Traditional Stitch Motifs by Stephanie van der Linden

Traditional Stitch Motifs

Knitting
January 2009
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
400 - 500 yards (366 - 457 m)
38/39 with notes for sizes 36/37 and 40/41
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Estonian socks are often knitted with elaborate, colorful stranded knitting patterns. Imaginative borders are combined with richly decorated tile or lozenge motifs. The braid that frames the cuff is characteristic of Baltic knitting patterns.