How I Knit Faster With Combination Knitting

[@SirenaAsada]

This is the style my Ukrainian mother taught me. It makes so much sense, is fast, and easy on our hands and wrists. Thanks for making this video!

[@Lisamakes]

Yes, it really does!

[@marilynbunte5376]

Thank you thank you. I just learned how to knit continental and was so confused why the stitches were twisted... I thought it was my fault. You made my day. Love knitting!

[@Lisamakes]

I’m so glad it helped!

[@sewgatormomm]

This made so much sense to me. I've never seen anyone do this or demonstrate it, but I knew instantly that this is what I've been looking for. Thank you so much! Please keep posting knitting tutorials. You're a natural teacher.

[@Lisamakes]

I’m so glad! The key is to find the best way for you to tension your yarn. Once you get that, you’re golden.

[@rozwalters5812]

Oooo the trouble I have had with the purl stitch you wouldn't believe. Being an English thrower since I started knitting a million years ago, well it seems that long, I decided to give Continental knitting a go, just out of curiosity you understand. Knitting socks isn't a problem, except for turning the heel, but now I know that it is ok to do the purl stitch my way, I am more than happy. I don't think my speed is up to the throwing method, but I am willing to keep trying until it is. :)

[@jorjaprice2190]

Lisa, thank you so much! Boy, I am a thrower and this looks so much more efficient. I am going to really give this a go. I may be able to get through a project more quickly as well, lol. Thanks again!

[@Lisamakes]

You’re welcome! It really is more efficient, I think.

[@CookwithCatalina]

Thank you for this tutorial! This is the way of knitting I learned from my mother and it seams so easy and makes so much sense. I could not understand why people knit from the front towards back and purl from the back towards front, and I can see why it is so hard for some to purl while for me comes so easy and even pleasant. I am glad you are teaching this way and maybe more of your viewers will "embrace" this technic and be happy with it. Purling is fun :))

[@Lisamakes]

It makes such a difference when you don’t dread purls. 😂

[@LuckyNala]

I always wondered what is so horrible about purling for some people. Now I understand. Glad I've never had that problem 🙂

[@maggiemay4388]

I found this vid very helpful thank you I think I’ve found my knitting style,I’m a crocheter this seemed very natural to me 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 love from Scotland

[@Lisamakes]

So glad to here! Good luck.

[@csdurch]

I've been knitting this way for the last 4 months and love it. I'm glad you made this video because you explain it very well! If someone says I'm doing the stitch wrong, I just say I'm doing it a different way; the outcome is the same.

[@Lisamakes]

Carole Durch I’m so glad! It really just a different - faster - way of achieving the same result!

[@andreawortley8760]

Thank you for showing this knitting technique. I had been getting sore hands with throwing the yarn. I had found the continental knitting but was getting so frustrated as I just could not get the purl technique no matter how hard I tried. But with your technique, I am on fire. Starting to pick up speed again without the sore hands. Another thing was that my tension was always loose with throwing but now I find my tension is perfect no matter what pattern I use. Thank you again.

[@Lisamakes]

I’m so glad!!! It was the key for me, too. :)

[@LuckyNala]

Like your grandma, this is how I knit. I was today years old when I learned that my knitting method is not continental but combination knitting.

[@donnabursey1457]

That was very helpful! I'm studying combination knitting to put it in my (eternal quest for faster, easier purling) toolkit and there just aren't many videos, especially on purling through a "twisted" stitch. Now, off to practice...

[@Lisamakes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@m.gramlich239]

I know this is long after this video came out but I finally found someone who knits the same way I was taught by my mother 50+? years ago. She learned to knit by going to a night school class. I started an afghan 40+ years ago and when I started my first job it got put down and I never finished it. Somewhere in my attic is a bag of yarn and a half done afghan. I don't know if I can finish it or not. I taught myself to crochet many years ago because I had forgotten how to knit. I have a bunch of crochet projects that have to get done but I intend to come back at a later date and check your site out further.

