Knitting for Crocheters
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Learn to knit with a crochet brain. Most crocheters, at some point, become interested in learning how to knit. It can be intimidating with 2 needles and a whole new way to work with yarn. Well, only one of those is true. In this video, I show you how to knit continental style and hold your yarn very similar to crochet. Then, I explain the knit and purl stitch in a way that your crochet brain will understand. Grab your yarn and needles and let's get started!
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I'm sure your instruction is great for how to do knit stitch, etc., but you started with a work in progress. I'm a longtime crocheter for many years and thought this would help me learn continental knitting, but you didn't start with casting on, so I have nothing to go on.
Thank u for this. I started crocheting with the notion I would leave knitting off the table after too many failed attempts. One day the micro movements and techniques just clicked to crochet uniformly quicker. A year later I'm confident I can knit. Your video only excites me on the endless projects now at my disposal! 🎉😅❤
Thank you for this video. I've been crocheting for almost 10 years and I have been so intimidated by knitting, specifically how to hold the yarn. But not anymore! Your video has given me confidence to try again. Thank you. ❤❤
As a crocheter I have tried continental knitting, but the purl stitch has really thrown me. Your explanation is so clear, and I love it. Thank you for making it understandable and easy. I can see why you love purling so much! Now I’m going to try it again. I haven’t knitted for quite a while, and the purl stitch was my hurdle. I think I can do it now!
That’s wonderful!
Thanks Tasha for the tip. I've been crocheting for almost 15 years and just learned knitting for bout a few months when i got knitting kneedles as a gift. I can now knit and purl faster, but still learning how to adjust tightness of knits and purls that I do. Thanks again for this tip.
This looks like a great tutorial, but even with my volume all the way up, I can barely hear you.
Looks so easy when you do it and explain it. I’ve been crocheting off and on for over 40 years. I tried knitting years ago but couldn’t seem to grasp it. I didn’t know there was a difference. Gonna try the continental knitting way. Maybe I can finally learn. Now to look for how to cast on in your library. Btw, love the ⛄️ !
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perfect vid for someone moving from crochet to knit.
Thanks Gregory
This is such a wonderful tutorial and very helpful - thank you!
+Cindy Lyles I'm so happy it helped you!
Continental style is indeed very similar with crocheting. I am a crocheter and I wanted to learn how to knit. And now I knit fast in just a few days of practice, thanks to continental style.
Great teaching technique to relate it to crocheting!
Ahh. When I’ve seen this style of knitting, it always made the most sense to my brain. You’ve explained why because it makes sense to crocheters!
Omg, WHY HAVE I NOT FOUND THIS SOONER?! This is exactly what I have been looking for in a knitting tutorial! The explanation of the purl stitch is the most logical explanation I have heard yet, and makes it so much easier to remember! Thank you a million times over! So excited to start knitting with confidence!!
Thank you so much for this video! I've crochet for 5 years and have rage quit every time I've attempted to learn to knit until now! Holding the yarn in my right hand felt so foreign that I'd almost resigned myself to the fact that I'd just never learn to knit until I found this video. I will still need to practice to find my rhythm but at least the tension and grip of the yarn feels right now!
great video but the volume was too low. your instruc9were great. I switched to continental years ago and love it.
Thea Stewart yes volume too low
I totally thought your nails were chrome. Then suddenly I saw snowmen and now I can't unsee them.
Okay, this actually makes sense to my crochet-oriented brain. Thank you so much! I can't wait to try knitting again now!
Your voice is so soothing
😊 thank you
Awesome!!! I first learned to crochet, then knit. Weird how I can't knit Continental. Instead I'm a thrower. Funny how people's brain work...
Does anyone think that she sounds a little bit like Carrie Underwood?🤔😅
Can you make more knitting videos for crocheters??
After watching people knit on UA-cam I have realized I do it completely different either knitting or purling than anyone else. 🤣 troubles of being a crocheter first and learning to knit from a book. 🤷♀️
Very well explained 🙂❤️
If I had to push left needle to release stitch as you do for every stitch, I’d have a hole in my index finger as I use sharper needles than you do... I do everything the same as you, but I just pull old stitch off. Well done video!
