Continental, American or Both?

[debbiecakes]

Just out of curiousity, how does everyone knit?

I am continental knitting a super bulky queen-king sized blanket.
I am American knitting two different sport scarves.

For me:
Continental Style = loose, relaxed and quick.
American Style = Tight, tense and slooooow.

The super bulky blanket looks great but when I tried the sport weighted scarves, they ended up looking sloppy so I started over with the American style. Just a quick comparison, I casted on 12 when I started with continental but when I switched to American I had to cast on 26.

I've been knitting off and on for years but I still consider myself to be a novice. Fingers-crossed, with more practice my continental will shape up so I can ditch the American style. Over all I prefer continental because of speed, ease to switch from knitting/purling, and it feels more comfortable in my hands. :)

Comments

[kirana]

American--but if I'm knitting flat, I've figured out how to knit continental where I would normally turn the work to knit the wrong side so I can just knit back across. ^^' I've tried continental and my tension is tighter, but I am faster with American and I haven't bothered to find out how to do stitches other than knit continental style (except when knitting backwards). Also, I can only read when I knit American, as I'm not confident enough with continental to take my eyes off of it, and reading's a big part of why I started knitting again. ^^