Continental Knitting vs English Knitting - What’s the Difference?

[@karisteenberg7486]

I knit English, but I never let go of my right needle and just use my right forefinger to wrap the yarn around the needle, similar to continental knitting. When I do colorwork I keep one color in each hand and knit each from the appropriate hand. My goal for 2024 is to learn to knit Continental and tension consistently.

[@heikejanka302]

I am an "English" knitter, however, I don't throw the yarn holding it between thumb and index-finger; I wrap the yarn around the fingers of my right hand just the way one would for continental knitting. The yarn is thrown over the needle with my right index-finger. That's far quicker than to move the whole hand.

[@AliciaWiggett-Strydom]

With the English knitting it is not necessary to leave the needle while knitting. The method you are showing is way slower. The needle needs to lie in between the thumb and forefinger. And that way there is no leaving of the needle and throwing of the yarn

[@nancygamache6303]

I was taught English without letting go of the needle, it seems just as fast as Continental

[@sallethadoll]

How is it easier to keep tension while throwing than continental?

[@OsehShalomTV]

Very good explanation

[@Knittingcom]

Yay! I'm glad it was a helpful video!