Comments on: The Knit Stitch http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/2009/09/the-knit-stitch/ Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:49:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Glynn http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/2009/09/the-knit-stitch/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Mary Glynn Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:59:39 +0000 http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/?p=461#comment-1473 I LOVE your idea of these video's. I subscribed to your youtube feed (I am hainangel2000 on ravelry) anyway I will be sharing your video how to's with all our charity's volunteers. (heavenly angels in need) Our craft forum http://haincraftforum.org is where we will post them. These are so helpful!!! Thank you Mary I LOVE your idea of these video’s. I subscribed to your youtube feed (I am hainangel2000 on ravelry) anyway I will be sharing your video how to’s with all our charity’s volunteers. (heavenly angels in need) Our craft forum http://haincraftforum.org is where we will post them. These are so helpful!!! Thank you

Mary

]]> By: Linda from Easton, PA http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/2009/09/the-knit-stitch/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Linda from Easton, PA Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:48:32 +0000 http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/?p=461#comment-1477 Yep, that's me, only, since my grandmother didn't knit I must be channeling someone's nana! I drape the yarn over my left middle finger and sometimes I move the left hand needle to do all the picking so my right hand gets a bit of a rest. This is such a speedy way to knit! Yep, that’s me, only, since my grandmother didn’t knit I must be channeling someone’s nana! I drape the yarn over my left middle finger and sometimes I move the left hand needle to do all the picking so my right hand gets a bit of a rest. This is such a speedy way to knit!

]]> By: Kim http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/2009/09/the-knit-stitch/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 Kim Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:43:05 +0000 http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/?p=461#comment-1476 lol - so far, it looks like we all have(had) the same wonderful grandmother :) I knit exactly like you, Susan. I'm left-handed, so it leads me to believe my Grandmother was also left-handed. Maybe not, maybe that's how she was taught. I've also discovered that the way you knit, Susan, is also called "German" or "Continental" knitting. All the knitting jargon can get confusing, esp. when one is using acronyms :) Keep up the EXCELLENT work, Susan - we love you! lol – so far, it looks like we all have(had) the same wonderful grandmother :) I knit exactly like you, Susan. I’m left-handed, so it leads me to believe my Grandmother was also left-handed. Maybe not, maybe that’s how she was taught.

I’ve also discovered that the way you knit, Susan, is also called “German” or “Continental” knitting. All the knitting jargon can get confusing, esp. when one is using acronyms :)

Keep up the EXCELLENT work, Susan – we love you!

]]> By: elizaduckie http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/2009/09/the-knit-stitch/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 elizaduckie Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:36:03 +0000 http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/?p=461#comment-1475 That is the Continental method and you do it in a pretty typical way. May I suggest you put something light under your hands/get the camera closer. Those three reflected lights on the table are quite distracting. There are many pros as cons for any style of knitting. An excellent website for all sorts of help to knitters who use either the Continental or the No.Am/English Style is www.knittinghelp.com of particular help is the "decrease" and "increase" page where there is a fabulous visual as well as videos. Keep up the good work. That is the Continental method and you do it in a pretty typical way. May I suggest you put something light under your hands/get the camera closer. Those three reflected lights on the table are quite distracting. There are many pros as cons for any style of knitting.

An excellent website for all sorts of help to knitters who use either the Continental or the No.Am/English Style is http://www.knittinghelp.com of particular help is the “decrease” and “increase” page where there is a fabulous visual as well as videos.

Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Sandee http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/2009/09/the-knit-stitch/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 Sandee Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:53:33 +0000 http://www.spudandchloe.com/blog/?p=461#comment-1474 Did we have the same grandmother? I hold my yarn and pick it through exactly as you do. When I crochet I pretty much do the same yarn hold in the left hand and motion with my right hand holding the hook. I am a big fan of "do what works", so I would never tell someone who throws the yarn to change, if that is what works for them, but I never understood all that extra motion when knitting. Did we have the same grandmother? I hold my yarn and pick it through exactly as you do. When I crochet I pretty much do the same yarn hold in the left hand and motion with my right hand holding the hook.

I am a big fan of “do what works”, so I would never tell someone who throws the yarn to change, if that is what works for them, but I never understood all that extra motion when knitting.

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