is it normal too...

[krapolaonastick]

well, if you knit the way i do it's normal, if not well then i don't know that to say...



when i knit, the yarn goed from the right hand to the left hand and people keep saying i knit left handed  

[AngwyMallard]

If you learned to knit that way and it works, more power to you. biggrin Left hand knitting is rare mainly because all everyone ever teaches is right-handed method. I knit right handed scandinavian style because I learned it that way in school. X3

It seems that the handed-ness is more common in crochet´, but there's definately nothing odd about it in knitting either..  

[AriRashkae]

IIRC:

Knitting with the yarn in the right hand and "throwing" it around the working needle is called "English knitting."

Knitting with the yarn in the left hand and "picking" it with the working needle is called" Continental knitting" and is supposedly faster (presuming equal skill with both types)

If you're good (or my best friend) you can knit "backwards", with the left needle being the working needle. I swear, I don't know how she got that, since she was reading Stitch 'n b***h, and it teaches "forwards" knitting. whee

I can do all of the above, although I'm fastest with forwards English, since I was taught it young and have the most practice with it. And I'm knitting circular now, so I really don't need to knit right-to-left. mrgreen  

[DecemberFlower]

Man, I had a hard enough time trying to get my brain around carrying yarn in my right hand. I can't imagine trying to knit from right to left. lol

Power to you for being able to do that. It's a pretty rare thing. 3nodding  

[AriRashkae]

I forget where I picked it up. It makes flat knitting faster, since you don't have to keep turning your work.  

[Silver Mist]

As I dont knit, I honestly can't say much, but a friend of mine who both knits and corchets holds her yarn in a different hand depending on wether or not shes been crocheting lately. Yep- thats right- her yarn changes hands while knitting depending on her crocheting habits. xd  

[krapolaonastick]

kewl! i knew i was knitting differently than everyone else who dose, a rare form... it was alll my moms fault, she is left handed, and she tryed to tech me the "corect" way when i was 8, i gave up, then picked back up at 12 and i was doing going right to left, i can do it "both" ways, if i do a row laft to right then a row right to left, it is knit and purl and the stiches are twisted a little, it's quite pretty  

[Mildred Pierce]

To me that's just so aggravating, it looks like it takes longer! But whatever works for you... biggrin  

[Blue-eyes-green]

I learned to knit English style but I sort of "invented" continental style knitting while knitting a hat on a road trip. The hat was knitted on the round on a circular needle, and I remember that once I switched to continental knitting (not knowing that was what I was doing) wokring the hat went about three times faster- I've been knitting that way since and have a really hard time remembering how to do English style.  

[krapolaonastick]

i can knit both ways, i just like my left-handed ways  

[Chibi Kiku-chan]

You're not alone there, lol.

I'm also a left handed knitter, but then again though, I'm a left handed kinda gal. =3