The Kihnu Vits or Kihnu Braid is a simple Estonian knitted braid from the island of Kihnu. It's the perfect embellishment for your next knitting project. In this video Aleks will show you how to knit a traditional Kihnu vits braid combined a the modern style of jogless knitting using the Continental knitting style.

You can try out this technique in the following patterns from Aleks:

- Agnes cowl

- Roosi Gnome

- Rheydr mitts

- Kihnu socks

-Virvendus sweater

-Troi sweater & dress

-Tuljak sweater

-Seli sweater & cardigan

The swatches shown and mentioned at the beginning are for the Virvendus sweater and Kihnu socks from Aleks Byrd’s book Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits.

Pattern available from www.aleks-byrd.com and Ravelry