@StrahaoftheRace You do if you wrap the yarn around your pinky instead of squeezing it with your hand, and that way your hand won't start to cramp either.
Thank you. You did a great job explaining how it is done. :-) I love to knit but don't get fancy with it. I just love creating and using my hands. Knitting is such a relaxing craft.
This is Combination knitting, not Eastern European. True Eastern European always knits and purls in back of the stitch. My pet peeve is when combination knitters call their style this. They're not the same thing.
I'm a self-taught and "throw" my yarn (British? American?) But I've always knit into the back of knit-stitches and purled into the front, like this video. My finished stuff looks "normal" and I've executed some fairly elaborate patterns. Perhaps that means there is no right or wrong way?
I do like this "non-throwing" method of holding the yarn, though - I'm a "propped-needle" knitter, making double points and circular needles impossible to use. I'm thinking this holding method may cure me!
Are you supposed to knit one row and then pearl the other?? will it turn out like in the vid?? or did you just do it to explain it to us? (sorry I am a beginner haha xD)
I knit like this too, well I am from Europe too and I am kinda suprised that people knit diffrently, I mean it looks like lot of more work and effort.
OMG! This is Soooooo much easier! The bbok I learned from made this look complicated. I agree, this looks much faster than the way I learned. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
I'm trying to abandon my laborious English-style knitting, and your video has been the easiest I've seen. However, switching from K to P or P to K on the same row is still an issue. Do you have a video for that?
I wondered why your knitting looks wrong, then I looked how I knit. In Europe you hold the Work and the yarn in the left hand, that's right. But with the forefinger you only hold the yarn. The Needle will be hold with the thump and the middlefinger (and the last finger on your left hand.)
@MissFlomaster It's not the "American" way. It's the "English" way. It just so happened that the English brought that method over to America during the immigration hundreds of years ago. Hence, most Americans learn the English way first, because that's what their relatives would teach them. :P
I've seen the European metheod sone quickly on a You-tube. The European metheod looks so fluid & more practical than the american. But, then again my left handed mother taught me, a right handed person, how to knit. I recently found out I do it left handed. I am going to have to "change my ways" to become a quicker knitter. Thank you for the demo.
My mom taught me this way. When I went to a yarn shop they said my stitches were twisted and ripped it out and showed me the "correct" way. This is much easier and fluid. Thanks for the video!
Wauw... this is really difficult to do it this way... I am an european, but i knit different, but the result is the same:-) Interesting that everyone is doing it differntly, nice. But i prefer my way haha...But i have to say the explaining is very clear in this video... compliments...
Wow at all the uninformed comments on here. This IS knitting. This is not crossed knitting. The stitches would be crossed if the uploader was knitting Western, but she is not knitting Western. The uploader is knitting Combination, or Combined knitting, holding the yarn Continental (in the left hand). Calling it "European" is misleading, as it is not the common name for this method of knitting, but it most certainly is a valid method of knitting.
To all of those new to knitting : This is not the European Method of knitting. If you attempt to follow this style of knitting with patterns you will get extremely confuse. This style works for this particular knitter but she is wrong in calling it European Method. Look for other videos.
I would call that the presenters own style. It is probably closest to a personal modification of the Eastern European method of knitting - there are excellent videos made by Bertha Karapetyan here onYouTube.
@Hortentia49 She's doing it wrong and I sent her a message about it. She said I was reprimanding her and should do my own video if I didn't like what she was doing. Whatever
Just to be clear for those who are learning first time; she is knitting through the back loop of the stitch, which is not the "usual" way. Generally, you insert the needle from inside the left side of the stitch, through to the back, catch the yarn, and pull it through. Because she keeps the yarn in front during purling, her stitches do not get twisted, as they would if you were to purl conventionally. There is no right or wrong way to knit, and there are many variations of how to do it.
@Cherizac patterns are written for knitting in the front loop. By calling this instruction knitting it is causing confusion for new knitters if they think knitting through the back loop is actually knitting.
My grandma taught me how to knit when I was little, and I have always knitted like this. Once I started watching youtube videos of others knitting, I thought it was weird how they picked up the yarn with there right hand!
