In my workshop, making this sock teaches a knitter the Swedish technique of tvåändsstickning, or twined knitting. Twined knitting is worked with two yarns of the same color, twined around each other, and creates a warmer, denser fabric than conventional stranded knitting. The sock is worked circularly on double-pointed needles and includes many techniques: twined knitting cast-ons, reading and working from a chart, the “O” stitch, Chain Path, a traditional motif for the leg, shaping the toe, and working an unusual method for an afterthought heel.

For Beth’s workshop schedule, see http://www.knittingtraditions.com/workshops/calendar/