Technique

OK. Expanding on the first post :)

Like i said, I'm a self-taught Standard Continental knitter, with some left-hand dominant modifications. This should not be confused with mirror knitting, or knitting backwards, in "true left hand" form. While i can knit backwards, it feels somewhat awkward for me, as it isn't something i do or have practiced with any regularity. I'm comfortable with the way I've learned to knit.

But, I do apparently knit differently than most people who knit standard Continental. First, there's yarn positioning. Everyone has their own methods, but usually the yarn is held aloft--above the needles and work. I hold my yarn lower than the needles and the work. I wrap around my middle finger most often, and will bring my fingers up and around, rather than using the needles to pick the yarn.

My left hand also does most of the work when it comes to forming stitches. I snag the front leg of a stitch on the right needle, usually by moving the left needle, and will move the left needle up and around the right to form the new stitch and drop the old one. The right needle stays fairly steady in my hand.

Yes, i will eventually, at some point, get pictures of all this, and add them in.

In the end though, my knitting looks the same as anyone else's--neat rows of stitches. It works for me, and gets the job done.

Until later!