Lightbulb moments for me were at 6:53 when you said, “measure it” on the needle, and again at 8:30 where you said, “…my needles are doing the work of measuring, and I’m just doing the work of wrapping.” I’ve only been knitting for a year, and I’ve never thought of it this way before. Tension makes so much more sense now. Thanks!
I fixed both my tension problem and my arthritis aches with just one small change: I learnt how to use the Portuguese method. And of course, purling with this method is so fast. I passed on this method to our 'teacher' in our knitting group (she's a professional hand knitter), and she's so impressed she now uses it almost exclusively.
Portuguese knitting is fun! I tried it a bit. It's not as fluid for me as continental but see how it could be such a great technique for people with hand pain.
Thanks for mentioning this. I'm pretty sure I have the beginnings of carpal tunnel on top of an old wrist injury. I was just sitting here resting my achy wrists while I would rather be knitting! I'll try your suggestion.
I also knit Portuguese style and I love it. I still find my tension is a bit loose, but I'm hoping to see if these tips also apply since the stitches are worked in the front.
@@bloomwiththestars I also made note about the positioning on the needle when making the stitch. It seems to work, because now my stitches are too tight to slide along the needle. Some adjustments are being made! I will get there in the end.
“Wow” is all I can say! I’ve been crocheting for several years and never had tension problems - only been knitting for a few months but had lots of trouble mastering tension. These small changes have already significantly improved my tension and how neat my stitches are. Thank you so much!
Wow! I’m a super beginner knitter (second day knitting) and I was knitting so tightly that my hands were hurting and my project was curling in. This has helped so much, way less pain and watching how you hold the yarn helped a lot too! Thank you so much
10 years a knitter. I heard, once, to knit as close to the needle tip as possible. I failed to practice that always. Now, I know the how and why of that instruction. Great teaching. Every stitch from now on. Thank you.
This video is very useful. I changed my way of purling 3 years ago and solved my tension problems. It' s always nice to discover simple solutions for knitting problems and have that pleasant feeling of progress. Thanks for videos like this one 😃!
Thank you so much! This video adresses my problem exactly. Also, I realized I lived in the illusion that there is a correct way of knitting and purling, correct way of holding yarn etc. Thanks for showing me that correct purle is the one that works for me 😊
I always found knitting more complicated than crochet but this video literally inspired me to start knitting. Nobody ever told me how to hold the needles and where we should keep the stitches so that they appear equal.. Thank you so much for this basic lesson. LOVE FROM INDIA 🇮🇳 ❤
I have been crocheting for a few years now, finally decided to face my knitting fears and started learning and my tension has been ~terrible~, but i think your demonstrations have helped me to understand how to really use my needles!! Thank you!!!
The technique using the needle to measure really helped me!! I'm surprised how long it took for me to find someone to talk about this. When I learn a craft, I need to learn every nitty gritty detail so thank you for this!!
😁 I actually learned to do the combination style of knitting at around 14:00 from my mum/aunt and it worked perfectly fine until I tried lace knitting. Only then did I realize that I’m doing twisted knit stitches. It took me another 14 years to find out I’m also twisting my purl stitches which is why I kept having trouble knitting. But then again, I’ve always been more of a crochet person 😉
Thank you so much, this goes straight to my "saved" list. For me as an absolute beginner, everything was a lightbulb moment: you can measure your stitches?! :) But just in general, your pace of explaining is superb and I really appreciated the care you took to mention and show all the different details.
What a great video! Sometimes knitting videos can be rambling or hard to follow, but not yours! I love how thorough (yet to the point) you were in explaining the different ways the tension could be off. I also really enjoyed the pros/cons of different purling styles. I often see videos of these purl "hacks" but traditional purling seems to give me the best tension. Thanks for sharing! ❤
Thank you so much! Some say I talk too much but I really just like geeking out over small things. What's interesting about all the purling methods is they are all traditional to some places.
Thank you so much! This is a topic that I have never seen covered in depth. I used to blame the yarn for the resulting uneven fabric until I realized it may be my tension.
Love this, thank you so much! I'm a very enthusiastic beginner, and really want to improve my tension, especially when purling. This video was super helpful, especially when you explain how the right needle measures the stitch. I can notice an improvement already (currently knitting a swatch in the flat).
I have been knitting for 40 years! Learned from a friend. So greatful for you tube and videos like this that clarify things I have struggled with for years!!!! ❤
another very helpful video! the part about using the space between the needles to determine how loose the knit will be was most helpful.... so far, my knits look like the messy swatch that you messed up on on purpose 🤦🏾♀️
One thing I've definitely learned as a knitter is to let the needle do the work! Overdoing your movements is just going to make your work look funky as well as kill your wrists
Really helpful!! I've always needed to use needles two sizes different than the pattern because I was knitting too loosely --down low on the left needle rather than in tapered area of the left needle. This video is going to be a huge help. I was struggling with why I wasn't getting the same smoothness in the fabric as other knitters and I finally know it was a tension issue and how I can fix it. Thanks so much!
This was really helpful! The lightbulb moment was making sure the stitch gets all the way onto the shaft to "measure" the stitch. Thank you so much, as always, for your super helpful videos!!
Thank you Claudia. My lightbulb moment came when you showed us to purl under instead of over. I noticed that my tension improved. Now I need to work on my tension when I’m doing color work. You never stop learning when your crafting😊
This was so helpful! I’ve just barely started teaching myself to knit after 40ish years crocheting. I was convinced that my problem was how I’m holding the yarn, but I think it’s more about what you’ve taught here. I was measuring with the neck of the needle, but in the wrong sequence. And I’ve got a big angle on my dominant hand that I can fix now.
