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I’m left handed so I hold my crochet hook in the left hand, yarn and work in my right. For knitting everything is exactly backwards from the right hand view (or patterns). This can be confusing at times when constructing a garment.
“normal” for crocheting still trying to find the “right” way for me on Knitting
Je tiens très mal les aiguilles, je les tiens par dessus mais ma tension est ok. Oufff Par contre, j’aimerais bien apprendre à mieux tricoter… en 2013? I hope!!! 🙂
I’m a lefty and a throw knitter.
I am a “thrower” when it comes to knitting, I want to learn to “pick” continental style.
Not sure what my technique is with crochet, I taught myself.
I hold my needles hands over the needles, knitting with the right needle. I tension the yarn with the right fingers, similar to how a sewing machine tensions. I learned to knit from a German lady, Gretti, when I was 7.
I hold the needle in my right hand like a pencil and the one in my left close to the tip to help control 🙂
for me knitting i hope the yarn in my right hand… i wrap the yarn around my whole hand loosely and then wound my pointer finger.
for crochet its funny yarn is held in the left hand but i hold it the same way as knitting
I am a thrower and a right hander.
I hold my needles in both hands! I , too throw the yarn…Would love to learn picking to make it a bit faster!
I hold my knitting needles like I am conducting music–with my hands on top of the needles. I’ve learned over the years to wrap the yarn around my pinky finger twice before running it over the back of my fingers and I keep my index finger straight.
Knitting is normal way for a right hander, but my crochet I still hold the yarn in my right hand and loop it round hook like I would when I knit,
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I knit continental style use to throw but when I found out how to knit continental being so much faster I hold my yarn as if to crochet wrapped around my left hand and index finger
I’m a Continental knitter and I knife my crochet.
I wind the yarn through the fingers of my right hand and use my pointer finger to loop the yarn as I knit.
I hold knitting needles fairly close to tips for control and hold yarn in right and going over pointer finger and back over little finger. Crocheting I hold yarn the same way, but I put my hand around hook. Self taught w/ crochet and was doing it “wrong” for years before I found out. It works for me.
I am a righty but hold the yarn in my left hand and pick it. 🙂
I’m left handed, but learned to knit and crochet right handed (probably because a right-hander taught me. I throw the yarn in knitting, in spite of several unsuccessful attempts to teach myself the Continental method. I hold my crochet hook like a pencil in my right hand and keep the tension with my left index finger.
I knit continental winding the yarn around my left pinky for good tension.
I have my thumbs on each needle for balance and my pointer fingers guiding the stitch. The needles rest lightly on my index fingers….awkward to explain, but works well for me.
I’M A THROWER.
I am just starting to learn to knit so it may not be correct I hold my needles between my first finger and thumbs, left is held closer to the tip.
When I was 8, my Norwegian grandmother taught me to knit, so I use the Continental method.
For knitting I am a right handed thrower. For crochet I hold the hook like a knife with the yarn in my left hand.I thread the yarn through my fingers for tension control.
I hold the needles the way I hold a knife and keep the yarn in my left hand. I wrap some yarn around my finger to keep tension.
I hold the needles like a knife and tension yarn over my right fingers. Crochet is the hook in right hand and yarn in left
I wrap my yarn around my right finger and throw around the left needle!
Depending on how my arthritic fingers are doing , I either knit continental or, if they’re stiff, fall back on throwing. Either way gets the job done!
I hold my needles up so I don’t drop a stitch I hope, and wind the yarn around my left pointer finger. I control the tension of the yarn, by moving my finger up or down. I still hear my mom saying make it tighter ( or looser). She taught me to knit when I was 5, and has been gone 21 years, but she’s still helping me knit!
I hold the work in my left hand, the yarn winded around my right pointer finger. I tried the other way,but it took more thought even though it seems easier.
I usually am a picker with knitting but “throw” when purling sometimes.
I crochet holding the hook like a pencil. On stitches like the fpdc I manipulate the work toward the hook with my left hand. I combine styles when knitting. I hold the needles on the tips and wind the yarn aaround the left needle with my lef index finger
I’m a continental knitter, and use the “knife” grip. When I crocheted I used the “knife” grip on my hook, so when I taught myself to knit, it just carried over.
I hold my hands over the needles and STILL keep the tension alittle to tight on my yarn.
I am a thrower and right handed
I knit continental style. I used to knit English style, but a guy friend of mine showed me continental. I was hooked.
To regulate tension, I loop the yarn around my left fingers, similar to how I crochet. I do not hold it out with the index fingers the way I see it in videos.
i work my knitting close to the tips of the needles, with yarn over the right index finger doing the throwing and a wrap around the little finger controlling the tension. i crochet over my left index finger while my left little finger has the wrap controlling the tension.
I’m a thrower and a picker. When my hands hurt too much from throwing I switch to picking. I hold my crochet hook in my right hand like a pencil.
I tuck my left arm in and then turn my right arm…I had an accident with my left arm when I was little so I hold the needles a bit different then most but am managing to learn….So far I’ve learnt to garter, stockingette stitch, and basket weave, and 2 on 2 cable….I’m trying a knit and purl plaid next….
I never knew there were so many ways to knit and crochet. I wrap the yarn over my pointer under the next over the next and around my little guy. hands close to points.I do not knit much now as both knitting and crocheting cause my arms to ache with pain along the front inside parts of my arms. If another method would ease the pain I’d sure love to get back in the groove.
I learned to knit by my European mom, so I’m a Continental knitter. I crochet like I’m ‘digging’ into the stitch, though…I was taught to hold the hook like a pencil but it just feels weird.