I too thank you! I was taught Eastern and it wasn’t until I knit a Norwegian sweater in the round that ended up with twisted stitches .. so now I knit in the round Continental and flat Eastern.. I was so happy when I realized my type of knitting was a real style
I am so happy to find this video! My sisters and I learned how to knit from our mother who was born in New York City but whose family was Russian. Her mother died when she was four, and we never did find out who she learned to knit from, maybe a close older woman relative. We, like a lot of people who commented below, did not know that this method had a name, but it makes perfect sense that it is called Eastern European style! I am thrilled to find that out! This method, which no one I know other than my sisters knows how to do, is so much easier and faster than the Continental method, which is easier and faster than the English/American method. As you mention three years ago, below, this style, which causes the "legs" of the stitches to lean, I think, in the opposite direction from in Continental style, but is perfect for stockinette stitch, doesn't work in some more complex stitches. For instance, I took Nancy Marchant's brioche class from Bluprint and had to use the Continental style to make the brioche stitches come out right. BUT, this style is perfect for stockinette. It would be helpful to know which other stitches it would work for and not work for. My mother made many complex afghans with cables and bubbles, etc, all using this way of knitting. Thank you so much!
I am a right handed crocheter and tried traditional continental knitting, found it easy. But after watching your Eastern European knitting and purling I find it even easier because it feels more natural to me being that I started as a crocheter and I am just picking up knitting. I find it easier to "pick" knit as well in Eastern European knitting. Thank you SO muchfor showing this video. I have always wanted to knit and now I feel comfortable doing so.
I am a self-taught knitter during the peak of the pandemic. I've recently joined some live knitting groups and was told my style of knitting is unusual. I've been trying to track down what style I've morphed into and it is Eastern European! I thought it was Russian for a while but I don't knit through the back unless I want twisted stitches. Thank you for the clarity!
Omg!!! I learned my knitting partly from my aunt and partly from UA-cam videos and I was mixing eastern and continental 🤦♀️ that's why it never looked exactly right! You blew my mind
I believe that Continental knitting simply refers to holding the working yarn in your left hand as opposed to English knitting (yarn flicked or thrown with right hand). As to the way to orient the stitch or wrap the yarn, Western knitting is what you are doing in the first part of the demo, and Combined (or Eastern Uncrossed) is what you are describing in the second part. I am a combination knitter, and I love this style, but I have to adjust the patterns that are written assuming a Western wrap.
I knit Eastern European style as well, and the way you and I do it, is considered "twisted", or rather "half twisted" because we twist our knit stitches but we don't twist the purl stitches. I just realized this as I was knitting my Vintersol sweater that had short rows in the middle of the back and they looked so much more different than when I knit in the round. I went back to all my knits and had this epiphany, and since then I have been looking for ways of "fixing" this since it definitely adds an oddity to large garments like sweaters. Speaking of which, I also took the same chances as you with Vintersol by choosing a different yarn (lettlopi), a larger needle size, and going up one size for wear. I also found that that I had to improvise my neck line.... I am not done with it but it will be interesting to see where things lead. Thank you for all your videos, they are very informative and I love your knitting.
I love the way I knit 😊❤️ Good luck with the neckline as it very hard with thicker yarn to play with all the fabric - tag me if you can so I could see your progress 😃👍🏻
Thank you for this! I've been knitting eastern European style my whole life but thought it's continental and maybe I'm doing it wrong do this video was perfect! 😊
The same! I though I was doing continental coz I thought there’s only the English and continental. Now I know I’m doing the European style. I’m a crocheter so it was the easiest transition for me.
