Thankyou! You are the first American lady who is teaching GENUINE English/Scottish knitting. I was taught to knit at the age of 5 by my Scottish grandmother and I have been knitting Shetland Shawls for over 50 years. I am English and believe me, tucking the needle under the arm is the absolute key to this technique as it really does speed your knitting up. Holding the tips of both needles in one hand while you wind your yarn around the needles is a big No No in proper English knitting - but so many tutorials show this very awkward and cumbersome technique then beginners wonder why they 'aren't getting it' - and are put off. Great tutorial and the first one I have watched where I am not yelling at the screen saying WRONG< WRONG< WRONG...LOL. Well done.
None of the beginner videos I've seen even mentioned tensioning, left or right hand. So I couldn't tell the difference between English and Continental styles. This video makes it all abundantly clear. Thank you.
this is the first video I have seen by an American showing how to do REAL English knitting including tucking the needle under your arm. You can achieve high knitting speeds with this method. Extra point is to use needles that are at least 30-35 cm in length.
This was so helpful. It is true, knitting videos concentrate on pattern without showing how to hold the yarn and needles. Love the under the arm trick!!
was just checking out the difference between english and continental knitting and came across your video. It was lovely to see someone else knitting with the needle under the arm. That is how I was taught (I have Dutch heritage too) and I find the only way for me to knit. You have greater control of the needle and as a result you can knit faster. A knitting Oma from "down-under"
I'm English and have always wondered when I see someone knitting on TV why they don't do the tuck under arm. I guess I thought that was the proper way!
The hint to tuck the needle is very helpful! I am new and struggled on how to hold the needles, do the wrap and pull the loop over. This makes it so easy!
As someone who crochets lefthanded, English Style make so much more sense to me than Continental since I'm already used to keeping tension with my right hand rather than my left. I'm so glad I found this video!
Thank you so much. I'm an advanced beginner knitter and have been looking for a way to knit faster. And also take tension off my wrists. This has been such an amazing help from your clear precise instructions.
Thank you! I do continental knitting, i wanted to learn this to perfect my double knitting style :) a different color in each hand! :D really excited to try!
Thank you so much! You really made me laugh several times because everything that you described was happening to me 😁 I mean, knitting too tight, wrapping the yarn the wrong way, losing my left needle every second hahaha. I'm new to English knitting, I knit continental but I want to learn more. You are a great teacher!
Thank you so much for this video, I’ve struggled to find videos for how to hold the needles and yarn in a comfortable position! You are a great teacher, this is great.
This has helped me loads, as someone who is just starting out knitting I wasn't sure how to hold my yarn in the right hand and I kept dropping everything and making mistakes. Thank you very much x
Oh my goodness! My mother taught me years ago to hold my right needle under my right arm, and I've never seen or heard anyone discuss this style of knitting before! I never advanced from the knit and purl stitch (having spent more time crocheting than knitting), and actually thought it was an inferior way of knitting because no one else has ever heard of it! So I have been trying to teach myself continental knitting and have been so frustrated. My tension is way off not to mention it's so awkward! I was going to try the English method and then found this video. THANK YOU! Knowing I'm not alone is wonderful. BTW, my mom learned from her English grandmother. No Scottish in our family tree that I know of!
I've learned Continental style. My friend asked me if I could teach her knitting, but she really had trouble with Continental style. This seems much easier to grasp when you first try it out. You explained it really well. I didn't have to watch the video several times like I did with other videos when I learned Continental knitting. Hoping this will help my friend as well. Thank you for the great explanations 😄
I've watched some other videos to find one to help my mom learn to knit and this is really a great video with easy instructions and helpful explanations. Thank you! Will be sharing with her :)
Dear Debby , I have knitted this way for 50 years since I was 12 and I am fast I think... I am from Greece and I have not seen anyone else knitting this way ! my problem is with the circular needles which cannot be put under the arm.. so it is very difficult to knit in the round ! can you recomend a way ? Thank you in advance ! 😊
I just started knitting a week ago and this tutorial is so helpful. Although, it might seem like a common sense practice to some knitters to put the left needle under the left arm to keep it stationary, I had to be told through this helpful video! Hmmm, I guess I should work on my common sense (lol)🤔 Anyway, keep producing your awesome videos 😊
This is how I was taught and I have been dismayed at the lack of tutorials using this style. I simply can't use circular needles; I can't operate something that short and moving along with my hands. Thanks so much.
