Yay! Learning to knit continental style 😁

Hi, Esmay, yes, the knitting will look the same, it's just a faster way to knit and it's meant to be less taxing on the joints. I fancied a challenge - and here I am! . Still, I might regret it when I have to learn the purl stitch. It looks much harder than the knit stitch.

I wish I knew how to knit any way at all. I was always hopeless at knitting, sewing, crafts and the like. It must be so satisfying and relaxing.

I want to try and learn the Continental way, as my wrists hurt these days. Just need to find a project and go slowly, and watch some You Tube videos.
Well done Fairycakes.

There are loads of videos on YouTube of Continental Knitting if anybody fancies a look.

I'll take a look!

I've been trying to teach myself a different way to crochet from YouTube, which feels awkward, but it's because my index finger is sore and becoming lumpy

Very well done Fairycakes !
I think that I'll stick with the British method of knitting !
My German sister in law used to tell me that the German way was superior .
I just watched a YouTube video of Tunisian crochet .
I thought , that's really great I'll be able to do that and then , I looked at the end result - it looked just like stocking stitch and even I can do that basic knit stitch !

Me too, Doodledog and I never learned to crochet either - I think Brown Owl had to take a couple of aspirins every time she thought of it.
Is the continental way easier on ageing hands?? That would be an incentive.

I have tried to do it continental style (oo er, Missus!), but just can't do it. I blame muscle memory, as I can't crochet either - my hands just want to move as though to knit English style, 'throwing' the yarn.

BlueBelle, fancy a new hobby? How's about taking up knitting? 😀

Primrose, my mum's friend is German, and after watching how fast she knitted, I decided to give it another go.

I'm not looking forward to learning the purl stitch, Oldnproud. It definitely looks more difficult. But in for a penny, in for a pound 😁.

Of course continental knitters hold the yarn in their LEFT hand! ( I blame dyslexic and dyspraxia) but I, do knit in a sort of continental style all of my own.

BlueBelle

So as a non knitter what’s the difference ?

British style knitters hold the yarn in their right hand and “throw” it over the needle to make a stitch.
Continental knitters hold the yarn in their right hand and “pluck” the yarn with the needle.
As a non-knitter this might not make any sense, but if you try it, it will.

I have gone over to the continental way too, Fairycakes in the last couple of years.
Initially, it was because I wanted to improve my fairisle by being able to knit with one colour in each hand. It took a lot of practice, but for me it was the realization that my left hand did most of the yarn work with no problem at all when I crochet that helped me over the mental block of using that hand for knitting too.

Overall I much prefer it now, though I don't enjoy purling in it as much as knitting (especially that awkward first stitch of each purl row!), and I still resort back to my old way on rows that call for a lot of kfb-type increases or other similar things.

Your photo doesn't look bad to me - keep up the good work ☺

Well done! Somehow, as a child I learned continental style, although my mother, who taught me, never knitted that way.

I rarely knit, so am poor at it, but at least I’m fast 😂

So as a non knitter what’s the difference ?

Looks great. 👏👏 I usually knit socks the continental way apart from turning the heel. My late MIL was German and knitted that way and was so fast and even.

I gave up on the British way of knitting when I was seven, and got my mother to teach me the Continental way. It is faster, easier and better for your wrists.

I am by no means an expert knitter, but my knitting is not bumpy, so perservere.

Or as my Grannie said, " If at once you don't suceed, try, try, and try again!"