Funny thing, I also knit continental and Russian or Eastern European style! After I had pitched out all of the purls that I did not like, while I was trying to learn Continental, or English because I heard the purls were easier. In a video of how to knit faster, I heard did English purls were easier, but I never did find out because I cannot get over the stop-start halting progress of the throwing Style not to mention I'm a crocheter in my right hand just does not want to hold the thread! I cannot get good enough at it to do the flicking, although, the lever method seems to appeal to me, so I might try that. Also I heard about the Norwegian Purl, then I learned about the Russian Purl , and then I realized that it caused some difficulty causing Twisted stitches. I did learn that people in Russia don't mind because Twisted stitches make a sweater a bit more windproof than otherwise knitted. That is because I finally got tired of finding out that each video I looked at had different techniques and I was drowning in information but not all of these videos were identifying what type of knitting they were doing and they all seem to just act like their way of knitting was the only way there was in the world to do it. So one day swimming in confusion just looked up on the internet, " what is the old traditional way of knitting in Russia", because as I am not afraid of looking at foreign language videos - and they seem to be awfully well demonstrated tutorials I tell you - I watch mostly Russian videos because of the interesting stitches and the ease with which they do it. That is when I quit looking at the stitches that were produced, because I always skip to the end, and finally saw how they were doing it I knew why I spit out other ideas because they were not tasteful to me. Basically I eliminated all other ways but the Eastern European way and did not even know what it was called until I looked it up on the internet with my simple question.
Wow, it's fascinating to see how knitting evolved slightly differently in various parts of the world! Your Eastern European method looks really easy to work with. As a one-handed knitter, I'm always looking for easier ways! 😁 I'm definitely going to rewatch a few times and try it. Thanks for demonstrating!
+TV Diva ... I know that most videos on UA-cam would be with people holding yarn in right hand, but it is not important how you hold it is more how you rap the yarn around the needle - it was so hard for me to see what's going on when someone had it in different hand :)
I do this without moving the yarn to the front and I think it's easier. It does put the right leg of the stitch at the back of the needle but it's easy to get used to. It is not the same as the Norwegian Purl. I learned it from a video by Annie's Knittery that called her way as Eastern European Knitting. But I know I like it and it's fast. Thank you for your video.
I have found my home. Believe it or not in my search to make Continental purling easier , I heard about Norwegian purling which is still a lot of wrangling but seems to be a little bit easier if I didn't get dyslexic trying it ! I tried English purling, having heard that it was easier, and then I heard about Russian purling... Well, since I don't care whether somebody is speaking a foreign language or writes their titles and some native language or other I watch everybody's videos an in between looking at all those different ones I saw somebody stitching behind the needle, behind the fabric they were making. My brain put two and two together and I knew that Russian Pearl on the front and a mirrored Russian Pearl on the back was going to be exactly what I wanted to do. I did it I figured it out myself.
That’s brilliant ♥️😃👍🏻 There are so many techniques that are avail to pick one or even know more to engage different muscles each time. The post important enjoy it 🥰♥️♥️♥️
@@Knittingilove oh I can't tell you how many videos I've watched. It has got to be hundreds of thousands, and in the last 5 years I have only seen a total of four videos that actually made it click in my brain. I am a hairdresser so I am used to using tools, which means with sticks in my hands I'm manipulate the string with my sticks. I really don't use my fingers to do much besides hold the yarn to feed the need and the sticks to move the string. If the yarn isn't where it needs to be it's going to be a stick that moves it not my fingers. Believe me as a beauty operator I am used to using all of my fingers individually of one another, and the little games you play to get your ring finger to act differently or to be able to raise it when it's flat on a table, has never been a problem for me where is most people cannot use or raise their ring finger independently of their middle finger and perhaps even their pinky. When watching all these videos I was laughing at people that overly use their fingers to manipulate the yarn with their fingers. I the advantage of it but I can't get my hands to do it if I can't wrap my head around the reason why I should if I can make my stick do it for me. I do streamline all of my movements as I do in crochet because I have joint problems and have had arthritis since I was a child. It is a truth that if someone is taught or instructed to move their hands and fingers a certain way they will, but if it's not actually necessary... why? Since I watch foreign language videos four ones that have no wording at all and the demonstrators are so very good at pointing