Curious which you prefer?
I’ve just been trying to get to grips with the continental way…
I do both.
English. It’s funny because I did the opposite of what everyone else seems to do. I was a crocheter first so I started out continental. I was having a hard time so I tried english and it just seemed to click! I do use both continental and english at the same time when I do fair isle though.
I am not a strictly english or continental knitter. I am a weirdo. I hold the yarn in my left hand, but I throw it instead of pick it.
I started crocheting before I learned to knit so continental was just what I did naturally, I guess. I’ve never tried anything else!
(Truth be known, I had to look up what continental and English knitting were – I wasn’t sure of the difference. I don’t know what I do, I just do it! :oops: )
I prefer the continental method. My work seems to flow better (faster) that way. When I first started knitting I was using the english method and it was much slower going. I didn’t even know there were ‘methods’ until recently. I gave continental a try and loved it.
I prefer continental, as it seems faster and more versitile, but my hands just don’t work that way. I’ve tried and tried.
English by default.
P.S. It seems like you are missing a selection. Perhaps it should be: (continental, english, other)
I know what you mean…it does seem much faster…i’d love to get good at it, at the moment though… my hands are very clumsy.
Continental for me. I didn’t even know there was another way of knitting until I came here. :teehee:
All the women in my family (grandmother, mother, aunts) and I knit continental. My kids are learning to knit at school and they are knitting English.
Best,
Susan xxx
Continental. When I was perusing this site, I believe Amy said that it was faster to knit that way on one of the videos. So I picked that one to try out.
It’s so nice to know there are other continental knitters like me…my snb has 42 registered members and I’ve done a similar poll…there are 2 of us that knit continental. Others have expressed interest but then say they don’t understand when I try to teach them. Guess I’m a lousy teacher…
yep…that’d be nice to know…any combined knitters out there? Looks insanely confusing to me but I’ve never tried…
I learned English and it’s what feels like ‘knitting’ to me. When I try Conti, it requires too much attention. English has worked for me so far!
Well, here I was, getting ready to learn Conti. If it’s good enough for Ingrid, it’s good enough for me!
:teehee:
I learned English because thats what both my neighbor and knitting teacher both do and teach. But… I taught myself Continental using the videos here and after using it for about 2 months on a consistent basis I like it much better. Its so much less work especially switching back and forth from knitting to purling and vice versa. It did feel very clumsy to me and my tension was off for a while. It was worth the effort though.
English. My hands just won’t seem to work any other way, must be my English heritage! :teehee:
Ingrid, I feel much better about knitting English now!!! 
(I keep thinking Continental is something I should be doing… even though I know there are no shoulds in knitting… but I’m comfortable with English, and when I tried Continental I felt like I couldn’t control the yarn. I may try again someday… but for now, English it is!)
There’s no right or wrong–it all turns out the same. :shrug:
I was a crocheter first, but I’m strongly right-handed, so English style is the only way I can knit. I’ve tried Conti, but I cannot do the purl stitch that way. Count me as another English by default.