Thank you for telling me that it is ok to hold my right needle under my arm. I actually hold mine anchored on my hip to keep it steady and not moving all over the place. Funny people used to make fun of me for doing it. God Bless You.
I'm floored that you hold the needle under your arm. I taught myself to knit when I was a teenager from illustrations in books, but somewhere along the way, I developed the habit of resting the right needle in my lap. I actually let go of it as I knit, and I always thought it was just horrible form. Now I find out that they teach everyone that way in Holland? Phew! What I really want to know, however, is how you deal with circular needles. Because I'm used to resting a nice tall needle in my lap and letting go, circular needles are problematic for me. Thanks for validating this method! 🙂
I put my needle under my arm. I was taught a long time ago by Nuns. I have never found any one the knit like me. I am glad. I did not know that it was done in Holland .
Thank you for the tip for holding the needle! I'm currently starting with some long needles and I wasnt sure how to hold them properly because of their length.
I knit like this since my mum learned me knitting when I was 6. I still do it this way. The only difference is that we knitt with both needles under both arms.
I was thaught how to knit continantal, but really want to up my knitting game by learing how to knit with 2 colors so I need to know how to knit another way. English style has really frustrated me since my right hand needle always slides out of my stiche. So the tuxking under the armpit will make this so much easier for me! Thank you!
I am an American who was taught by an English lady, but the arm tucking is new to me. I also urge knitters to choose a posture and chair that are comfortable, good lighting, etc. Just as important as patterns and stitches.
Excellent, thank you for this wonderful and easy to follow video. I have been knitting for years, but I learned about the technique of securing the needle under arm from this clip. I have been trying to learn the continental style of holding the yarn in my left hand (thought to be quicker), but find that technique impossible after years of right handed yarn placement.
THNK YOU!!! i crochet and this is easier for me than continental knitting. All i need to do is fix my tension because my work is too tight for me to work with
Thank you very much! I do continental knitting (which is much faster in my view), but wanted to learn English knitting as well as I have several knitting books in English and got confused!
Apart from knitting belts there is info on You Tube about knitting sticks, which do the same job. When I knit, I do so without taking mr right hand away from the needle. I loosen my hold before using my first finger to put yarn around the needle.
I've been knitting for a while, and at this moment I'm slapping my forehead for not thinking of tucking the right needle under my arm. Thanks, great video!
I've been always holding the yarn in my left and my right hand is experiencing carpel tunnel issues - maybe this will help ease the stress on my right hand! I'll try it!
Thank you for this! I was reading about knittingstyles and I was curious about English-style knitting. Found out I knit English-style, which is funny since I'm Dutch. Learned sticking my right needle under my arm as wel. No I'm going to check continental-style knitting, since that's obviously not what I'm doing! :D
Having the needle tucked under the arm is interesting, my Sister in law is Scottish and this is the way she knits, but you have to have long needles. I usually adjust my needles depending on what I'm knitting and if it's something with loads of stitched then I use a circular needle which I couldn't put under my arm anyway.
First off, I’m a novice knitter and of all the knitting faster videos, this feels most comfortable. I did see someone ask about knitting in the round though. I have the same question - do you have tips for how to hold on the needles when you’re knitting in the round?
Hey I also learnt with the needle under the arm and it was great to start but now I'm trying to just support the needle with my hand, do you have any advice?
I always struggled with knitting because I'd have to rest the right needle on my chest while wrapping my yarn...I never thought to tuck it under my arm!
So that is exactly my problem! I don’t mind it with knitting needles long enough to put it under my arm. So the shorter ones that I use are always dropping. Is there a way to fix this or should I just buy longer knitting needles? LOL
It sounds like you might be a good candidate for circular needles! That way the weight of the yarn rests on your lap instead of putting pressure on your wrists. Let us know how this works for you!
Buy longer needles. I'm English and without realising I must have picked up tucking the needle under my arm from my Mum and my Nana. Now it all makes sense to me why I HATE circular needles. To me longer needles are the easiest option. I can knit on circular but unless I really love the pattern and cannot convert it to 2 needles, with much annoyance I will give in!
