[Nfb-krafters-korner] which style knitting do you use?

[Susan Roe]

This is knitting through the back loop.  It gives the stitch a different 
twist especially when you alternate them with purl stitches.  Knit the wrong 
side of the row and you have the rice stitch.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie" <rosetta at adam.com.au>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] which style knitting do you use?


> Hi Cathy, thanks very much. Now can you tell me if this is then another
> style of stitch? I clearly remember that after stitches were on the l.h.
> needle, you held the yarn in left hand as you described, but the bit I
> remember also is that you pointed the tips of the needles together towards
> one another, tip to tip, then pushed the tip of the right hand needle from
> the front of that first stitch, but actually through the back part of the
> stitch, you then picked up the yarn over from over your l.h finger with 
> the
> r.h  needle and drew it through onto the r.h needle. Forgive me if this
> sounds silly, but I can't work out what this stitch might be. Thanks 
> valerie
>
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> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
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> Behalf Of Cathy
> Sent: Friday, 31 January 2014 3:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] which style knitting do you use?
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> Hi Valerie,
>
> It is not that the stitches are done differently it is only that the 
> needles
> are held differently.
>
> The continental method is where you thread the working yarn through the
> fingers on your left hand
> and use one finger to yarn over and the other needle to knit. In the
> American style you have the
> working yarn in your right hand and throw it over the needle to yarn over
> and the yarn is not
> threaded through your fingers. I know nothing about the Portuguese style. 
> I
> can't picture knitting
> with the working yarn around my neck. <smile>
> Cathy F
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