I was also wondering, since you are knitting then purling, wont your work begin to curl? I once knitting a scarf in this style and it curled so much! I had to iron it!
This is just a demo of the stitches. Usually on a project you prevent curling by having a border in the pattern, and of course in the round it's not a problem.
@TheKevinBarclay I had the exact same thing. My Grandma learned from her German Nanny... So now we have a long line of people who grew up in Georgia who knit the European way.
I love the Europeon method. Awesome tutorial...so easy to follow & understand...keep up the great tutorials. I look forward to hearing/watching & learning more knitting stitches using the Europeon Method. Or is knit & purl stitch the only ones you can use the europeon method with?
Hi Emi, i really liked how you taught the European method, but I was wondering how you personally cast on and what size needle you used. If you could answer these questions as soon as possible, i would greatly appreciate it. Keep up the great work!! :)
Wow, that's the only way I ever knitted, this is how my mom taught me, when I was 6. I am relieved that now things are cleared up, because I always wondered why in all knitting videos people do this weird movement with their right index finger, I though maybe it's the way professional knitters do it and it's better.
I guess a lot of self-taught knitters knit stitches with this kind of mounting, whether they knit the English or the Continental style. As long as you purl them off without twisting them, then that's no difference. But if you find that every second row ends up with twisted stitches then you may want to look into it.
Oh, you have the yarn mounted over the left needle the other way round to how I do (right leg of the stitch in front of the needle). Your purl stitch technique then places the yarn over the needle the other way round to my purling (the left leg of the stitch ends up in front of your needle). This is something that others may want to look out for.
I never knew there was a continental style of knitting - most intriguing and I want to try it now, it looks a lot quicker then the conventional style I use now. Thanks!
This is exactly how I knit! It's so hard to explain to people how I do it since I learned that way when I was 14 and never learned how to "throw." I think I'll just refer them to this video from now on. :)
@Hortentia49 Hello. I am from Bulgaria and in my country we use this method of knitting. I guess in different parts of the world is knitting in a different way. For me, this way of knitting is easier, saves yarn and movements.
this method looks so much easier than the conventional way. i m having a hard time following her after she catches the work yarn thru the loop, but this looks so much easier!
im a brand new knitter and it might be hard for me to break of the way i was shown
@Hortentia49 I learned 40 years ago with the US method of throwing the yarn with the right hand but in the last decade or so the Continental method she is demonstrating here has become HUGE in teaching videos. Also, at yarn stores there are many classes on the Continental method, because of the economy of movement.
Yay, I can do this!! I didn't know the name of the first stitch, but I learned it as a child! and it is the easiest example I've seen! Thank you so much!!
HI; pearl stitch, what does that mean ? im learning everything from the begining here. i bleive the effect of the pearl stitch is basically that the stitches are "inside out" is that corret? like the ribbed wrist on a sweater and so on, OR the BACK GROUND of a cable knit sweater
@poosaypirate this video will confuse you when you try to follow a pattern or instruction because she is knitting through the back of the loop instead of the front like most other people. She is merely showing how there are different ways to hold the yarn but her terminology is wrong when she says she is knitting. She's knitting through the back of the loop which is called for in a lot of patterns. Don't get confused by this video. Look elsewhere.
@hese61 As another European and a European knitter I can assure you this method is popular in Europe. But there's also another method (in my country called "British") which is different. I guess it depends on the part of continent which kind of knitting you call "european" and which "non-european".
@theurbanolive because patterns are written for knitting from the front which is actual knitting. This is knitting to the back loop, not knitting as she states.
This is so fun. Until recently I figured everyone knitted like this, but then apparently not. Perhaps you can post a video of the non-European method. I find it so strange that people actually knit by not catching the yarn but placing it, so a video explaining what are the pros of that would be appreciated. Also, the purl in this video is different from what I know. I learned to hold the yarn with the fingers behind, not infront
@asofiea I'm from Finland and I noticed that you are from Denmark, right? I think us Scandinavian knitters traditionally hold the yarn in the back while purling - and thank god, because I do think it's more economical that way, rather than having to adjust the yarn to the back and front when knitting a rib pattern for example. Lol, indeed it was funny to discover all the different knitting methods here on YouTube when I started knitting again after not having done it in years.