at what is important my eyes have become very keen about what goes where and how to get it there working smarter, not harder. I'm so glad I found you because I didn't even know what this way of knitting was called and I want to do those real fancy stitches I see those Turkish ladies make while they are Continental. I just did not know how to translate it into the way I knit! I had almost given up, until it dawned on me to ask Google "how do old Russian grandmas knit?" I remembered back more than 8 years ago watching a video of a long frosted fingernails and a Russian woman doing these real slick easy fast moves and I thought that is the way I want to knit cuz that is so practical and streamlined and No Nonsense. But I didn't know how to save videos to my library. I was a little slow to the computer age and it took me a while to save up for my first smartphone. The video is long gone and it is the father that they feed newbie UA-camrs. I have not seen a Russian Lady knit that way. I'm mostly get Russian crocheters on my feed, even though my taste is eclectic and it runs anywhere from Tunisian to heavy trucks and RVs back to yarn art, hair arts, to upcycling and repurposing, to woodwork and other crafting, and art. It had never dawned on me to ask for Russian Knitters on the search line, except recently. If my Google search brought me nothing I was going to translate the words "knit sweater/ fashion" into "вязание модного свитера" and see what it got me, because learning " tığ işi " and " örgü " got me thousands of videos of Turkish women showing me some of the most brilliant elegant designs that North American women just don't know. And I learned that words bother me I can learn so much better and quicker when there are no words. I find myself getting impatient ones that talk so much I am thinking or shouting " just show me what you're here for doing!" I am very monkey see, monkey do. The words don't matter anyway, because I have no frame of reference. I don't speak Knittinese. I don't knit the way anybody else I've seen does. I mean I can Continental. But all I wanted to do in the beginning was stockinette, and I realized very quickly when I went to the store to buy circulars, I would never ever have to Purl in my entire life, but then I got bored. I had to learn to Purl, so I can do fancy stitches, so when I started searching I kept running into ladies that talked for the first 15 minutes of a video... and I get frustrated and start thinking or yelling " Until you show me the movements that match the words you're saying, I am lost in Timbuktu, so to speak". Yes I am a very impatient learner and not knowing how to do something did not stop me from getting the tools and teaching myself... just playing around until it dawns on me what to do next!
I just thought to record it as it is important NOT TO MIX those two methods and ... well I did ;P .... I didn't even know that how it is called until last week, I got a message on revelry when I mentioned during one of my podcasts that I noticed that I am not getting the lace work as I should - I was using continental knit with eastern european purl - therefore lesson is learned DON'T MIX THOSE TWO METHODS :)
I learned eastern style of knitting in my earlier knitting years in Poland. After moving to Canada ( many years later) I revised knitting. Looking at UA-cam knitting videos I couldn't understand why everyone was knitting differently. Eventually I switch to continental method abandoning my earlier technique. I think every Polish knitter should watch this video
Thanks so much for making this video and explaining the difference between continental knitting and European knitting and Purling..I have a knitted both ways ..but did not know the correct term for European and did not know it looked different thank you so much..
Also I forgot to mention in the video there are two ways of holding yarn if you hold it in the right hand you are using English method and if you hold the yarn in the left hand you are using Continental Method... You can see that I am holding my yarn in my left hand :) I am happy that I could help. I like to mix my styles when I knit depends of the project :)
Thanks for showing us the different methods of knitting. It is fascinating. I was taught yet another version - like continental but I hold the yarn in my right hand. Think i’m too old to change now. Wonder what everyone else does?
+Chris Hunt ... everyone I know over here who knits ... that's one person at work ... holds yarn in wright hand and is as some people call it a thrower? it is interesting and you can check #howiknit - amazing :)
Please for sock knitters, if you can make a video of purling in the round. Though most sock bodies are done in stockinette, there is normally a cuff which is most often 2x2 rib. I find the method I like best is Combined Purl or Eastern Purl but in the round the stitch stacks and looks differently, I know how to do this, by purling through the back loop. Much easier than the people who are using Norwegian Purl. I knit Combined Continental but know other methods and still often use my original method which is English Flicking. I like what is efficient.
I was wondering what the difference between the two were! I only picked up on the continental style when I started knitting very recently. But I may try the European style sometime! I still need to practice on speed and easy effort, which the European style looks like it's the right method for that. Thanks for the share!
