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Nanceann
New Pal
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 Posted - 04/17/2007 : 12:02:27 PM
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Rho
Permanent Resident
1570 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2007 : 1:54:34 PM
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I don't know about lefties but I find picking easier and I am a righty.....in fact I can't figure out how to throw 
rho
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purlthis
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 04/17/2007 : 5:48:42 PM
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Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee too, Rho! I tried to throw out of boredom on a flight over the summer. Had to rip it out...Wonky tension.
Rachel
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As I get older, I prefer to knit. Tracey Ullman
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purlthis
Permanent Resident
USA
2719 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2007 : 5:50:21 PM
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Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee too, Rho! I tried to throw out of boredom on a flight over the summer. Had to rip it out...Wonky tension.
Rachel
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As I get older, I prefer to knit. Tracey Ullman
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Antigone
New Pal
18 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 09:39:57 AM
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um, I'd be glad to share but I don't know the differance.
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yarnyamy
Gabber Extraordinaire
562 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2007 : 12:33:55 PM
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I may be some sort of left-handed freak for saying this, but I find picking to be HARDER, not easier, than throwing. I can't do it to save my life.
http://frottez.blogspot.com |
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carolbeech
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
444 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2007 : 07:11:41 AM
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I found it easier, but then I'd crocheted as a child so I was used to holding the yarn in my left. Really, anyone can learn any method with enough practice. Connie
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
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Posted - 04/19/2007 : 08:51:52 AM
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I'm left-handed, and I don't throw or pick -- I knit lever-style, which looks a lot like I'm knitting continental, only I hold the yarn in my right hand. It's so much faster than throwing.
Jane
Blog: Not Plain Jane
Photos: My Flickr Album
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GiselleC
New Pal
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Posted - 04/19/2007 : 08:55:51 AM
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Originally posted by carolbeech
I found it easier, but then I'd crocheted as a child so I was used to holding the yarn in my left. Really, anyone can learn any method with enough practice.
I'm a right-handed continental knitter. I had crocheted sporadically as a child and I think that my lizard brain retained this when I took up knitting years later. I've made the occasional attempt to learn English knitting but laziness wins every time. I really should pick up stranded knitting--that might be a motivator. |
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roofth
Seriously Hooked
USA
649 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2007 : 11:21:33 AM
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Originally posted by jcc28
I'm left-handed, and I don't throw or pick -- I knit lever-style, which looks a lot like I'm knitting continental, only I hold the yarn in my right hand. It's so much faster than throwing.
Jane, I may be incorrect in saying this, but I have heard some refer to the "lever-style" of throwing as "flicking". (A right-handed version of "picking"). 
Ruth
My Blog: Crafterlies
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lella
Permanent Resident
9701 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2007 : 10:22:04 PM
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Ruth, it actually has a name? You have made me very happy. 
My motto is, "Knit anyway you like, and be happy that you haven't managed to poke your eye out."
Lella
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nearly wrong
New Pal
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2007 : 8:40:35 PM
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| I have no idea what you'd call what I'm doing but it works so I'm not changing. It might not look terribly elegant but it all comes out fine so I don't worry. No one should ever watch me cast-on however; it's truly scary. Children cry when they watch me cast on. Even the left-handed ones. |
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sooterl@msn.com
Warming Up
63 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 5:05:11 PM
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I was a thrower for years and never could seem to get the hang of continental style. After an accident damaged the nerves in my right index finger I found that I could knit for only short periods of time. Last fall someone taught me to pick using the combination method. It was awkward at first but then I simply dove into a project and forced myself to pick through the whole project. Now it comes very naturally and it is SO much easier on my hands.
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Texas Granny
Warming Up
USA
51 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2007 : 5:40:00 PM
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I'm a righty who picks. I always have. My Norwegian grandmother who taught me crocheted a lot and held her yarn the same way for both crafts. Lately I've run across references that call picking "left-handed knitting." I find it much easier than throwing. It's also faster and gives you better tension control. However, when I'm doing a Fair Isle or Shetland pattern with multiple colors I combine picking and throwing. I'm also a knitting instructor and I teach my righies and lefties exactly the same way. Works fine.
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Lynne_L
Warming Up
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Posted - 01/03/2008 : 10:50:19 AM
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I'm a lefty but my grammy taught me how to throw. Now I'm challenging my fear of color-work and learning how to pick. Picking is harder for me because I'm used to compensating for my left-handed-ness in throwing by extra motion in my left hand. This gets in the way when picking. I think picking involves a more intricate motion on the part of the right hand, also. It's harder for the left to help out. That's my $0.02.
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msgb
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
531 Posts |
Posted - 02/21/2008 : 08:42:55 AM
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| I do most everything left handed except write. I was taught to write right handed. I knit leftie and I pick. It is hard for me to grasp the idea behind throwing the yarn. I have tried to teach others how to knit but because I do not throw the yarn and I am a leftie people just get confused. |
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sydo
Chatty Knitter
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2008 : 05:02:48 AM
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I agree with Lynn. I too am a leftie learning to pick after years of "flicking." I am finding that my left hand is less active when picking, although I am still at the practice stage with the knit stitch and have not made it to the purl stitch yet. (What an exercise for the fingers and brain that stitch is!)
I am trying to give myself an alternative dependable method of knitting, as I notice that the joints on my right index finger and middle finger are enlarged. I am sure the day will come when I will have to switch for comfort, so I want to be ready. It ain't easy.
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cableready
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
385 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2008 : 07:45:41 AM
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It is nice yo have options. I usually knit left-handed (mirrored) English style, but I also can knit left-handed (mirrored) Continental. This comes in handy for Fair Isle knitting.
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Luann
Permanent Resident
USA
2611 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2008 : 08:51:21 AM
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I pick, but not the way you are "supposed" to. I don't keep the yarn tensioned and I put it over the needle each and every time. It works for me, my gauge is always spot on, and I go pretty fast. I thought I was the only one until I found Wendy Johnson's blog - (wendyknits.org) - she's a lefty too, though she knits from the left needle on to the right and I knit from the right onto the left. I'm no where near as fast or as accomplished as she, however!
Luann
Knit and let knit!
Now with actual blogging!:
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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
3242 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2008 : 3:14:49 PM
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I learnt RH first so I throw RH and pick LH, that way I'm tensioning the wool on my RH always whichever direction I am going.
Wen
2008 stats: 3 FO, 6 WIP, 0 frogpond.
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Is Picking easier for Lefties?