I crochet but have decided to learn how to knit and automatically, I went into the continental style...which, like you, also feels comfortable to me. Your video helped me in reinforcing my style...Can't wait to build my knitting skillsets..Thanks
Awesome! It's great to have the option of both crochet and knitting. You can totally do this!! 😊👏👏👏
Yep no. I gave it a crack go and still can't knit 🤣🤣🤣 imma just gonna stick to crochet 🥲🤌 think it's primarily the needles themselves seem to get more in the way 💀
I'm a crocheter and I ignore knitting coz I thought it was hard, but it is easy really
Love your video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I too am self taught crocheter, eight years crocheting, but now pursuing knitting. My biggest challenge is correcting my work. Correcting work with crocheting is easy, but with knitting, I've had to pull out my entire project and start over. Any suggestions?
+Redeemed493 Thank you so much! I suggest using lifelines with your knitting. That way you can rip out to that row without fear of loosing your whole project. VeryPink Knits is one of my favorite knitting channels. I know she has a videos on lifelines.
Yes! I’ve just learned about lifelines from the same channel. What a genius idea. Correcting with crochet is so easy. In knitting, I undo stitches one at a time on my needle. But a mistake before that row that IS so hard.
I knit English - but I enjoy purling much more too. What I don't get is why some ppl find it easier to do Norwegian purling than straight Continental purling. Oh well - to each their own.
Thanks for the video, I'm just finishing up a pair of socks and like to listen to knitting videos. lol
+stockinettestitch Nice to meet someone who enjoys purling too! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. :)
Long time crocheter here and the only way I can knit is continental. I have tried right handed cast, just won't happen!
Yeah, I have a hard time with the English style too.
I need to know how to cast on.
Absolutely awesome video. You are an EXCELLENT instructor!! Tfs!!
Thank you 😊
Vicki Goodman, yes, she's done an excellent job at teaching this style of knitting, the best I've found so far!
Forever Bliss Crochet, Tasha, I so much appreciate finding this video on knitting, and I'm wondering if it would be possible for you to create more knitting videos for beginners, and possibly simple things to make? Your an awesome teachers, and explain things very well, you've helped me tremendously...thank you!
Sharon, I have considered that. It’s on the to-do list.
thanks, I never understood why I favored the continental style over the others. I learned simple crocheting in 4-H horse class, we had to make our show saddle blankets many many years ago.
+Debbie Lasley It's so interesting how the brain works. :) Glad you enjoyed the video.
I am a major crocheter, and starting to knit more so these days just for a change.Ironically I took to English style of knitting for some reason, but I find it to be a bit slower when throwing. Your video has now converted me to continental and I can't thank you enough for taking time for making this video! I sat here and did a few rows of knits and purls and I am way faster now because of you. Thanks again and God bless!
+SynfullyWkd67 Awesome! So glad to hear it. It was fun to make this video. Glad it was of help to you.
Goodness voice is too soft to hear.
That's funny. I learned to crochet first, and then to knit. However, I can only knit with the yarn in my right hand even though I crochet holding it with my left.
+Jordan Smithson So fascinating 😊
I love the video, though I had to turn on the captioning because I couldn't hear you even with the volume up all the way.
I appreciate this video. I knit English, but wanted to learn Continental for two handed color work. I like the way you hold the needles and plan to try this method. Thanks.
Thank you. Glad I could be of help. 😊
I don't know if it helps anyone, but I much prefer wood/bamboo over aluminum needles. I feel like metal needles are too slippery and noisey.
Ashley Hudson i’ve always felt like i get nearer stitches with wood and bamboo and prefer it but know i knit almost solely with interchangeable circular needles and i got an inexpensive set that are all aluminum. someday though
I started with wood, but once you get going metal is faster to knit with. I love my Chiaogoos now.
I think this must be true. This is my first attempt at knitting and I'm using aluminum and getting so frustrated by a bunch of loops sliding off many times. I have ordered some bamboo needles and hopefully they will help me
I discovered Esperanza Rosas and though the teaching is in Spanish, the demos are easy to see what she is doing. I have tried just about every technique of Continental. What they don't tell you about the various styles is that they do not all create the same quality when you knit. If knit and crochet are not balanced, your knitting is not going to look right, especially when you get into knitting outside of stockinette where your purl side is visible such as in working cables.
