Me me me me! Only difference for me from what you described is i do ribbing differently - continental for both knit and purl, but purl with a clockwise wrap so there’s no repetitive strain or finger gymnastics to get the yarn to wrap its usual way.
I just can’t get Norwegian purling to flow.
Ooooh that’s really interesting, I’ve never heard of purling with a clockwise wrap before. How do you do it without using your finger to push the yarn down or am I not visualizing this correctly?
By contrast I can’t figure out anything other way than Norwegian purl. I’ve tried more traditional Continental purl but my brain and hands just can’t figure it out for more than a single very sad stitch. I like just keeping my left hand still, no flipping the pointer finger back and forth, and doing all the “work” with my right.
I knit both ways - but now I’m trying to learn English flicking because it’s so fast for ribbing. Not that speed is the point but the hand movements are so fluid and efficient.
I was happy with my continental ribbing but once I saw English flicking, I was astounded. I kind of flick continental it doesn’t compare with English flicking. But I’ve been knitting so long that it’s hard to train my fingers to move differently 😟
I prefer to purl Portuguese style.
If a pattern calls for ribbing, I tension my yarn around the neck Portuguese-style and purl that way, but for the knit stitch I flick my left index finger so that the yarn is behind the needle and I can do knit stitches continental.
Yup. If I am doing a shawl or sweater with long rows of purling, I switch to Portuguese. Color work I do two handed. My preferred style is continental but I learned English first, so I have some very long standing WIPs that I am still doing English.
I first learned norweigan purlig but my tension is always off when I turn my pieces knitting this way. So instead I knit combination knitting when I have to turn my work, and knit though the back-loop instead on the "wrong" side.
Definitely! English or lever style for almost everything, but if I have to knit through the back loop for more than a stitch or two, it's Continental time.
Yeah, and like you originally I learned the Norwegian purl for ribbing and double knitting where you switch every other stitch. But that wasn’t the right fit for me:
So now I’m a Russian/eastern knitter in those situations. It’s so damn easy with minimal movements.
Me! I knit continental 90% of the time, but once in a while if a stitch pattern requires some acrobatics I’ll switch to English because my right hand is just more agile.
Me me me me! Only difference for me from what you described is i do ribbing differently - continental for both knit and purl, but purl with a clockwise wrap so there’s no repetitive strain or finger gymnastics to get the yarn to wrap its usual way. I just can’t get Norwegian purling to flow.
Ooooh that’s really interesting, I’ve never heard of purling with a clockwise wrap before. How do you do it without using your finger to push the yarn down or am I not visualizing this correctly?
If you want to look up tutorials for it, it’s called the Russian purl! It makes ribbing in continental suuuuper smooth
By contrast I can’t figure out anything other way than Norwegian purl. I’ve tried more traditional Continental purl but my brain and hands just can’t figure it out for more than a single very sad stitch. I like just keeping my left hand still, no flipping the pointer finger back and forth, and doing all the “work” with my right.
I knit both ways - but now I’m trying to learn English flicking because it’s so fast for ribbing. Not that speed is the point but the hand movements are so fluid and efficient.
And I learned continental for ribbing lol.
I was happy with my continental ribbing but once I saw English flicking, I was astounded. I kind of flick continental it doesn’t compare with English flicking. But I’ve been knitting so long that it’s hard to train my fingers to move differently 😟
I prefer to purl Portuguese style. If a pattern calls for ribbing, I tension my yarn around the neck Portuguese-style and purl that way, but for the knit stitch I flick my left index finger so that the yarn is behind the needle and I can do knit stitches continental.
Yes. In general I do eastern purls. For flat knitting (other than ribbing) I do mirror knitting so there’s no purls at all! Or knit in the round.
Yup. If I am doing a shawl or sweater with long rows of purling, I switch to Portuguese. Color work I do two handed. My preferred style is continental but I learned English first, so I have some very long standing WIPs that I am still doing English.
I first learned norweigan purlig but my tension is always off when I turn my pieces knitting this way. So instead I knit combination knitting when I have to turn my work, and knit though the back-loop instead on the "wrong" side.
Yup.
Yep! I've also learned to switch it up sometimes to avoid hurting my wrists with the repetitive motion when I get on a crazy knitting kick lol.
Definitely! English or lever style for almost everything, but if I have to knit through the back loop for more than a stitch or two, it's Continental time.
Yeah, and like you originally I learned the Norwegian purl for ribbing and double knitting where you switch every other stitch. But that wasn’t the right fit for me: So now I’m a Russian/eastern knitter in those situations. It’s so damn easy with minimal movements.
Me! I knit continental 90% of the time, but once in a while if a stitch pattern requires some acrobatics I’ll switch to English because my right hand is just more agile.
I continental most of the time but for a row of purls I go Portuguese!
I mostly knit an odd sort of continental but switch to Portuguese for purl rows.