[@Lisamakes]

It’s how my grandmother knits, too! I always thought she knitted “backwards” :)

[@Lynne-G]

Thank you for this video -- I was looking for a tutorial for combination knitting as I am an english thrower and will knit continental style, can do norwegian purl but can't for the life of me manage the continental purl. This was really helpful and I managed a good stretch of 1x1 ribbing modifying what you have showed but worked for me :D

[@Lisamakes]

I’m so glad it was helpful.

[@jamesknight216]

This is SO fascinating. I think you tried to show me this last year and I wasn't ready for it, but now I am. I'm going to practice a swatch just like you showed and I have confidence it will make sense this time around. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@Lisamakes]

I’m so glad! Game changer. :) There are lots of great tutorials on continental knitting.

[@jamesknight216]

Well, I've always knit continental. I just meant the method of purling you demonstrated and how to deal with the twisted stitches. Because I've always knit continental, it should be a relatively smooth transition to purl this way.

[@teresak6121]

Oh my gosh so much simpler. I purl combination and knit continental and hated the twisted stitches. Yay!!!

[@Lisamakes]

I’m glad it helped!

[@missmaria165]

I will be trying this. Thanks for your valuable lesson.

[@ConnyNordlicht]

Yesssss! Here they call it "Russian Style"! lt's so much easier! I mostly knit that way cause l didn't want to led me told that l would knit "wrong", hen the result was the same! Where was or should be the failore? Noone could see it AFTER l finished.So l led them tell what they wanted. Now l'm 56 and do the same since over 44 years and l love this style and the "Peruvean Style", too, here l only flick my thumb to purl. It's the easiest way l ever could find! And if to knit l put my indexfinger to hold the yarn like in european or Continental or Combinet Style. Tension is hold by yarn around the neck or through any needle or necklace as well. No theme to buy a special needle for about over 10 bucks! Every savety pin is as well as this needle! Did you ever try Portuguesean Style? It's used in Greek and in Turky and some other countries as well! They're easy to knit and purl, l needed about 15 minutes to be faster than ever before! And l'm handicapped in arms and hands/fingers after an accidental done surgery at my body 5 years ago so that l had to learn knitting and purling, tunesian knit/crocheting etc, all what l'd done about 39 years long! Never give up! Be blessed! Thank you!

[@Lisamakes]

ConnyNordlicht very cool, your knitting journey! I will definitely try out Portuguese style!

[@ConnyNordlicht]

@@Lisamakes That's great! You'll love it, too, l'm sure! My journey was so much more but l can't write so much down here. Knitting can be a world itself and l've knitted so many ways to find out what could be one l'd like cause it's the easiest ore the most grazile way and ehich is the funniest. The funniest l found is Norvegean Purling. I teach knitting a few teens and knowing a lot of styles l can offer a lot so everyone hopefully can find her way to go on. That makes knitting love more than if one says: "This you must do and all other is wrong!" Buy for now, please go on and, most important, stay healthy and be blessed!

[@lynnerobyn]

Thank You for doing this for us. I’ll be watching over and over - I love it!

[@Lisamakes]

You’re welcome! I’ll never go back!

[@mirry-maker2714]

Fascinating! I love watching people knit 😊

[@courag1]

I prefer instead of referring to the mount of the stitch as a Eastern mount, to call it "twisted" infers there is something inherently bad about it. It is not bad, there is nothing wrong with the mount, it is in the mind, as it is actually easier to knit like this and ribbing looks much better. I even like doing cables this way as there is no gaping stitch after a knitted cable. If a person was knitting in the full Eastern or Russian method, there would be nothing odd about any of this. There is nothing wrong with learning more about knitting. I think when we do not want to learn.... that is a problem with us and not the knitting style. I know several styles, and how to knit backwards in all of them except I can't seem to knit backwards in Portuguese. But having learned Combined and also Eastern, it makes any problems I have with my knitting so much easier for me to solve my problems, diagnosing and knowing exactly how I can fix a mistake. The trouble isn't that something is a better method, it is admitting it.

[@Lisamakes]

Thank you for your thoughts! I didn’t mean to infer that “twisted” was a negative. Perhaps that’s something in the knitting world i was unaware of. My grandmother is Ukrainian, and it’s likely the woman she learned from was, too- so she probably was learning Russian/Eastern knitting. I much prefer it, too!