Save yourself some time and trouble. Don't make projects, do some swatches in various techniques. The only Continental technique which gives the best quality is how Esperanza Rosas teaches also a Russian knitter Faina Letoutchaia
knits most similarly. Why spend years finding out why your purl side shows rowing? "Rowing" shows itself with every several rows on the purl side, you have a gap.
Another two techniques which are good to learn which do not show "rowing" are Portuguese style, best taught by Andrea Wong and English Flicking.
This craft is all about learning, don't believe everything you hear, see the results for yourself and then use what works for your own fingers.
Many Continental knitters are going to knitting backwards to avoid purling. But there is a problem with the knit side in Continental which is insufficient tension. If your pattern calls for a looser gauge go up a needle, as nothing compensates for knitting which does not look good.
I've been an avid crocheter, but, always wanted to learn how to knit. I always found it daunting. However, with your excellent tutorial, I'm definitely going to give it a try. Thank you very much. ♥
+sonja ahmed You are so welcome. I really enjoyed making this video.
Extremely helpful due to the fact I am a crocheter myself 😆
I was really struggling! Thank you soooo much 🤗💟
I learned to crochet before I learned to knit. And even watching Continental knitting, I would still prefer English style.
Love your tutorial. I wish your voice was just a little bit louder in the video. Thank you for sharing this Stitch.
+care1967 Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I've been working to improve things with each video but sound still gives me problems. One day I'll conquer it! It was a real pleasure to cover this topic.
I can hear your voice just fine.
Hallelujah! I'm a 50 year+ crocheter, only been knitting for a few months. I decided to give continental yet ANOTHER try but purling was giving me absolute fits! Then I watched your video and the hint about putting the yarn over the index AND middle finger was a game changer, I'm now purling like a pro, lol. 😁
Glad to hear it! Thanks for sharing 😊
Julienne Bourassa I too struggled with purl and the tension and am happily getting used to new way to hold the yarn and perfect the purl stitch!
I still have difficulty with tension in purling. 😞
There are different ways of purling with the continental style. Do a UA-cam search for the other ways. Maybe one of them would work better for you.
Where has this video been all my life? I finally get why knitting has always felt so awkward for me, considering my considerable experience with crochet. Thank you!
+rachelbrain Glad this video was so helpful 😊
Thank you so much. ❤🎉😊
Thank you!!! I've been knitting for a month after years of crocheting. The knit stitch in continental was coming pretty easily and I found a purl menthol that worked, but wasn't efficient for switching back and forth between the two. That simple trick of yarn around the first two fingers instead of just the first was definitely the difference. Thank you!
+starcheski Yay! So glad I was able to help. 😊
I so agree. I was holding it just like when I crocheted but moving the yarn to the two fingers made it easier. Thank you Forever Bliss
+Rh Ri That's great! You're welcome 😊
Great video! I purl the same way except I use my left thumb in stead of index finger to hold the yarn out. It's so much easier as a crocheter to it this way, continental, and a lot faster too!
+pamelam4 I've seen purling done that way too. I tried it but it didn't stick. So interesting how creative people get in how to work with yarn. I totally agree about continental. The English style is something I'm trying to get better at so that I can teach both ways but I far prefer continental for my personal knitting.
As mainly crocheter, i watched many videos for continental style and tried and somehow failed or didn't work for me. But this video finally got me. Thank you!!!
I recently began doing Continental using the Norwegian purl (I’m a crocheter) I usually use English Combination but Continental is so much faster. I found that wrapping the yarn clockwise as I do in crochet is even faster and more comfortable; the only “problem” is that your stitches are mounted “backwards” with the forwards leg one the back of the needle. This just means you knit into the “back” leg so occasionally you have to adjust patterns or flip your stitches such as “ssk” and “k2tog” are flip-flopped. If you are a crocheter or just want to knit faster it would definitely suggest trying the method, although it may require some notation on your patterns.
