HOW TO HOLD YOUR YARN FOR LEFT HANDED KNITTERS, CONTINENTAL

Holding your yarn properly is the first step to even knitting. Here's how to do it with even tension, Continental style!
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[@ritag9679]

Thank you! This is the video I was looking for. There are so many videos out there that claim to be for left handers but are really right handed people holding the yarn in their left hand.

[@Emmajen]

I tried knitting about 10 years ago and got so discouraged, but I picked up crochet a few years later and absolutely love it. I'm going to give knitting another go now, I think. Thanks so much for videos for lefties!!

[@cassandrap5691]

Thanks so much. Im a lefty knitter too and it took me forever to learn how to switch everything i was seeing done by righties to make it work for me. Im a thrower, but Im pretty slow. Im going to give it a try 😊

[@yvonneevans3856]

Best explanation for Left-handers contemplating continental knitting. I needed to "see" how you wrap for even tension. I'm a thrower and trying to convert because of pain in my wrist. I'm going to practice with some leftover 🧶. Looking at a lace pattern and of course it was right-handed continental so I could not follow it at all. Now I will revisit.. Thank you😊

[@ellendominusbroude5736]

Thanks Yvonne! Glad it was helpful. Good luck!

[@msjennable]

Thank you!!! Because it felt super awkward being left-handed having the yard in my left hand

[@ptlanes]

Love this video your voice is so calming. I want to stop throwing, so now I have basic left handed knitting down pat, I am going to focus on continental.

[@morningdewdymond1083]

I need more videos from you. You speak my language!! Thanks!!

[@ellendominusbroude5736]

So glad you found them helpful! Maybe one day I’ll make some more - if I remember how!

[@laurenj8517]

It's nice to find a video from a left handed person... I've managed to learn basics from mirrored videos, but they are often just mirrored and sometimes terminology from the right handed videos apply... gets so confusing 😆

[@noahlani1969]

Thank you for the simple explanation. I am right handed crocheter but a left handed knitter and I struggle with the yarn. I can knit from right to left holding the yarn in my left hand but it puts a lot of strain on the wrist and hand. This technique could save me the pain and frustration. Like everything else, practice makes it perfect. Thanks again.

[@ellendominusbroude5736]

I’m so glad you found it helpful! Keep at it!

[@Lillaravprinsessan]

This is a cute channel! Love it!

[@eyeheartbooks]

This is so well explained!

[@donnaoberdorf750]

Why does my last stitch in the row always end up soo loose? I've tried continental and English and it still happens. I am a tight knitter with the rest of the row. It's very frustrating.

[@ellendominusbroude5736]

Donna Oberdorf I know what you’re talking about. When that happens to me it tends to be when I’m knitting tightly, but it often works itself out once I’ve started knitting the next row. I used to be a very tight knitter but have consciously loosened up a bit. I find it’s easier on my hands and make for a drapier finished product. Give it a shot and see how it works for you. And thanks for watching!

[@donnaoberdorf750]

@@ellendominusbroude5736 So I am trying to knit looser but I'm not sure what happens. I feel like the continental way is easier, I guess I just have to keep going to get more relaxed. Thank you for responding!

[@mackenziestewart5240]

I think I need to switch to knitting left handed. Im pretty good with knit stitches right handed using the English style, but I cannot purl at all 😅 I’ve been crocheting left handed for about a year, so I’m used to working yarn with a tool in my left hand

[@SergioAguilarSerna]

Thaks so much it was really helpful

[@theknittingcraft3151]

Nice 👌👌👌👍

[@thomasweaver3038]

bad explanations, explain what you’re doing rather than just expecting people to understand

[@feral_vlogs]

They said exactly what they did as they did it, what are you referencing specifically?