Vikkel stitches or twisted traveling stitches are used in Estonian knitting to create patterns that look like narrow cable patterns without the use of a cable needle. In this video, you'll learn how to create the knit twists- twisting 2 knit stitches to create left and right leaning twisted stitches both continental and english throwing styles.

You can try out this technique in the following patterns from Aleks Byrd's book Traditions Revisited: Modern Estonian Knits:

- Maru

- Tuul

As well as the following individual patterns available on Ravelry and www.aleks-byrd.com :

- Caloroso

- Ristine

- Risttee

- Davvi

- Davvi hat

The samples shown at the beginning are the Maru hat and the Caloroso shawl.