I have been crocheting for 7, 8 years. Love it. I tried kitting years ago and gave up. So this year I really want to give it a try again. To the life of me my hands just go not like the English style but the continental style is much easier. It's still hard but its doable. Now to practice,practice and practice more so I can develop hand memory for knitting, I learned crocheting very quickly, but kitting is very challenging for me. I have caught my self trying to do a double crochet while trying to knit.
"Learn to knit with a crochet brain" !! Brilliant! I've been a crocheter and took up knitting again after barely learning it years ago. I learned continental style - but find that I wrap the yarn the other way around due to the way I grab yarn with the crochet hook (from underneath) It feels impossible to switch to grabbing the yarn the other way around when I knit. However, I figure if the knit and purl are both "backwards' then it cancels out. My knitting comes out looking normal. Thanks so much for a great video.
Hunny you are the BEST! I've tried several times and my knitting was so loose and horrible. I didn't realize it was because I was doing american style. This feels so much more natural. I've crocheted for a few years and am trying knitting now. Thank you.
Thank you for your clear tutorial, I have been trying to do continental for ages and gave up. I found your method interesting and very useful. I crochet too and never thought of using my yarn carrying hand the same as when I crochet. Also thank you for the suggestion of practicing on bigger needles, I did try yesterday on the sock I was knitting and of course it was UK size 2.25 and with sock yarn, so will be having a go with your method later. Again thank you👍😊
I didn’t realize there were different ways to purl using the continental style of knitting. I was doing my purl stitch like you do, and it is easier than how it was taught on another video tutorial. Guess those who learned how to crochet first think alike.
Thank you... I've been wanting to learn to knit for years. Right now I can only knit, knots.
Love!! I am a self taught crocheter (from youtube videos!) and now want to learn how to knit, but as you said, it looks intimidating! But not now! You video has gotten me excited about learning how to knit! Thank you!! I did subscribe to your channel and will be watching so I can lean knitting. Thanks again!!
+Tracy Shipler I'm so glad to hear your excitement! It's wonderful to have the choice to knit or crochet. You'll have a lot of fun. 😊
I've been crocheting for just over a year and trying to knit is a complete mind boggler, even when it seems this simple (apparently but not for me)
Don't give up! I've been crocheting since I was 7. It took me a lot of failed attempts to learn to knit, but it was worth sticking with it. I have a video on my channel with some other advice for crocheters on how to knit if you'd like to check it out. :-)
Yeah you're not alone. I've learned crochet and there is nothing similar to me about crochet and knitting. The one thing I am learning, is that the middle finger plays a large part in moving the yarn to the correct "scooping" place. Still struggling 😔
Thank you so much I'm a crocheter; but I wanted to learn to knit. Like you, everyone around me knit English and it was so confusing for me. So I started watching youtube too! I JUST found you Today. Thank you. I almost gave up knitting, you saved me thank you. Thank you!
Aww! That is awesome. So glad I was able to help! 😊
this video help me . I am not a perfect knitter . but I don't know how to purl stich . I know crochet better than knitting . my hope is that I am the one who is a small age girl to crochet i am only 10 lol
+Mudassir Mikku You can do it!
I know this was 2016 but thank you so much for making this. I am the same. Crochet first and I'm having an awful time trying to knit. This video works well with my learning style! ♡
Love this video, but the audio is not so good 😬
A great help. I am a crocheter! Wonderful teaching! ❤️
Do you have any more videos of knitting for crocheters? I want to learn but feel so lost and awkward right now starting out. I learned to crochet the basics back yrs ago and picked it back up in 2021.
I would love to learn to knit.
I do not. Although, I meant to make more knitting videos. I recommend finding tutorials on continental knitting. Then you’ll be able to hold the yarn like you do in crochet. 😊
I've crocheted for years & have tried for a year to knit & can't do it yet. Did you say when you had all the stitches onto the right needle you then switched that needle over to your left hand?