I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong and I'm going to cry, no matter how lose I make the stitches somehow by like the fifth knit I'm unable to keep knitting cause it gets way to tight and I can't fit the needle into the loops anymore and I've been trying for the past three days to figure out what I'm doing wrong I'm literally going to cry
@@BritClips I knit hats. For charity and I use circulars. I hate having to sew up the hat if I use straight needles. BTS I have knitted for 72 years . My grandma taught me English style at the age of ten.
Wait am I going crazy? She said to wrap clockwise but I rewatched it 3 times and she's wrapping counter clockwise? Either I'm seeing things and she just misspoke which its fine if she did but I'm confused
I always thought that everybody knitted like this…until I moved from Holland to Denmark. The Danish way of knit is really smart, but I find purl awfully complicated, at least if you’re not brought up with it.
Thankyou! You are the first American lady who is teaching GENUINE English/Scottish knitting. I was taught to knit at the age of 5 by my Scottish grandmother and I have been knitting Shetland Shawls for over 50 years. I am English and believe me, tucking the needle under the arm is the absolute key to this technique as it really does speed your knitting up. Holding the tips of both needles in one hand while you wind your yarn around the needles is a big No No in proper English knitting - but so many tutorials show this very awkward and cumbersome technique then beginners wonder why they 'aren't getting it' - and are put off. Great tutorial and the first one I have watched where I am not yelling at the screen saying WRONG< WRONG< WRONG...LOL. Well done.
None of the beginner videos I've seen even mentioned tensioning, left or right hand. So I couldn't tell the difference between English and Continental styles. This video makes it all abundantly clear. Thank you.
this is the first video I have seen by an American showing how to do REAL English knitting including tucking the needle under your arm. You can achieve high knitting speeds with this method. Extra point is to use needles that are at least 30-35 cm in length.
This was so helpful. It is true, knitting videos concentrate on pattern without showing how to hold the yarn and needles. Love the under the arm trick!!
was just checking out the difference between english and continental knitting and came across your video. It was lovely to see someone else knitting with the needle under the arm. That is how I was taught (I have Dutch heritage too) and I find the only way for me to knit. You have greater control of the needle and as a result you can knit faster. A knitting Oma from "down-under"
I'm English and have always wondered when I see someone knitting on TV why they don't do the tuck under arm. I guess I thought that was the proper way!
The hint to tuck the needle is very helpful! I am new and struggled on how to hold the needles, do the wrap and pull the loop over. This makes it so easy!
As someone who crochets lefthanded, English Style make so much more sense to me than Continental since I'm already used to keeping tension with my right hand rather than my left. I'm so glad I found this video!
Thank you so much. I'm an advanced beginner knitter and have been looking for a way to knit faster. And also take tension off my wrists. This has been such an amazing help from your clear precise instructions.
Thank you! I do continental knitting, i wanted to learn this to perfect my double knitting style :) a different color in each hand! :D really excited to try!
very good video. Straight to the point. Without too much talking. Ugh can not stand those. Thanks very helpful!
Thank you so much! You really made me laugh several times because everything that you described was happening to me 😁 I mean, knitting too tight, wrapping the yarn the wrong way, losing my left needle every second hahaha. I'm new to English knitting, I knit continental but I want to learn more. You are a great teacher!
Thank you so much for this video, I’ve struggled to find videos for how to hold the needles and yarn in a comfortable position! You are a great teacher, this is great.
This has helped me loads, as someone who is just starting out knitting I wasn't sure how to hold my yarn in the right hand and I kept dropping everything and making mistakes. Thank you very much x
Great tip about tucking the needle under the arm. What happens with circular needles? Do you have a trick for that as well?
Oh my goodness! My mother taught me years ago to hold my right needle under my right arm, and I've never seen or heard anyone discuss this style of knitting before! I never advanced from the knit and purl stitch (having spent more time crocheting than knitting), and actually thought it was an inferior way of knitting because no one else has ever heard of it! So I have been trying to teach myself continental knitting and have been so frustrated. My tension is way off not to mention it's so awkward! I was going to try the English method and then found this video. THANK YOU! Knowing I'm not alone is wonderful. BTW, my mom learned from her English grandmother. No Scottish in our family tree that I know of!