[@lynnerobyn]

Your last sentence made me laugh - I’d love a T-Shirt with this on it - it applies to so many facets of life!

[@abattenfield1739]

YES! It is simply mounted differently. A twisted stitch is when you do go ahead the knit, say, through that front loop when you should be knitting through the back one. That results in a twisted stitch. I think saying twisted is confusing, even though not meant to be, because there is a real thing called a twisted stitch and the result is completely different.

[@sovereigns1grace]

Woo Hoo! This is AWESOME!! I'm practicing right now ... in the middle of a project! LOL

[@veronicaquinn2578]

Loved this video. I am going to practice, practice, practice. Thank you so much.

[@libra74677]

Excellent, video! Definitely saving this one!

[@susanjenson3571]

I'm so glad I found you! This is exactly how I've been knitting/purling for years! Do you have a demo of how to do a raglan increase? M1R and M1L? Thanks!

[@Lisamakes]

I don’t, but let me look at it!

[@myralorraine]

Great video! I am saving this in my tutorial file! Thank you!

[@creativemommaof3241]

funny, this is how I purl and I love it. Usually when I knit in the round i purl the whole thing. purling for me is MUCH faster.

[@Lisamakes]

That’s next level! 💗

[@koguldevarajan7803]

Great video!

[@Yarn3ater]

I just discovered combination purling and its amazing BUT it only works well for me if i have a stretchy yarn. Trying this with 100% cotton yarn doesnt work well for this unless you knit loosely.. using a larger gauge doesnt help (me)

[@debsmadethis]

Interesting. My friend knits just like this. Its much easier to see on video than in person!! I've just started knitting again but in an English /American knit style. I previously made a couple of sweaters and done a bit of lace stuff. I'm wondering whether it's best to try and learn this now or if I'll pick it up reasonably easily even if I've done another couple of garments the way I know??

[@Lisamakes]

I think you always practice a new style, whether you’re beginning or not!

[@jturnrich]

Always work the RIGHT LEG of the first stitch sitting on the left needle. Depending on what stitch you need to make next: 1) If the right leg is on the front of the left needle, knit it “continental” style or purl it “eastern” style. 2) If the right leg is on the back of the left needle, knit it thru the back loop “continental” style or purl it thru the back loop “eastern” style.

[@donnabursey1457]

So, by "right leg" you mean "forward leg"?

[@renatastec5212]

I recently tried this style (i knit Portuguese/Peruvian style) but I could not get the right tension around my fingers. I'll try the way you wrap the yarn, wish me luck!

[@Lisamakes]

Good luck! There are all kinds of wraps- you just have to experiment. :)

[@conniebuchner4715]

Very interesting! Thank you!💞

[@LIVEINPEACE2023]

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@marlenejanzen1736]

How do you increase and decrease without getting a hole? This seems to be my problem when I purl using this method. I like purling this way much easier.

[@Lisamakes]

Hmmm, I haven’t noticed problem! Let me think about what I do differently the next time I am doing increases and decreases.

[@knittingchick50]

Then how do you knit when instructions say knit through the back loop?

[@Lisamakes]

Hey! I enter the stitch behind the needle from the left, which does the same thing. :)

[@sovereigns1grace]

Ok, now I need a video to confirm how to deal with yarn overs ... help?

[@Lisamakes]

Hey! Here’s a good demo- it works whether you are entering the stitch from the left or right. I’m so glad you’re enjoying giving it a try! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZTRdnx7qphggdU

[@shirleycoonce8726]

I'm not crazy about the twisted stitches . I just practised and practised purling until it was no longer a struggle for me. Combination knitting is also a problem later with decreases and increases. But. Glad you like it.

[@shirleycoonce8726]

Bot, because your knitting backwards. How do you perform the stitches in a pattern like kf&b? K2tog, etc

[@Lisamakes]

Just the same, really, because most of the time I am entering the stitch from the left. The only time I enter the stitch from the back is after a purl row, and most of the time I’m knitting sweaters, hats, etc, I’m in the round. If I happen hit that after a purl row, I just reorient the stitch first, and then kf&b. I can knit two together from any position, I just go through two stitches.