Continental Knitting
If you look at my del.icio.us bookmarks, you'll see that yesterday I saved a lot of videos helping with learning the Continental (German) style of knitting.
I've tried. I've tried in the past. It just feels SO WRONG to my hands. I taught myself to knit decades ago; and I learned the "English" way. I just feel totally annoyed when I try it the Continental way. ::sigh::
When I crochet, the yarn comes from the left; when I knit, the yarn comes from the right. That's how it feels right to me.
I do not "throw" the yarn. Well, not in the manner of actually taking the yarn in my fingers and wrapping it around the needle. I move it over with my right forefinger. So I am not doing a whole-arm motion when I wrap the yarn. I do not feel I would be bumping into anyone on either side of me with my elbows.
Also, when I try Continental knitting, it feels like I am trying to crochet without a hook--yeck! And as for repetitive motion: if my hand or wrist gets tired doing crochet, I can move to knitting. The motions I use for the one are so different from the other, that either is a rest from the other.
So I guess I'll give up trying to learn the "better" (in some peoples' opinions) way of knitting. I knit to enjoy myself, not to be the fastest knitter on the block. If I want something FAST, I'll crochet. :-P
I've tried. I've tried in the past. It just feels SO WRONG to my hands. I taught myself to knit decades ago; and I learned the "English" way. I just feel totally annoyed when I try it the Continental way. ::sigh::
When I crochet, the yarn comes from the left; when I knit, the yarn comes from the right. That's how it feels right to me.
I do not "throw" the yarn. Well, not in the manner of actually taking the yarn in my fingers and wrapping it around the needle. I move it over with my right forefinger. So I am not doing a whole-arm motion when I wrap the yarn. I do not feel I would be bumping into anyone on either side of me with my elbows.
Also, when I try Continental knitting, it feels like I am trying to crochet without a hook--yeck! And as for repetitive motion: if my hand or wrist gets tired doing crochet, I can move to knitting. The motions I use for the one are so different from the other, that either is a rest from the other.
So I guess I'll give up trying to learn the "better" (in some peoples' opinions) way of knitting. I knit to enjoy myself, not to be the fastest knitter on the block. If I want something FAST, I'll crochet. :-P
i've had people bitch at me for doing something "not right" when it works just fine, and i enjoy doing it the way i'm doing it... and i mean... that just sucks the fun out of it, usually for good. there's a couple of hobbies i pretty much gave up cause i was sick of people telling me that i was "doing it wrong" when the end result came out the same way.
She too said the same thing: do what feels comfortable and what you like. :-)
Long live the fiber arts!! :-)
but it never woulda gotten off the ground if people went "grammer nazi" about crocheting.
I was really into fountain pens several years ago, then I just totally dropped that for about four years. Lately I've been flushing out my pens so I can at least store them properly. Cat'r is going to help me go through bottles of ink (already opened, that is) to see which are still okay to use and which need to be pitched.
I was on a beading craze a year or so ago. Right now I have zero interest in it. But I am not going to get rid of my supplies and tools. I'm sure I'll get back to it *some* year. :-P
When I was on my fountain pen kick, I got back into calligraphy a little.