Vikkel Estonian Twisted Traveling Knit Twist Stitches tutorial by Aleks Byrd

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.

1/1 RT (right twist)
Continental style start at: 0:48
English Throwing style start at: 2:15

1/1 LT (left twist)
Continental style start at: 3:31
English Throwing style start at: 4:55

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.