+Crafty Crochet ... you're welcome :) just don't mix them as the effect will be different, you can't use european style to work in a round cicular needles and - just in case you read pattern and you have k2tog etc you need to check on YT how it looks like in that style :)
Very true! (I would be the clumsy type enough to get them mixed up, so I'll be cautious). I'll do more research on them too, since currently I only have one pair of circular needles to practice with. Overtime though I'll have a mixture of both needle types. c: Thanks again!
Yes, you can use Eastern European to work in the round using circular needles. See Russian Speed Knitting website and videos. Once you can 'read' your stitches, regardless of how they are mounted, and 'feel' the stitch being worked you are good to go. Trying to work a stitch, but it's tight, usually means you are working the 'wrong' side of the leg and it's going to twist. If the stitch easily 'opens' as you work it, you've got the correct leg for either purl or knit.
@@Knittingilove took me an hour or two but I figured it out. Norwegian purl simply let's you keep the yarn behind the needle. From I can see it's useful if you are doing a pattern that goes back and forth. Not such a good option for combo Knitters if you have a long line of purls though
My confusion with Eastern European style comes when a pattern says to knit into the back of the stitch. Since you're already knitting into the 'back' of the stich, how do you do that?
k2 That is a good question. Most of the patterns are written for Eastern European style therefore it would depends what the pattern wants me to achieve by knitting through a back knitting flat. If you knit in a round through the back loop you get twisted stitch. I only knit through the back when I knit flat and that doesn’t happen a lot 😊
Continental knitting is holding yarn in left hand. Eastern European is wrapping yarn on the needle in opposite direction when purling. If you knit flat then to get stockinette stitch on weight side you need to knit through back leg otherwise purl stitches create twisted stitches. If you knit in the round you can do the same or knit through the front leg as the twisted sts will be shown only in the wrong side in the purl rounds
I first learned eastern european style. But it seems that it is not suitable for knitting in circle becouse in the next row stiches will be oriented in a wrong way. Is it true? I am going to try to knit something in a circle for the first time and I am a bit confused.
@@alemkaknapp8576 check what results you want a twisted or standard looking stitch and see what you get when you knit through front or back stitch. It depends if the pattern if it’s something that needs to be done to achieve the same look of textured pattern then you do what the pattern says but if it does not play a massive role then knit the way you like
@@alemkaknapp8576 check what results you want a twisted or standard looking stitch and see what you get when you knit through front or back stitch. It depends if the pattern if it’s something that needs to be done to achieve the same look of textured pattern then you do what the pattern says but if it does not play a massive role then knit the way you like
I'm Eastern European, therefore I do the easiest knitting style there is (to me anyways). I noticed something wrong though, and it's not about the knitting technique, but you're taking the yarn from the middle of the ball. This twists your yarn way too much. Definitely NO WAY to do it.
I must say that it is not right way to do the Eastern Europe because of mixed method of western and eastern. Eastern Europe knit and purl from same leg of stitch, and western. from same leg of stitch just opposite.
I too thank you! I was taught Eastern and it wasn’t until I knit a Norwegian sweater in the round that ended up with twisted stitches .. so now I knit in the round Continental and flat Eastern.. I was so happy when I realized my type of knitting was a real style
I am so happy to find this video! My sisters and I learned how to knit from our mother who was born in New York City but whose family was Russian. Her mother died when she was four, and we never did find out who she learned to knit from, maybe a close older woman relative. We, like a lot of people who commented below, did not know that this method had a name, but it makes perfect sense that it is called Eastern European style! I am thrilled to find that out! This method, which no one I know other than my sisters knows how to do, is so much easier and faster than the Continental method, which is easier and faster than the English/American method. As you mention three years ago, below, this style, which causes the "legs" of the stitches to lean, I think, in the opposite direction from in Continental style, but is perfect for stockinette stitch, doesn't work in some more complex stitches. For instance, I took Nancy Marchant's brioche class from Bluprint and had to use the Continental style to make the brioche stitches come out right. BUT, this style is perfect for stockinette. It would be helpful to know which other stitches it would work for and not work for. My mother made many complex afghans with cables and bubbles, etc, all using this way of knitting. Thank you so much!