Hmmm, I'm just working along doing what you did in the first part of the video, what's supposed to be knit stitch, but both sides of what I've done look like purl... I have no clue. I've done this and pulled it out three times... hope I figure it out bc I want one side to look like knit
If you do one piece in all one type of stitch, it will look like what you described. If you want your piece to look knitted, you need to do the stockinette stitch, which is where you alternate knit and purl each row. So it'd be like row 1 is knit, row 2 is purl, row 3 is knit, row 4 is purl, and so on.
Ok.. what am I doing wrong? .. I knit on one side then when I turn and begin again it’s pearl.. on both sides!!! 😤
just had the exact same problem and am having to restart the whole thing🤦♀️🤦♀️
Me too. I've done this and pulled it out 3 times bc both sides look like purl 😕
The hardest time I'm having with learning to knit as a crocheter is moving the fabric down the main needle onto the working needle after I've gotten the yarn through the stitch. The motion of having to push the stitches from one to the other feels very foreign and awkward for me, nearly uncomfortable. Are there any suggestions on how to make it feel more natural? Or is it just a matter of doing it over and over again until it becomes natural?
I have the misfortune of being somewhat impatient with these things, so I find myself getting a bit frustrated at times.
+Wellington Sodre Jr I think it's a matter of finding the right rhythm for you. When I started, it got quite annoying to have to constantly move the stitches up the needle into working position but I just needed to find the repetitive motion that was acceptable to me. The nice thing is that, in knitting, you know exactly where the stitches are 😊
Couldn’t hear, what happened to the sound?
Thank you for this video!! I am hoping this will help me with knitting 😊 I can crochet very well, but knitting is a bit tough. But the way you explain it, it does make sense!! Thank you again 😊
I just watched your video Knitting for Crocheters. It was very good. You finally showed me what I was doing wrong holding the yarn. I did not drop the yarn to between my index finger and my ring finger. I was still holding it to crochet. That is why I could not figure out how to move the fingers right to do thepurl stitch. You are the only one that I watched that mentioned that part. Thank you so much for adding that part. I am going to try it and see what happens. Thanks again. Happy stitching
Glad I was able to help!
I've known how to crochet about 12 years& I've gotten faster at it. I just wanted to say thank you for posting this video because I tried learning how to knit a few years after learning how to crochet& it was really awkward for me because my left hand doesn't work right sometimes (it could be the simplest things like doing dishes) anyway I never knew there were different versions of knitting. The continental version looks a lot easier. Thanks again.
Great video and cool nail polish! 💅🏽
Now I know why I can't knit holding yarn in my right hand.
+FrancescaDonnaMarie 😊
Do you have a video showing the cast on?
I don't have any more knitting videos since I want to keep this channel for crochet, but VeryPink Knits is a great UA-cam knitting channel. Here is the cast on that I do most of the time (long tail): ua-cam.com/video/VJEg1LE6gVQ/v-deo.html. She has quite the extensive knitting video library there but not much on continental. However, Craftsy.com has an excellent class on continental knitting: www.craftsy.com/class/knit-faster-with-continental-knitting/4912?_ct=iuqhsx-kdyluhiqb-huikbj-sekhiu&_ctp=4912. Enjoy!
I love the snowmen nails. My granddaughter would flip out over them.
Iam can wait to learn to knit so I could do this blanket
love ur snkwman nails. x
+jennifer lewis 😂 thank you. They are from Jamberry
can't hear you!
My volume is also at max and I can barely hear a word your saying as well :(
This looks like a great tutorial, but even with my volume all the way up, I can barely hear you.
thanks... but it didn't show casting on etc ?
Very important step to be missing, innit?
I found I waste a butt ton of yarn with the long tail cast on b/c I am crud at estimating the length I will need; or I end up shorting myself & starting over. My yarn budget is not unlimited so I have found a 2 needle type cast on (also known as a knit cast on) works best for me. Much less waste; If I am just doing something easy peasy (scarf) I will use a single cast on. Hope this helps.
Wahoo I’m not the only one that knits with working yarn in left hand !!!
😊 LOL. I still can’t knit with yarn in my right hand. Tension is too tight. I really enjoy the continental style.
