Holiday crafting is finally finished.\u00a0 I finished all but one piece in plenty of time, but that last piece proved to be far more time consuming than I expected!<\/p>\n
With the “must complete” list done, I’ve started my 3rd knitting project today, a stockinette stitch washcloth from Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting<\/a>.\u00a0 And now that I’m having to purl, I’ve discovered that purling as a continental knitter is really hard.\u00a0 So, I thought I’d do a quick post with some resources for continental style knitting.<\/p>\n I did my first knitting project holding my needles in the English method (i.e. the way that pretty much everyone here in the U.S. does): yarn and working needle in your right hand.\u00a0 I found it very difficult to hold my yarn in my ‘working’ hand.\u00a0 While I was working on this project I came across the Continental Method.<\/p>\n In the Continental Method, the yarn is held in the left hand and the working needle in the right hand.\u00a0 This positioning is exactly the same as I use in crochet.\u00a0 So, for my second knitting project (the garter stitch washcloth from Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting<\/a>), I did it in continental style.\u00a0 I was amazed at how much easier this was for me.<\/p>\n However, when I started work on the stockinette stitch, I discovered that purling was more difficult; it felt very<\/em> awkward and I couldn’t figure out how to purl as smoothly as I could knit.\u00a0 Thankfully, youtube came to my rescue!<\/p>\n Here is my personal favorite continental purling method so far: