re: continental versus English - it depends on how the yarn was twisted when it was manufactured. Someone did an interesting experiment with this on Ravelry, which I will have to go find the post for - but iirc, European yarn brands mostly had twist in the direction that worked with continental, and NA yarn brands had it that worked with English.
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Date: 2012-01-07 08:49 pm (UTC)