Knitting - Basic Knit Stitch (Continental Method)

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Continental Method aka German Method sometimes called Left Handed Knitting
Officially, anyone who holds the yarn in their left hand is a Continental knitter. Some continental knitters wrap the yarn between the needles to knit it, and some simply scoop, or "pick", the yarn with the needle. The latter requires fewer hand movements, and has a reputation of being the fastest method of knitting there is. This is my preferred knitting method.

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[harbourachel]

Wow - thank you so much for these comprehensive videos! I've always wanted to learn Continental knitting, and you've helped me immensely!

[Sewinator]

I have been knitting for 30 years, and didn't know there were different "styles" of knitting! You showed me that I knit "continental" style. I learned to crochet first. Your videos are very helpful for learning new stitches.

[gcowley48]

Thank you so much for the help!

[rcabos1]

Thank you so much! My mom bought a knitting book for her and she got stuck but when I showed her this she's been making things that i could never do!

[meehangm]

your videos are very helpful. Your camera positioning is outstanding. My request is to use larger needles. I never heard the rhyhm. That's good stuff. I self taught in 6th grade and I know i'm not holding my needs and yarn effectively. Adding closed captioning too down the road will be a nice touch,

[happybunnie6]

this is so helpful :D 

[lovevampier65]

hey i have those same nedals accept pink and same yarn i alreasy made one of these but i messed up ans i am a beginner 10 years old and first time i tryed i got it right :)

[MsKatyDod]

Very helpful! 

[Scoochy1956]

I think that, with practice, this is the way I'll be going. Thanx.

[RvaNappinen]

I'm a teacher from Finland. If you search "oikea silmukka" here in Youtube and choose "kaspaikka"-link, you will see a much simpler way to make ta basic knit stitch. You don't have to keep your forefinger up like that - it is much quicker to keep it lower like in the Finnish video, that way you are able to pull the string straight through. You don't actually have to use your fingers at alla to make the stitch, just the needles!