Just to avoid confusion, the wraps are counter clockwise and you are wrapping counter clockwise :)
@@laurastrom9857 thank you for explaining this! I'm so glad it was mentioned, because I can see where there can be confusion
@@laurastrom9857 I see it as going from the right to the left and wrapping from 3 to 12 to 9 to 6 to 3.. that is anti clockwise to me
I've learned Continental style. My friend asked me if I could teach her knitting, but she really had trouble with Continental style. This seems much easier to grasp when you first try it out. You explained it really well. I didn't have to watch the video several times like I did with other videos when I learned Continental knitting. Hoping this will help my friend as well. Thank you for the great explanations 😄
This is literally the best how to knit video I’ve come across!! This was the one that made it click for me! Thank you so much!! 💞
I've watched some other videos to find one to help my mom learn to knit and this is really a great video with easy instructions and helpful explanations. Thank you! Will be sharing with her :)
You're too funny. It was not only informative but entertaining, thank you!
Dear Debby , I have knitted this way for 50 years since I was 12 and I am fast I think... I am from Greece and I have not seen anyone else knitting this way ! my problem is with the circular needles which cannot be put under the arm.. so it is very difficult to knit in the round ! can you recomend a way ? Thank you in advance ! 😊
Thank you for this! I never thought to tuck the one needle under my arm. That helped out a lot!
I just started knitting a week ago and this tutorial is so helpful. Although, it might seem like a common sense practice to some knitters to put the left needle under the left arm to keep it stationary, I had to be told through this helpful video!
Hmmm, I guess I should work on my common sense (lol)🤔
Anyway, keep producing your awesome videos 😊
Love this I was taught with in through the bunny hole round the big tree out through the bunny hole and out jumps me
This is how I was taught and I have been dismayed at the lack of tutorials using this style. I simply can't use circular needles; I can't operate something that short and moving along with my hands. Thanks so much.
Thank you for telling me that it is ok to hold my right needle under my arm. I actually hold mine anchored on my hip to keep it steady and not moving all over the place. Funny people used to make fun of me for doing it. God Bless You.
I'm floored that you hold the needle under your arm. I taught myself to knit when I was a teenager from illustrations in books, but somewhere along the way, I developed the habit of resting the right needle in my lap. I actually let go of it as I knit, and I always thought it was just horrible form. Now I find out that they teach everyone that way in Holland? Phew! What I really want to know, however, is how you deal with circular needles. Because I'm used to resting a nice tall needle in my lap and letting go, circular needles are problematic for me. Thanks for validating this method! 🙂
I put my needle under my arm. I was taught a long time ago by Nuns. I have never found any one the knit like me. I am glad. I did not know that it was done in Holland
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Thank you for the tip for holding the needle! I'm currently starting with some long needles and I wasnt sure how to hold them properly because of their length.
Hi. How it goes if you use circular needles?. Thanks and Greetings from Costa Rica
I knit like this since my mum learned me knitting when I was 6.
I still do it this way.
The only difference is that we knitt with both needles under both arms.
I was thaught how to knit continantal, but really want to up my knitting game by learing how to knit with 2 colors so I need to know how to knit another way. English style has really frustrated me since my right hand needle always slides out of my stiche. So the tuxking under the armpit will make this so much easier for me! Thank you!
I am an American who was taught by an English lady, but the arm tucking is new to me. I also urge knitters to choose a posture and chair that are comfortable, good lighting, etc. Just as important as patterns and stitches.
Excellent, thank you for this wonderful and easy to follow video. I have been knitting for years, but I learned about the technique of securing the needle under arm from this clip. I have been trying to learn the continental style of holding the yarn in my left hand (thought to be quicker), but find that technique impossible after years of right handed yarn placement.
Phantasic explained! Thanks so much!
THNK YOU!!! i crochet and this is easier for me than continental knitting. All i need to do is fix my tension because my work is too tight for me to work with
Thank you very much! I do continental knitting (which is much faster in my view), but wanted to learn English knitting as well as I have several knitting books in English and got confused!
SO helpful! Easy to follow and understand~ Thank you
Apart from knitting belts there is info on You Tube about knitting sticks, which do the same job.
