![]() | Knitting - Basic Knit Stitch (Continental Method) More free videos available online at www.knittinghelp.com. Continental Method aka German Method sometimes called Left Handed Knitting Officially, anyone who holds the yarn in their left hand is a Continental knitter. Some continental knitters wrap the yarn between the needles to knit it, and some simply scoop, or "pick", the yarn with the needle. The latter requires fewer hand movements, and has a reputation of being the fastest method of knitting there is. This is my preferred knitting method. |
![]() | Knitting Portuguese Style So, this is how I knit. Only yesterday did I learn that this is not how the rest of the world knits.. :S |
![]() | continental knitting - my way What i think is pretty standard contintal knitting, but as you will see my left first finger is kept fairly close to the needle. works for me. Again old digital still camera and the opperator fairly unskilled so please 'cuse blurry bits. Doing this i knit really fast and even |
![]() | Knitting with beads How to knit using beads strung onto your working yarn. A little out of focus but might be helpful. |
![]() | Knitting - Basic Purl Stitch (Continental Method) More free videos available online at www.knittinghelp.com Yarn is held in left hand. The middle finger (or index finger) is used to push the yarn down and to the right, to where the right needle can easily push it back through the stitch. This method requires the fewest hand movements of any purl method, and is consequently the fastest (with the exception, perhaps, of the "Combined Knitting Method" of purling--see below). This is the method I use in the Continental purl videos on this site. Videos where the yarn is held in the left hand, all have a pink icon. This method of purling, when combined with Continental Knitting (see my Knit Stitch Video), makes for a very fast ribbing. |
![]() | Prime Rib / Brioche Stitch Demonstration Prime Rib / Brioche Stitch Knitting Demonstration. This was only intended as a demonstration within a webpage on the megan.cc site. Please refer to that for full written instructions: http://megan.cc/Hat/ |
![]() | continental style knitting for my friend julie who can't purl continental |
![]() | How to Knit for Beginners : How to Cast On in Knitting Learn how to cast on to begin your knitting in this free online instructional video on how to knit. |
![]() | backwards knitting knitting backwards to avoid purling |
![]() | Tatting With Nobones Lesson 1 A simple lesson on the basics of tatting |
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