Yes, I'm being nosey :D

I actually hold w/ my left hand and "throw" the yarn over my needle.

What's your style?:)

I'm just starting out (I know how to knit and purl thus far :D ). But I hold my yarn with my right hand.

I'm a "picker".
I guess I hold it with my left hand (not sure, not holding any yarn)
From what I've gathered, I'm a "continental" knitter. I find having to let go of my needle and wrap the yarn around the needle takes too much time. I guess that's just the crocheter in me!

I hold it with my right hand. I am left-handed, and though I don't follow the directions for left-handed knitting I am primarily a crocheter, so I use my nondominant hand for yarn always.

The yarn is wrapped around fingers of my left hand and picked up with the right needle as I go. I don't wrap the yarn by hand but let the needle grab it. Does that make sense?

I'm a Continental knitter as well! ...holding the yarn with my left hand.

Originally posted by CheekyBabies
The yarn is wrapped around fingers of my left hand and picked up with the right needle as I go. I don't wrap the yarn by hand but let the needle grab it. Does that make sense?


This is exactly what I do.

and I thought I was wierd after seeing other people knit!

Oh yes, add me to the left handed picker/grabber list!

lol!...

right hand for both knitting and crocheting...I'm left handed

I've tried continental b/c it seems so much more efficient but I just can't get the hang of it. I'm still a right hand wrapper ~sigh~

I'll be the weirdo- I pick when I'm doing knit stich and I purl english style!!!!! The only thing this is actually useful for is strand work with two colors at a time, but I do it for everything because I'm strange :p

I'm a continental knitter as a result of being taught by my mom, who was taught by her mom, who is German.

Originally posted by thea
I'm a continental knitter as a result of being taught by my mom, who was taught by her mom, who is German.

my mother is German and she taught me how to knit. I had no trouble following knitting but her purl method completely threw me. Did your mother teach you to purl? My mother's purl techniqure really resembled a crochet move. Lots of needle moving and yarn wrapping LOL

Either. It depends where I'm sitting (which arm has more room to move)

It also will depend on how hard the pattern is, I think if it's harder I go back to the way I learned (right-hand and wrapping I think??)

Anyway....

left...doesn't everyone do it that way? I don't think I've been paying attention....:D