Continental, American or Both?
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knittingJust 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. :)
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. :)
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Date: 2012-02-10 08:04 am (UTC)And yeah, it does seem that there are tradeoffs with every technique. And sometimes the same technique makes, say, back and forth easy, but circular knitting a bit more fiddly. (Or SSK easy, but k2tog fiddlier, etc...)