I am happy this video helps :)
I am a right handed crocheter and tried traditional continental knitting, found it easy. But after watching your Eastern European knitting and purling I find it even easier because it feels more natural to me being that I started as a crocheter and I am just picking up knitting. I find it easier to "pick" knit as well in Eastern European knitting. Thank you SO muchfor showing this video. I have always wanted to knit and now I feel comfortable doing so.
Karen Lucero ABQ Enjoy 👍🏻😊💕
I am a self-taught knitter during the peak of the pandemic. I've recently joined some live knitting groups and was told my style of knitting is unusual. I've been trying to track down what style I've morphed into and it is Eastern European! I thought it was Russian for a while but I don't knit through the back unless I want twisted stitches. Thank you for the clarity!
Love your video! Very helpful and clear. Now I know the name of the method I was taught, thanks!!!!
I’m so happy you like it
Thank you, I always thought there was something wrong with my knitting style ☺️
Omg!!! I learned my knitting partly from my aunt and partly from UA-cam videos and I was mixing eastern and continental 🤦♀️ that's why it never looked exactly right! You blew my mind
That’s why I’m mixing things up too. Habits ❤️ Remember if you are getting the fabric you want it doesn’t matter which way you do it.
I believe that Continental knitting simply refers to holding the working yarn in your left hand as opposed to English knitting (yarn flicked or thrown with right hand). As to the way to orient the stitch or wrap the yarn, Western knitting is what you are doing in the first part of the demo, and Combined (or Eastern Uncrossed) is what you are describing in the second part. I am a combination knitter, and I love this style, but I have to adjust the patterns that are written assuming a Western wrap.
You are totally right 😃👍🏻
I knit Eastern European style as well, and the way you and I do it, is considered "twisted", or rather "half twisted" because we twist our knit stitches but we don't twist the purl stitches. I just realized this as I was knitting my Vintersol sweater that had short rows in the middle of the back and they looked so much more different than when I knit in the round. I went back to all my knits and had this epiphany, and since then I have been looking for ways of "fixing" this since it definitely adds an oddity to large garments like sweaters. Speaking of which, I also took the same chances as you with Vintersol by choosing a different yarn (lettlopi), a larger needle size, and going up one size for wear. I also found that that I had to improvise my neck line.... I am not done with it but it will be interesting to see where things lead. Thank you for all your videos, they are very informative and I love your knitting.
I love the way I knit 😊❤️ Good luck with the neckline as it very hard with thicker yarn to play with all the fabric - tag me if you can so I could see your progress 😃👍🏻
Thank you for this! I've been knitting eastern European style my whole life but thought it's continental and maybe I'm doing it wrong do this video was perfect! 😊
I am happy I could help :)
The same! I though I was doing continental coz I thought there’s only the English and continental. Now I know I’m doing the European style. I’m a crocheter so it was the easiest transition for me.
Funny thing, I also knit continental and Russian or Eastern European style! After I had pitched out all of the purls that I did not like, while I was trying to learn Continental, or English because I heard the purls were easier. In a video of how to knit faster, I heard did English purls were easier, but I never did find out because I cannot get over the stop-start halting progress of the throwing Style not to mention I'm a crocheter in my right hand just does not want to hold the thread! I cannot get good enough at it to do the flicking, although, the lever method seems to appeal to me, so I might try that. Also I heard about the Norwegian Purl, then I learned about the Russian Purl , and then I realized that it caused some difficulty causing Twisted stitches. I did learn that people in Russia don't mind because Twisted stitches make a sweater a bit more windproof than otherwise knitted. That is because I finally got tired of finding out that each video I looked at had different techniques and I was drowning in information but not all of these videos were identifying what type of knitting they were doing and they all seem to just act like their way of knitting was the only way there was in the world to do it. So one day swimming in confusion just looked up on the internet, " what is the old traditional way of knitting in Russia", because as I am not afraid of looking at foreign language videos - and they seem to be awfully well demonstrated tutorials I tell you - I watch mostly Russian videos because of the interesting stitches and the ease with which they do it. That is when I quit looking at the stitches that were produced, because I always skip to the end, and finally saw how they were doing it I knew why I spit out other ideas because they were not tasteful to me. Basically I eliminated all other ways but the Eastern European way and did not even know what it was called until I looked it up on the internet with my simple question.
