I'm a "flicker".

I don't knit like a normal person.

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[Mikeysmum26]

This is how I knit. My mum taught me the regular English method, where you lift the yarn over and I thought it was too slow. My grandmother watched me knit and asked why I was doing it that way and showed my how she "flicked" the yarn over and I've been doing it that way since. I knit very fast now and have perfect tension.

[zerohdog]

i knit like this to. but i learned how to knit from a flicker

[kslink007]

I knit just like that too. I don't know where or how I started but I did. I was just at a LYS in my new town and 4 ladies and different times told me I was doing it all wrong and my work would never look even I just smiled and did my thing and in my head thought my work looks better then yours!

[247videos247]

i am a flicker to lol

[missmayflower]

yes you do

[ParadiseofFibers]

Can you do a closeup?

[elPacaManca]

This is how I knit; I used to leave the right needle entirely whilst throwing until I saw a few people knit in the style shown in this video. Now I'm just as fast and efficient as the Continental knitters around me. ;)

[carollizc]

Me, too. It's easier on my hands, faster, and I can control my tension better. Also, when I knit this way, I can feel better what I'm doing, so I don't need to look at my work so much: makes watching television at the same time much easier.

[Khamomil]

This is exactly like Continental except with the yarn held in the right hand.

[GillianRodgers]

I wish I could knit like that.

I've tried a few types of tensioning and flicking/picking and my gauge gets very very tight and prettyf inconsistent.