I've been searching everywhere for a clear and well explained tutorial, and this is by far one of the best videos I've seen. Thank you for having good lighting, large needles and yarn, and a slow, step by step demonstration.
Oh I love this stitch, I have a stitch book and this is in there but doesn't show you HOW ;) So thanks for making a great vid. I have subscribed to your vids cause I like your style of teaching.thanks
Huh? i thought that everybody was knitting like that? How do you guys then?
ikheetNoor 6 hours ago
Hello. Could you show me how to add stitches please. Thank you. :)
Jojos18 3 days ago
The trouble is you don't have full control of the tension this way.
StrahaoftheRace 6 days ago
@StrahaoftheRace You do if you wrap the yarn around your pinky instead of squeezing it with your hand, and that way your hand won't start to cramp either.
2013chic 4 days ago
Yeah, xtrinemixi is right, you don't knit the first stich, you just move it to the right needle ;)
By the way, your needles are EXTREMELY big! They are almost like pens. I've never seen so big needles :D
XKristineAnnaX 2 weeks ago
if u are going to do this in the real european way, dont knit the first stitch, or what u call i over there :P
xtrinemixi 3 weeks ago
Thank you. You did a great job explaining how it is done. :-) I love to knit but don't get fancy with it. I just love creating and using my hands. Knitting is such a relaxing craft.
EasyMeWorld 3 weeks ago
And btw, true Eastern European knitters wrap the yarn around the needle in the opposite direction from what this teacher shows.
Cindy1956ful 3 weeks ago
@Cindy1956ful so true, so true
tabithawizard 1 week ago
This is Combination knitting, not Eastern European. True Eastern European always knits and purls in back of the stitch. My pet peeve is when combination knitters call their style this. They're not the same thing.
Cindy1956ful 3 weeks ago
look faster
besuki66275 3 weeks ago
I'm a self-taught and "throw" my yarn (British? American?) But I've always knit into the back of knit-stitches and purled into the front, like this video. My finished stuff looks "normal" and I've executed some fairly elaborate patterns. Perhaps that means there is no right or wrong way?
I do like this "non-throwing" method of holding the yarn, though - I'm a "propped-needle" knitter, making double points and circular needles impossible to use. I'm thinking this holding method may cure me!
cosfordparker 4 weeks ago
Are you supposed to knit one row and then pearl the other?? will it turn out like in the vid?? or did you just do it to explain it to us? (sorry I am a beginner haha xD)
vnesaa 4 weeks ago
I knit like this too, well I am from Europe too and I am kinda suprised that people knit diffrently, I mean it looks like lot of more work and effort.
Liiccu 4 weeks ago
My Grandma tought me to knitt like this but everything in front. Very easy and I knitt like this whole my life. =)
moniapadme 1 month ago
Hi a tip when you purl. Just hold the yarn in the same way when you knit only keep the yarn to the front of the work. Gets easier and faster.
padime 1 month ago 2
@padime Works GREAT!
bethbmcginn 3 weeks ago
this is right and easy! thanks.
sannyhawaii 1 month ago
OMG! This is Soooooo much easier! The bbok I learned from made this look complicated. I agree, this looks much faster than the way I learned. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
GaoAsaurusG 1 month ago
I'm trying to abandon my laborious English-style knitting, and your video has been the easiest I've seen. However, switching from K to P or P to K on the same row is still an issue. Do you have a video for that?
Gertyutz 1 month ago
I wondered why your knitting looks wrong, then I looked how I knit. In Europe you hold the Work and the yarn in the left hand, that's right. But with the forefinger you only hold the yarn. The Needle will be hold with the thump and the middlefinger (and the last finger on your left hand.)