Forever Bliss Crochet I tried to do it in my right hand but was all over the place. I’m ambidextrous and tat left handed as well lol . I’m just glad I’m not the only one and soooo thankful for your video! I shared it with my mother who’s couldn’t figure out how I was knitting lol 😂
I learned to crochet when I was 7 (I'm over 50, now). I've tried many times to learn how to knit, and I've always failed, even trying to knit the continental way I failed. I understand how to make the knit and purl stitch, but somehow my tension is messed up, and no one can figure out how to help me fix it. I have one end that is 'tight' like it's supposed to be, but the other end gets loose. And the more I knit, the looser the one end gets, until my stitches literally fall of the needle. Or the knitting falls apart. No one can seem to recreated what I'm doing, so they can't help me fix it. Would you have any ideas?
S D McDaniel keep knitting even its not good, it cames by time , your body will get used and by time your stitchs will be nice and you will be faster, don’t stop thats the secret
Have you tried using smaller needles than your yarn recommends? I have a friend who knits very loosely and if she’s using yarn that recommends size 5 needles, she will use a size 3 to get the stitches tight enough. Also, using a chunkier yarn helped me when I was learning because I find it easier to work with. Hope that helps!
@@lauradelrey2903 See, this is the part that no one seems to understand. It's only the END stitches that get really loose. The body of my stitches are fine, not too tight, not too loose, but the stitches at EITHER END of my work get really loose. And until I can figure out how and why my knitting does that, I can't fix it... which means knitting is just out for me.
@@sdmcdaniel2255 omg i’m the same way… my start and end basically my side stitches are always so loose but everything else is fine. i also am an avid crocheter. knitting is driving me crazy lol
But those nails though 🤤
I'm not really good at either knitting or crocheting but have tried many times and set it aside. Now, I'm determined. I like the continental style and your video helped me catch on to the direction everything has to go. I'm one who's watched all those videos and it's really confusing but, I've decided that I want the stitches to turn out like they do when I throw. Your instructions lead to that result so, although, I hold my yarn a little differently, the direction I pick is the same. Now I want to make the purl stitch a littl simpler. Not sure I can but, here goes. Thanks for posting.
Great! You’re welcome 😊
I find knitting is easier than crochet don't need to count stitches & work looks neater more even
As you were explaining the knit stitch I was thinking of how I learned to handle everything. I thought of it as a "triangle of tautness". There needs to be just enough tension between yarn the yarn feed on yer finger and the 2 needles with yer project on 'em to be able to work the needles without loops sneaking off and because you certainly can get lost if you're a beginner and don't really know what's what and where it's s'posed to go...when something goes wrong, then you have to play frog and "rippit, rippit" out and take a "do-over"!
Great way to think of it 😊
Now, I've got pretty good at purling (pretty good is relative. lol.) I figured out the Norwegian style and it was super awkward at first but, I'm determined to not have to hold my first finger, pointer finger, up in the air and work it back and forth. I don't want to get repetitive motion injuries. Been there. It also means I don't have to move the yarn from back to front to go from knitting to purling. The yarn is always at the back. I also pick my knit stitch off my finger tip of the left hand, so that relaxes the fingers. The Norwegian purl stitch is a miracle, for me. It helps to be able to do it like you do and switch to the Norwegian purl, as it gives the hands alternative ways to move. Can you tell, I'm excited? Haha. Doesn't take much... It's ok to laugh. I'm laughing my head off. I'm also switching back and forth to a crocheting project. Thanks for showing us how you do it.
It’s quite the adventure. I’ve tried the Norwegian purl but they end up bigger than my knit stitches. I guess practice will fix that too. 😊 Enjoy!!
I agree, the norwegian purl (prefer ‘skandinavian purl, though, as I’m danish and that is how we all knit here 🙃) gives a better flow as you are shifting the greater movements from your left fingers to your right wrist. This allows you to knit much faster... with practice, of course 😊
I am an experienced crocheter trying to learn this but I am having a difficult time. How do you pull the yarn down without a hook?
+DCFunBud Since the tip is tapered, it can pull the yarn through. Make sure your tension isn't so tight that the yarn isn't moving. That would cause the yarn to just fall off. Hope this helps!
