Roosimine Knitted Socks: Spice up your sock knitting with this easy-to-learn Estonian colorwork technique!

by Sarah Prieur

Overview

Roosimine is an Estonian inlay knitting technique that creates the appearance of embroidery on a background of knitting. It uses contrasting colors to create beautiful patterns that enhance simple stockinette socks. A cross of intarsia (knitting a contrasting color in a small area) and stranded knitting (the floats create the pattern on the right side of the knit), Roosimine is an easy-to-learn colorwork technique for making designs including florals, geometric, and nature motifs.

• 18 patterns
• tutorials for sock knitting and Roosimine technique
• advanced beginner level and up
• wide range of sizes from Women’s US 6 to Men’s US 11.5

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811777117
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/03/2026
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Sarah Prieur is a knitting podcaster and author of several knitting and crochet books in her native German. She designs with the theme, “Why buy when you can do it yourself and make it one of a kind?” She resides in Munich; see more of her life and knitting on Instagram @sapri_design.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Basics 

Materials         

Casting On      

Basic Stitches  

Knitting in the Round 

Decreasing      

Increasing       

Picking Up Stitches    

Binding Off     

Finishing         

Knitting Socks            

Knitting Socks Toe-Up           

Roosimine       

Projects

Inna     

Veli     

Matis   

Pinja    

Kuldar 

Sirja    

Ivar      

Ilme     

Reelika            

Veiko  

Kalev  

Kaisa   

Taavi