H3ll3ni 1 month ago
Well, I'm European but have never seen this method.
trovey02 1 month ago
I used a sharpener to make the ends of my painting brushes and Im using them hee hee
janynutza123 1 month ago
thanks for the video it much more easier now..for me to learn...n_n
skiesisblue 1 month ago
German aka Continental method FTW
NerdyCanadian 1 month ago
simple & beautiful
kickoke 1 month ago
I am looking at this and I don't belive that there is another method of knitting.. So now I must look for video on American way of knitting? (Latvia)
MissFlomaster 1 month ago
@MissFlomaster It's not the "American" way. It's the "English" way. It just so happened that the English brought that method over to America during the immigration hundreds of years ago. Hence, most Americans learn the English way first, because that's what their relatives would teach them. :P
HealyHQ 1 month ago
@HealyHQ I looked at the English way. It looks more time-consuming.
MissFlomaster 1 month ago
I've seen the European metheod sone quickly on a You-tube. The European metheod looks so fluid & more practical than the american. But, then again my left handed mother taught me, a right handed person, how to knit. I recently found out I do it left handed. I am going to have to "change my ways" to become a quicker knitter. Thank you for the demo.
SunnyBethe 1 month ago
The effects are so beautiful! it's like you braided them!
meliselena 1 month ago
That's the way we knit in Poland (East Europe)
333Mirabelka 1 month ago
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333Mirabelka 1 month ago
My mom taught me this way. When I went to a yarn shop they said my stitches were twisted and ripped it out and showed me the "correct" way. This is much easier and fluid. Thanks for the video!
mskuppykake 1 month ago
I have looked at a bunch of videos and i just couldn't get purl but when i saw yours i caught right on. Thanks so much!
knf2000 1 month ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH ,,, i have searched for this method alot ,, they all were so fast ,, you only make me understand thanks alooooooooooooooooooooot :)
EBTESAM50 1 month ago
Wauw... this is really difficult to do it this way... I am an european, but i knit different, but the result is the same:-) Interesting that everyone is doing it differntly, nice. But i prefer my way haha...But i have to say the explaining is very clear in this video... compliments...
lierstraat 1 month ago
Wow at all the uninformed comments on here. This IS knitting. This is not crossed knitting. The stitches would be crossed if the uploader was knitting Western, but she is not knitting Western. The uploader is knitting Combination, or Combined knitting, holding the yarn Continental (in the left hand). Calling it "European" is misleading, as it is not the common name for this method of knitting, but it most certainly is a valid method of knitting.
caitzs 1 month ago
To all of those new to knitting : This is not the European Method of knitting. If you attempt to follow this style of knitting with patterns you will get extremely confuse. This style works for this particular knitter but she is wrong in calling it European Method. Look for other videos.
tabithawizard 1 month ago
I would call that the presenters own style. It is probably closest to a personal modification of the Eastern European method of knitting - there are excellent videos made by Bertha Karapetyan here onYouTube.
avischulz 1 month ago
I'm Norwegian(European), and this is not at all how we knit over here.. :/
anesolo 2 months ago
@Hortentia49 She's doing it wrong and I sent her a message about it. She said I was reprimanding her and should do my own video if I didn't like what she was doing. Whatever
4949AveA 2 months ago
Just to be clear for those who are learning first time; she is knitting through the back loop of the stitch, which is not the "usual" way. Generally, you insert the needle from inside the left side of the stitch, through to the back, catch the yarn, and pull it through. Because she keeps the yarn in front during purling, her stitches do not get twisted, as they would if you were to purl conventionally. There is no right or wrong way to knit, and there are many variations of how to do it.
Cherizac 2 months ago
@Cherizac patterns are written for knitting in the front loop. By calling this instruction knitting it is causing confusion for new knitters if they think knitting through the back loop is actually knitting.
4949AveA 2 months ago
I'm knitting with pens :D
hamstertiff99 2 months ago 50
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There's a really dedicated knitter!!
Gertyutz 1 month ago
@hamstertiff99 I'm knitting with my fingers :D
NhiKhuu 2 weeks ago
My grandma taught me how to knit when I was little, and I have always knitted like this. Once I started watching youtube videos of others knitting, I thought it was weird how they picked up the yarn with there right hand!