DCFunBud I have that problem too sometimes. It helps to use plastic or wood needles with more "grab" than metallic needles until you're ready to speed up your stitching. It's also important to use your index finger to hold the wrapped yarn on the needle until it's passed through the loop during a knit stitch AND to pass the new stitch securely onto the shaft of the other needle : )
I recommend bamboo needles to beginning knitter's because the stitches are less likely to slide off the needle. As you get better and in more control, I would recommend plastic and finally metal. I started in metal and was so frustrated; I gave up many times because a chunk of stitches was dump off. But I knew that I wanted to knit because my Mom made such beautiful clothing.
My knitting has vastly improved. I use the English method because it is more deliberate and slow. Also, I prefer metal needles because it is easier to slip off the stitch. Many thanks for the advice.
Wow! Changing from metal needles just might be what I need. I learned in 3rd grade and have “thrown” my yarn for 51years! I just can’t seem to do it any other way. “Flicking” is very hard for me. I hold my yarn to crochet just like her and it’s very comfortable. Long story short, I need to abandon metal needles as I learn continental.
Thank you for for very clear and slow and easy to understand video. It is the best I have seen for continental style knitting.
Thank you so much. I'm glad it was helpful.
i dont hold my yarn like that while crocheting, so even this is still too difficult for me :(
I have a question, I am new to knitting and have watched a LOT of videos all showing the same basic way to do a knit stitch. I follow them and do exactly what they do, just like your video, but mine do not have that V look. Mine is bumpy and more like a wavy line and I don't understand why. It's not looking bad necessarily but not anything like I want it to look, I want it to look like the ones your are making. Could you tell me what I may be doing wrong?
Your stitches may be “twisted”. This means that they are oriented opposite to what is needed to get the V. This varies depending on the knitting method used, but my stitches have the right leg in the front. Check to see if your left leg is in the front. Twisted stitches can happen for different reasons. The most common being how you wrap your yarn to make your purl stitches. Play around with this and see if it helps.
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It could be perhaps that you are doing a garter stitch which is knit stitch every row. Where as here she is doing a stockinette stitch which is knit a row purl a row. The front or right side will be all the knit stitches and the wrong side will the side that you purled.
Cute nails and thanks for the tips
So helpful, thank you for this!
This made me realize that despite being left handed, I've been crocheting right handed because I was taught by a right handed person. I'll try this today, my tension has been nuts!
I was always a knitter (English) but over last 3yrs learnt crochet through UA-cam. I’ve since started a crochet/knit group in church and I’ve found if someone already knits it’s easier for them to learn to crochet holding the yarn like knitting, something my mum always did and wouldn’t even try my way ha. But for complete needlecraft beginners they learn the proper crochet way. Although I tell them there’s no wrong way you just find what’s comfortable for you. I lost my love of knitting when I started crochet but this continental way gives me that wee itch that I need to scratch. Gona hoke out the knitting needles now. Thanks
I am a crocheter and haven't knitted for years. I have wanted to learn the European knitting and thought it would be easy for me. But it isn't. I was surprised how much trouble I have had with this style of knitting.
Great demonstration, I have crochet for years. I have been learning to knit for a year. I decided to look at you video. It was easy for me to learn, Continental knitting is a lot faster than knitting American style. Thank you so much!
i just came across your video and i love it. I have been crocheting for 45+years and knitting for almost as long but not continuously. i am a "thrower" in knitting and just recently am trying to learn continental style AGAIN. i found it very awkward to hold the yarn until someone told me it was "okay" to hold it like a crocheter. It made a HUGE difference! still having an issue with tension. when my stitch comes off the needle it seems very loose coming off as opposed to doing it the other way.no one will tell me why it seems to feel so different and why the stitch looks a little different after doing several rows.
What about casting on? I've learned to knit and crochet at the age of 6. Stopped knitting around the age of 20 but continued to crochet to this day (I found it was faster for me). So it's been over 20+ years since I knitted and I find it difficult to cast on. Do you have any videos on that subject?
+Kim Howell I don't have a cast on knitting video but I did find a video for you. I use the long tail cast on and there are many videos on how to do it. This is one that I like: ua-cam.com/video/46KfuAp3ztc/v-deo.html