I'm not willing to let this go...
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Knitting is still going on, but I've lost of bit of the mojo. It's OK I
always get it back and I highly doubt it won't this time as well. I am
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5 months ago
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That is exactly the way I knit and I learned from my mother who called it the "French Method" (since she grew up in Cologne, which is not too far from France) in contrast to the "English Method" taught in my school with the yarn over in the left hand. Here in the US I've been nicknamed "The Flicker" by the local Knit'n'Bitch group ;o)
Brigitte
This is the way I knit too, Colin, just never knew it was called Lever knitting. In a class once two women behind me whispered "Look, she knits just like Miss Marple!".
Hey!!!! That's how I knit a lot of the time these days. I taught myself English knitting so I could do stranded work and then found myself "flicking" one day because it made things go a little faster.
Well, how funny! Last night at our knitting group I looked over and noticed a visitor knitting exactly like me, and now here you are too. I love it when people tell me I knit "funny." Somehow it's worked well for 40+ years!
Love seeing part of you in person, Colin. I discovered that's how I knit when doing socks with tiny needles, but I guess I throw with big yarn & needles. I also noticed that it hurts more to use the big stuff now. My machines are gathering dust lately and I need to get back to that. The sock thing is too addcitive. Good luck at the dog show.
Joan
That is how my Grandmother knit. Thank you Colin.
I caught this video thru a search on google....started practicing...what a cool method.
dc
Interesting - I knit this way as well. I'm not sure how it came about, though, as my mother (who taught me to knit) doesn't employ this method. Thanks for the video, Colin.
I knit the same way also! And I thought I was the only oddball. My aunt taught me to knit as a youngster on double points and I guess it stuck.
Hi Colin, I watched your video several times. It appears that what you call the lever method is very like my knitting method that I have always called "throwing" the yarn. Am I missing an important aspect that makes a variation from my method?
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