I was also wondering, since you are knitting then purling, wont your work begin to curl? I once knitting a scarf in this style and it curled so much! I had to iron it!
TheKevinBarclay 2 months ago 12
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This is just a demo of the stitches. Usually on a project you prevent curling by having a border in the pattern, and of course in the round it's not a problem.
Gertyutz 1 month ago
@TheKevinBarclay I had the exact same thing. My Grandma learned from her German Nanny... So now we have a long line of people who grew up in Georgia who knit the European way.
LilLuvYall 2 weeks ago
Nice nails! =)
kwraikarn 2 months ago
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745Masti 2 months ago
I love the Europeon method. Awesome tutorial...so easy to follow & understand...keep up the great tutorials. I look forward to hearing/watching & learning more knitting stitches using the Europeon Method. Or is knit & purl stitch the only ones you can use the europeon method with?
waskoya 2 months ago
Hi Emi, i really liked how you taught the European method, but I was wondering how you personally cast on and what size needle you used. If you could answer these questions as soon as possible, i would greatly appreciate it. Keep up the great work!! :)
chubbyprincess000 2 months ago
This is how I knit....my mom taught me when I was also young (Just like Soulonthewall)
My mom was an avid knitter and this method was easy to learn. Go European method Knitters Go!!!
Muzikteach61 2 months ago
thanks ^^
maivnhiamuas 2 months ago
That's the way have always been knitting. But I heard it being called "Eastern Style".
theamazing39 2 months ago
Wow, that's the only way I ever knitted, this is how my mom taught me, when I was 6. I am relieved that now things are cleared up, because I always wondered why in all knitting videos people do this weird movement with their right index finger, I though maybe it's the way professional knitters do it and it's better.
Soulonthewall 2 months ago
I guess a lot of self-taught knitters knit stitches with this kind of mounting, whether they knit the English or the Continental style. As long as you purl them off without twisting them, then that's no difference. But if you find that every second row ends up with twisted stitches then you may want to look into it.
GiselleBel 2 months ago
Oh, you have the yarn mounted over the left needle the other way round to how I do (right leg of the stitch in front of the needle). Your purl stitch technique then places the yarn over the needle the other way round to my purling (the left leg of the stitch ends up in front of your needle). This is something that others may want to look out for.
GiselleBel 2 months ago
I never knew there was a continental style of knitting - most intriguing and I want to try it now, it looks a lot quicker then the conventional style I use now. Thanks!
caro5541 2 months ago
<3 thank you
blinkett 2 months ago
what yarn did you use (like size and brand) and what's the size of the needle? thanks! :)
coleensuarez 2 months ago
Finally someone who does it the right way!
ainanor 2 months ago
Do you think I could knit this without the purl, and do you think that the European style looks like the conventional style?
ninjatomboygal2 2 months ago
Do you think that could do this without the purl row?
ninjatomboygal2 2 months ago
This is exactly how I knit! It's so hard to explain to people how I do it since I learned that way when I was 14 and never learned how to "throw." I think I'll just refer them to this video from now on. :)
ErinEliseSmith 2 months ago
@Hortentia49 Hello. I am from Bulgaria and in my country we use this method of knitting. I guess in different parts of the world is knitting in a different way. For me, this way of knitting is easier, saves yarn and movements.
doragenova 2 months ago
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emcd1956 2 months ago
this method looks so much easier than the conventional way. i m having a hard time following her after she catches the work yarn thru the loop, but this looks so much easier!
im a brand new knitter and it might be hard for me to break of the way i was shown
i thought she was knitting with two bic pens lol
Dablkwid0w2008 2 months ago
fags
blithe111 2 months ago
@Hortentia49 I learned 40 years ago with the US method of throwing the yarn with the right hand but in the last decade or so the Continental method she is demonstrating here has become HUGE in teaching videos. Also, at yarn stores there are many classes on the Continental method, because of the economy of movement.
craftyoldbroadsgmail 2 months ago
Thank you for sharing!
yogirlabc 3 months ago
Yay, I can do this!! I didn't know the name of the first stitch, but I learned it as a child! and it is the easiest example I've seen! Thank you so much!!
