves as decoration as well as practical use of preventing curled edges and transitioning between stitch patterns.

In Estonia, there are many different styles of braids that have add interesting details to mittens, gloves, socks, and sweaters. In this workshop, we will learn 5 styles of knitted braids from the Estonian islands of Kihnu and Ruhnu. They vary from a braid cast-on, a 3 colour twisted Ruhnu braid, 2 colour twisted stitch Ruhnu vits braid, Kihnu vits braid and a braided bind-off.

This is a workshop at Jyväskylä Knit Festival in Finland.

• SKILL LEVEL

  Intermediate knitter; students should be comfortable to knit and purl in the round, cast-on, bind-off.

• MATERIALS

  • US 6 / 4 mm needles for knitting small circumference (DPNs or circular needles for magic loop)

  • Stitch markers

  • DK-weight yarn in 3 contrasting colours, approx. 20g of each colour

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