When I knit, I do so without taking mr right hand away from the needle. I loosen my hold before using my first finger to put yarn around the needle.
I am left handd
so I am gonna try it left handed for me and I love that wryme
I've been knitting for a while, and at this moment I'm slapping my forehead for not thinking of tucking the right needle under my arm. Thanks, great video!
Very good explanation!!!!! Tks
I've been always holding the yarn in my left and my right hand is experiencing carpel tunnel issues - maybe this will help ease the stress on my right hand! I'll try it!
Thank you for this! I was reading about knittingstyles and I was curious about English-style knitting. Found out I knit English-style, which is funny since I'm Dutch. Learned sticking my right needle under my arm as wel. No I'm going to check continental-style knitting, since that's obviously not what I'm doing! :D
👍👍Everything is clear
@4:53 anti-clockwise? Great video though, really helpful. thanks!
Having the needle tucked under the arm is interesting, my Sister in law is Scottish and this is the way she knits, but you have to have long needles. I usually adjust my needles depending on what I'm knitting and if it's something with loads of stitched then I use a circular needle which I couldn't put under my arm anyway.
Apparently the fastest knitters in the world are "pit knitters"! Thanks for your comment!
First off, I’m a novice knitter and of all the knitting faster videos, this feels most comfortable. I did see someone ask about knitting in the round though. I have the same question - do you have tips for how to hold on the needles when you’re knitting in the round?
How do you cast on (what type of cast on) do you use to get your stitching to look like this?
Hey I also learnt with the needle under the arm and it was great to start but now I'm trying to just support the needle with my hand, do you have any advice?
I always struggled with knitting because I'd have to rest the right needle on my chest while wrapping my yarn...I never thought to tuck it under my arm!
I'm sad there isn't a purl version of this tutorial. I would love the purl rhyme, too. ❤
unless the Rhyme is the same:
In the back door, throw on a scarf,
back outside before the cat barfs.
Good lessons, im trying to learn new stitches, its a challenge
thanks!
I prefer the English syle, less confusing
This IS the English style.
What about purling ?
So that is exactly my problem! I don’t mind it with knitting needles long enough to put it under my arm. So the shorter ones that I use are always dropping. Is there a way to fix this or should I just buy longer knitting needles? LOL
It sounds like you might be a good candidate for circular needles! That way the weight of the yarn rests on your lap instead of putting pressure on your wrists. Let us know how this works for you!
Buy longer needles. I'm English and without realising I must have picked up tucking the needle under my arm from my Mum and my Nana. Now it all makes sense to me why I HATE circular needles. To me longer needles are the easiest option. I can knit on circular but unless I really love the pattern and cannot convert it to 2 needles, with much annoyance I will give in!
I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong and I'm going to cry, no matter how lose I make the stitches somehow by like the fifth knit I'm unable to keep knitting cause it gets way to tight and I can't fit the needle into the loops anymore and I've been trying for the past three days to figure out what I'm doing wrong I'm literally going to cry
@@amypetty5013 I ASKED MY FRIEND AND I'M SOOO MUCH BETTER HAHA IT'S SO FUN! BUT THANK YOUUU FOR THE TIPS XX
The arm-tuck thing is great for using straights; but for circulars (which is all I use) you can't do that.
Which is the reason I hate circular needles
@@BritClips I knit hats. For charity and I use circulars. I hate having to sew up the hat if I use straight needles. BTS I have knitted for 72 years . My grandma taught me English style at the age of ten.
Wait am I going crazy? She said to wrap clockwise but I rewatched it 3 times and she's wrapping counter clockwise? Either I'm seeing things and she just misspoke which its fine if she did but I'm confused
Has anyone heard of a knitting belt?
I always thought that everybody knitted like this…until I moved from Holland to Denmark. The Danish way of knit is really smart, but I find purl awfully complicated, at least if you’re not brought up with it.
Anti-clockwise :)
Wrap counter clockwise not clockwise.
Under the Arm no contest
Looks akward❣
if we are using short needles or circulars we aren't able to tuck under the arm...
You wouldn't need to with short or circular needles.
Buy longer needles. Much easier
I wish you talk less and show more