Wow, it's fascinating to see how knitting evolved slightly differently in various parts of the world!
Your Eastern European method looks really easy to work with. As a one-handed knitter, I'm always looking for easier ways! 😁 I'm definitely going to rewatch a few times and try it. Thanks for demonstrating!
+TV Diva ... I know that most videos on UA-cam would be with people holding yarn in right hand, but it is not important how you hold it is more how you rap the yarn around the needle - it was so hard for me to see what's going on when someone had it in different hand :)
Lovely clear demonstration, thanks.
I do this without moving the yarn to the front and I think it's easier. It does put the right leg of the stitch at the back of the needle but it's easy to get used to. It is not the same as the Norwegian Purl. I learned it from a video by Annie's Knittery that called her way as Eastern European Knitting. But I know I like it and it's fast. Thank you for your video.
I have found my home. Believe it or not in my search to make Continental purling easier , I heard about Norwegian purling which is still a lot of wrangling but seems to be a little bit easier if I didn't get dyslexic trying it ! I tried English purling, having heard that it was easier, and then I heard about Russian purling...
Well, since I don't care whether somebody is speaking a foreign language or writes their titles and some native language or other I watch everybody's videos an in between looking at all those different ones I saw somebody stitching behind the needle, behind the fabric they were making. My brain put two and two together and I knew that Russian Pearl on the front and a mirrored Russian Pearl on the back was going to be exactly what I wanted to do. I did it I figured it out myself.
That’s brilliant ♥️😃👍🏻 There are so many techniques that are avail to pick one or even know more to engage different muscles each time. The post important enjoy it 🥰♥️♥️♥️
@@Knittingilove oh I can't tell you how many videos I've watched. It has got to be hundreds of thousands, and in the last 5 years I have only seen a total of four videos that actually made it click in my brain. I am a hairdresser so I am used to using tools, which means with sticks in my hands I'm manipulate the string with my sticks. I really don't use my fingers to do much besides hold the yarn to feed the need and the sticks to move the string. If the yarn isn't where it needs to be it's going to be a stick that moves it not my fingers. Believe me as a beauty operator I am used to using all of my fingers individually of one another, and the little games you play to get your ring finger to act differently or to be able to raise it when it's flat on a table, has never been a problem for me where is most people cannot use or raise their ring finger independently of their middle finger and perhaps even their pinky. When watching all these videos I was laughing at people that overly use their fingers to manipulate the yarn with their fingers. I the advantage of it but I can't get my hands to do it if I can't wrap my head around the reason why I should if I can make my stick do it for me. I do streamline all of my movements as I do in crochet because I have joint problems and have had arthritis since I was a child. It is a truth that if someone is taught or instructed to move their hands and fingers a certain way they will, but if it's not actually necessary... why? Since I watch foreign language videos four ones that have no wording at all and the demonstrators are so very good at pointing at what is important my eyes have become very keen about what goes where and how to get it there working smarter, not harder. I'm so glad I found you because I didn't even know what this way of knitting was called and I want to do those real fancy stitches I see those Turkish ladies make while they are Continental. I just did not know how to translate it into the way I knit!
