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

[dhae_knight_1]

For what it's worth, your left hand actually does very little. Your hand holds the needle and the yarn is wound over your left index-finger and down through your fingers however works for you. About the only thing you do move is a slight lift of your left index-finder to tighten the stitch, depending on how you knit, obviously. So... The right hand does pretty much all the work. :-)

[ex_blackcat765]

Oh! I was thinking it was something where you held the yarn in your left hand and worked with the needle in your left, too. (Don't ask how that works XD). I could do what you're describing though!