WhisperingEarthMom 3 months ago
lefties will have to make the adjustments theirselfs.hhehe
SplendidjanieSings 3 months ago
aunty gud job;)
nimmi000 3 months ago
We have the same needles!except mine are bright green
spongebob2151 3 months ago
HI; pearl stitch, what does that mean ? im learning everything from the begining here. i bleive the effect of the pearl stitch is basically that the stitches are "inside out" is that corret? like the ribbed wrist on a sweater and so on, OR the BACK GROUND of a cable knit sweater
correkt ??? thanks
poosaypirate 3 months ago
@poosaypirate this video will confuse you when you try to follow a pattern or instruction because she is knitting through the back of the loop instead of the front like most other people. She is merely showing how there are different ways to hold the yarn but her terminology is wrong when she says she is knitting. She's knitting through the back of the loop which is called for in a lot of patterns. Don't get confused by this video. Look elsewhere.
4949AveA 2 months ago
this is great! do u have a blog? or more videos?
estermom 3 months ago
As an european and an european knitter, this knitting is not european knitting.
hese61 3 months ago
@hese61 As another European and a European knitter I can assure you this method is popular in Europe. But there's also another method (in my country called "British") which is different. I guess it depends on the part of continent which kind of knitting you call "european" and which "non-european".
HanniLecterDarko 3 months ago
Thank god, I always thought I wad knitting wrong because everyone I knew knitted from the front!
theurbanolive 3 months ago
@theurbanolive me too
sarouelala 3 months ago
@theurbanolive because patterns are written for knitting from the front which is actual knitting. This is knitting to the back loop, not knitting as she states.
4949AveA 2 months ago
many thanks maam,.. it helps me a lot,.. :)
widasiswanti 3 months ago
I so dig this. It maybe 4 in the morning, but I'm going to try this now. Thanks!
rkala30 3 months ago
thank you soo much , i had to make a rabbit for my sons school...........the other way took forever
queenregan 3 months ago
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Is the knitting stitch the same as knitting through back loop?
drspear98 3 months ago
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drspear98 3 months ago
This is so fun. Until recently I figured everyone knitted like this, but then apparently not. Perhaps you can post a video of the non-European method. I find it so strange that people actually knit by not catching the yarn but placing it, so a video explaining what are the pros of that would be appreciated. Also, the purl in this video is different from what I know. I learned to hold the yarn with the fingers behind, not infront
asofiea 3 months ago
@asofiea I'm from Finland and I noticed that you are from Denmark, right? I think us Scandinavian knitters traditionally hold the yarn in the back while purling - and thank god, because I do think it's more economical that way, rather than having to adjust the yarn to the back and front when knitting a rib pattern for example. Lol, indeed it was funny to discover all the different knitting methods here on YouTube when I started knitting again after not having done it in years.
Fritha71 2 months ago
waw this way is much easier and faster, thanks alot for teaching me this style. I have placed you in my favorites
HarleyMoonRider 3 months ago
I just started knitting today. Ive crocheted
Since this summer, so the european method of knitting makes a lot more sense to me for some reason. Thank u for such a well done tutorial :)
TinyNinjaPanda 4 months ago
I've been searching everywhere for a clear and well explained tutorial, and this is by far one of the best videos I've seen. Thank you for having good lighting, large needles and yarn, and a slow, step by step demonstration.
likethelinen 4 months ago
This video is great. I just taught myself how to knit with this video!
cocoa2labs 4 months ago
this seems so easy and watching this tutorial does make it easy! such a great tutorial. thank you! i only knew how to do one stitch pattern!
Haleyzhere 6 months ago
great video. slow and very vivid :)
mirakakadboi 6 months ago
Oh I love this stitch, I have a stitch book and this is in there but doesn't show you HOW ;) So thanks for making a great vid. I have subscribed to your vids cause I like your style of teaching.thanks
MissFlux 8 months ago