I had almost given up, until it dawned on me to ask Google "how do old Russian grandmas knit?" I remembered back more than 8 years ago watching a video of a long frosted fingernails and a Russian woman doing these real slick easy fast moves and I thought that is the way I want to knit cuz that is so practical and streamlined and No Nonsense. But I didn't know how to save videos to my library. I was a little slow to the computer age and it took me a while to save up for my first smartphone. The video is long gone and it is the father that they feed newbie UA-camrs. I have not seen a Russian Lady knit that way. I'm mostly get Russian crocheters on my feed, even though my taste is eclectic and it runs anywhere from Tunisian to heavy trucks and RVs back to yarn art, hair arts, to upcycling and repurposing, to woodwork and other crafting, and art. It had never dawned on me to ask for Russian Knitters on the search line, except recently. If my Google search brought me nothing I was going to translate the words "knit sweater/ fashion" into "вязание модного свитера" and see what it got me, because learning " tığ işi " and " örgü " got me thousands of videos of Turkish women showing me some of the most brilliant elegant designs that North American women just don't know. And I learned that words bother me I can learn so much better and quicker when there are no words. I find myself getting impatient ones that talk so much I am thinking or shouting " just show me what you're here for doing!" I am very monkey see, monkey do. The words don't matter anyway, because I have no frame of reference. I don't speak Knittinese. I don't knit the way anybody else I've seen does. I mean I can Continental. But all I wanted to do in the beginning was stockinette, and I realized very quickly when I went to the store to buy circulars, I would never ever have to Purl in my entire life, but then I got bored. I had to learn to Purl, so I can do fancy stitches, so when I started searching I kept running into ladies that talked for the first 15 minutes of a video... and I get frustrated and start thinking or yelling " Until you show me the movements that match the words you're saying, I am lost in Timbuktu, so to speak". Yes I am a very impatient learner and not knowing how to do something did not stop me from getting the tools and teaching myself... just playing around until it dawns on me what to do next!
I just thought to record it as it is important NOT TO MIX those two methods and ... well I did ;P .... I didn't even know that how it is called until last week, I got a message on revelry when I mentioned during one of my podcasts that I noticed that I am not getting the lace work as I should - I was using continental knit with eastern european purl - therefore lesson is learned DON'T MIX THOSE TWO METHODS :)
I love the circular needle individual case. Where can I purchase this?
Susan Tripp I’m so happy you like my pouch I designed and were selling it but at the moment I stopped.
Thank you. Love your design and please make it available soon!
I learned eastern style of knitting in my earlier knitting years in Poland. After moving to Canada ( many years later) I revised knitting. Looking at UA-cam knitting videos I couldn't understand why everyone was knitting differently. Eventually I switch to continental method abandoning my earlier technique. I think every Polish knitter should watch this video
Thank you! Now I know how my knitting is called. Eastern Europe. I agree,it is easy way :)
Thanks so much for making this video and explaining the difference between continental knitting and European knitting and Purling..I have a knitted both ways ..but did not know the correct term for European and did not know it looked different thank you so much..
Also I forgot to mention in the video there are two ways of holding yarn if you hold it in the right hand you are using English method and if you hold the yarn in the left hand you are using Continental Method... You can see that I am holding my yarn in my left hand :) I am happy that I could help. I like to mix my styles when I knit depends of the project :)
Thank you so much! I now finally understand the differences! :)
Wow, now that seems better than the English or continental stitches!!
Thanks for showing us the different methods of knitting. It is fascinating. I was taught yet another version - like continental but I hold the yarn in my right hand. Think i’m too old to change now. Wonder what everyone else does?
+Chris Hunt ... everyone I know over here who knits ... that's one person at work ... holds yarn in wright hand and is as some people call it a thrower? it is interesting and you can check #howiknit - amazing :)
Please for sock knitters, if you can make a video of purling in the round. Though most sock bodies are done in stockinette, there is normally a cuff which is most often 2x2 rib. I find the method I like best is Combined Purl or Eastern Purl but in the round the stitch stacks and looks differently, I know how to do this, by purling through the back loop. Much easier than the people who are using Norwegian Purl.
I knit Combined Continental but know other methods and still often use my original method which is English Flicking. I like what is efficient.
I was wondering what the difference between the two were! I only picked up on the continental style when I started knitting very recently. But I may try the European style sometime! I still need to practice on speed and easy effort, which the European style looks like it's the right method for that. Thanks for the share!
