Learn to Knit Continental KAL?

madametj · 06-18-2007, 11:53 PM

i'm determined to try continental knitting this summer. any1 want to join me? my "first" project will be this dishcloth.

auburnchick · 06-18-2007, 11:57 PM

Oh boy...this really, really is tempting. Hmmm...will have to think on this one!!!

madametj · 06-19-2007, 12:59 PM

figuring out how to hold the yarn was the trickiest part, i ended up holding it like i do when i crochet. i think i've alreadey got the knit stitch down ok, and my tension isn't bad at all! going reallly slow for now. once i pick up the speed a bit, i'll try purling!

Originally Posted by itsjustmeghan

wouldn't you know it, that i was just telling someone that i need dishcloths. AND i 've always wanted to knit continental! so what better way to make dishcloths a little more interesting!

you'd think that since i'm an avid crocheter, it'd be easier for me to do, but it's not...just a new way of holding everything! it does look like it's a much faster way of knitting..

i'm in!

yes! i've got one recruit!

:happydancing:

Originally Posted by auburnchick

Oh boy...this really, really is tempting. Hmmm...will have to think on this one!!!

you know you want to....

Lisa_H-Town · 06-19-2007, 09:19 PM

Hi,
I have wanted to learn continental since day one.... I am knitting a really fugly scarf that tension mistakes won't show (and give me an excuse to work on it

), so since reading this I have watched the cont. videos (several times), and have started doing the scarf project that way, to get comfortable.

I have some left over sugar & cream and think I would like to try this as well.

Also a crocheter, I think I will adapt to this faster than I adapted to holding the yarn in my right hand -- that was tough. Just gotta quit trying to use my left pointer finger to hold the needle... my finger is hurting, from using and holding muscles in a way I haven't in a while.... anyone else, or is it just me??

Braden · 06-19-2007, 09:25 PM

Ummm, If I can help any of you out, let me know, and there are dozens of great Continental knitters here, and I'm sure that they would be glad to help you, should you need it!

Doodknitwit · 06-19-2007, 09:32 PM

Sturday I took a class..Seems I to hald English, half Coninental.. how screwy is that pretty screwy

there's a neat video on YouTube

too!!!

madametj · 06-19-2007, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by ContiKnitter

Ummm, If I can help any of you out, let me know, and there are dozens of great Continental knitters here, and I'm sure that they would be glad to help you, should you need it!

thanx! as a matter of fact, i tried purling just for the heck of it, and had and awful time.

auburnchick · 06-20-2007, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by madametj

you know you want to....

enabler...

UnspeakableJoy · 06-21-2007, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by madametj

yes! i've got one recruit!

:happydancing:

you know you want to....

Count me in too! I've been wanting to switch to Continental! I'll start the dishcloth too, it'll give me a break from knitting my girl's HP PoA scarf.

Is this just for the summer?

JoeE · 06-19-2007, 10:53 AM

Already a continental knitter, and I've knit bunches of those exact dishcloths. I wish you the best of luck as you try this out! I

those hand-knit dishcloths.

Since I started knitting continental, my stitches are significantly more even, but I really should have stuck with English longer to get it looking better. I wish I could do both equally well so I could do two-handed Fair Isle.

Good Luck!!!
Joe