+Crafty Crochet ... you're welcome :) just don't mix them as the effect will be different, you can't use european style to work in a round cicular needles and - just in case you read pattern and you have k2tog etc you need to check on YT how it looks like in that style :)
Very true! (I would be the clumsy type enough to get them mixed up, so I'll be cautious). I'll do more research on them too, since currently I only have one pair of circular needles to practice with. Overtime though I'll have a mixture of both needle types. c: Thanks again!
Yes, you can use Eastern European to work in the round using circular needles. See Russian Speed Knitting website and videos. Once you can 'read' your stitches, regardless of how they are mounted, and 'feel' the stitch being worked you are good to go. Trying to work a stitch, but it's tight, usually means you are working the 'wrong' side of the leg and it's going to twist. If the stitch easily 'opens' as you work it, you've got the correct leg for either purl or knit.
I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to do a Norwegian purl eastern style. The only demos I can find are all Western through the front style
I don't know Norwegian - I know only these two and I am mixing them up depends of the project :)
@@Knittingilove took me an hour or two but I figured it out. Norwegian purl simply let's you keep the yarn behind the needle. From I can see it's useful if you are doing a pattern that goes back and forth. Not such a good option for combo Knitters if you have a long line of purls though
My confusion with Eastern European style comes when a pattern says to knit into the back of the stitch. Since you're already knitting into the 'back' of the stich, how do you do that?
k2 That is a good question. Most of the patterns are written for Eastern European style therefore it would depends what the pattern wants me to achieve by knitting through a back knitting flat. If you knit in a round through the back loop you get twisted stitch. I only knit through the back when I knit flat and that doesn’t happen a lot 😊
Is it possible to knit in continental & purl in Eastern European in the same garment?
Continental knitting is holding yarn in left hand. Eastern European is wrapping yarn on the needle in opposite direction when purling. If you knit flat then to get stockinette stitch on weight side you need to knit through back leg otherwise purl stitches create twisted stitches. If you knit in the round you can do the same or knit through the front leg as the twisted sts will be shown only in the wrong side in the purl rounds
Thank you!
Do you have a video on how to purl cast on in European?
@@brandibroussard45 No would you think it’s a big difference than standard one?
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Thank you :)
I first learned eastern european style. But it seems that it is not suitable for knitting in circle becouse in the next row stiches will be oriented in a wrong way. Is it true? I am going to try to knit something in a circle for the first time and I am a bit confused.
You need to knit through a front leg in knit stitch when knitting in the round.
@@Knittingilove Thank you! But how to knit pearl stitch? There are both of them in the pattern,
@@alemkaknapp8576 check what results you want a twisted or standard looking stitch and see what you get when you knit through front or back stitch. It depends if the pattern if it’s something that needs to be done to achieve the same look of textured pattern then you do what the pattern says but if it does not play a massive role then knit the way you like
@@alemkaknapp8576 check what results you want a twisted or standard looking stitch and see what you get when you knit through front or back stitch. It depends if the pattern if it’s something that needs to be done to achieve the same look of textured pattern then you do what the pattern says but if it does not play a massive role then knit the way you like
@@Knittingilove Thanks!
I'm Eastern European, therefore I do the easiest knitting style there is (to me anyways).
I noticed something wrong though, and it's not about the knitting technique, but you're taking the yarn from the middle of the ball. This twists your yarn way too much. Definitely NO WAY to do it.
Excellent tutorial, BUT the music is too loud. May be next time no music in your tutorials
I need to check as maybe UA-cam edit section can lower the volume- thanks ♥️😃👍🏻
@@Knittingilove oh ok, and yes do that May be you can fix that 😉
I must say that it is not right way to do the Eastern Europe because of mixed method of western and eastern. Eastern Europe knit and purl from same leg of stitch, and western. from same leg of stitch just opposite.
Thank You 😊 Do I understand it that it is a Mixed Method then
I had to stop watching at abt 5:15... you were out of frame so I couldn't follow you.
small footprint I’m still in frame at that time 🤔