I've just started knitting recently, came from a crochet background and so all of this is so magical to me. I've been making a baby sized jumper as practice, which I thought would be a small nice easy project to start with but that came with its own challenges of scale ! I'll have to come back to this video again and test out all the options you showed
I loved seeing the backward knitting / left handed knitting. I teach knitting same same, left handed or right handed. But the self taught lefties have often assumed they must go the other way. I’m a bit dyslexic and I have been a terrible guide (reworking patterns) for those lefty knitters. Maybe, thanks to your video, I’ll be more helpful in the future. Thanks!
Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot! I didn't know that I knit in continental style and now I know why I make some stitches that are bigger than others and how I can measure them better so that they move in the needle more easily. ❤
This is amazing. I learned so much from this video! Wow! Lightbulb moment was how to hold the needles, letting them measure…. And the different ways to purl and prosper and cons. Thank you!!
This is so useful, ive been knitting for over 40 years and never really liked the appearance of my uneven stocking stitches. My latest jumper is full of "gutters" on the reverse side and now at last i know how i can fix this. Thank you so much for these tips, i will try them out on my next knitting project.
I dont have a problem when knitting in stockinette stitch. But I have really uneven tension whenever I have to alternate between knits and purls, like a rib or similar patterns. Next time I knit I hope I can apply your tips and have a nice and even rib stitch.
Thank you so much for this video. I was really struggling with rowing out, I think the yarn I'm using also isn't very forgiving. I thought my purls were the issue but your video helped me figure out I was actually yanking on my knits! When I knit in the round you can't really see this, but while knitting flat it's really obvious. This video + using a smaller needle for my purls (bc my purls are naturally looser) totally fixed it! 😊
There were several light bulb moments here for me! I have been knitting for over 20 years and have not had clarity about some of these issues before I watched your video. Bringing stitches to the point of the needle before knitting them, not pulling on the yarn, so as to stretch out the stitch or make it too tight, and clearly using the needle to measure my stitches were all really helpful for me. Seeing all your methods of pearling was great.But watching you knit backwards blew me away! I have never tried that before. Thank you for such clarity!
This is a really helpful tension video. The idea of "measuring the stitches" while knitting and your explanation of how and why to do this changed everything for me! Thank you.
oh wow, I didn't know that I was purling in norwegian style 😂 ... but I'm doing it in a little different way. I move my left finger which is holding the yarn in front of the work and then put the yarn over the right needle instead of moving the right needle around the yarn on the back of the work... so good to see those different kinds of knitting and purling. Thank you for your video 😊 Kind redards from South West Germany
I'm new to knitting. Sort of. Trying to learn Norwegian purling. 😫 Going from creating my own stitches in thread crochet to that was futile. I love your technique of purling. Thanks... that's my lightbulb moment. Right now I'm creating a face for my marionette so I'm in a completely different mode, then back to relearning hairpin lace crochet but now I'm ready, also, to jump back in to knitting. I want to teach...all of this stuff so knowing all the different techniques is soooooo important! You're a Godsend!!
I use Norwegian purl, and there is a way to avoid the stretching that Clo mentions. Norwegian purl usually taught with exaggerated figure 8 motions, but that's just to help people understand the complex motion. Once my brain figured out the basic movement, I discovered that if I keep the needles at 90 degrees and minimise the movement of the needles, I get purl stitches that are the same size as my knit stitches. And I'm a beginner too!
Thank you! I learned so much from this video! I am Brazilian, my mother taught when I was little and somehow I've changed what she taught me and now I could understand what I do, cause I knit continental on the back loop and purl that twisted way you showed. I could never get it perfectly understood about how to knit european and now with your explanations I finally got it! Thank you so much! You teach really well! ❤
I've been knitting for over 60 years and now have some difficulty with my hands. I think some of the methods you demonstrated will be very helpful. Thank you.
I'm a continental knitter who uses the Norwegian purl, and it has worked out for me so far! What I do is that I only use the tip of the needle and keep my movements small. It still stretches my stitches more than knitting, but it's not so noticeable - I basically trained myself out of rowing out as a beginner by knitting a basketweave scarf. Thank you for the video!!
Funny how you do something for decades, and don’t realize why I don’t always care for knitting …. You made a great deal of sense and explained everything from showing us how different knitters’ work looks, WHY it looks like that and HOW to do it for a uniform tension. I am definitely going to try this way very soon on another project. Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
What an excellent and simple to understand tutorial. I noticed one more thing when knitting on the tips of your needles and allowing the barrel size of your needles to determine the size of your stitches. Once the knit stitch has been made and is now on your right needle, I always place my index finger on that stitch and hold it there as I'm inserting the tip of the needle to begin the next knit stitch. It makes it less likely that you will either tighten or loosen the stitch while moving onto the next one.
Thank you showing the ways one can knit and purl stitches evenly. Paying more attention to keeping my needles together, especially on purl rows, made all the difference. This also allowed me to relax since I'm trying so hard to tighten my purl stitches. My next project is a cardigan so this was very helpful. Another way to even tension is to wrap the yarn on your hand looser for knit rows and tighter for purl rows.
Thank you Claudia this video was very helpful. I have been struggling with rowing out. Like others have mentioned, the "measure it" is the key/lightbulb moment. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for the tips! I tried the knitting suggestions while watching and immediately saw a difference in how even my stitches were. Thank you!
I thought I'm knitting in continental style, apparently it's combination 😂. Great tips! Especially about "measuring" with the needle and holding needles in constant position.
Thank you so much! I tried it yesterday and I have never knitted such pretty stitches in my life. The difference is night and day. My stitches used to be so stretched out they were double the size. It feels like I learned to knit only now. 😅 Thank you again! 🥹❤️
The tip that I think will help me most is measuring the stitch by making sure it's the size of the right needle before pulling it off the left. I think I tend to pull it off prematurely when the stitch is still on the tapered part of the right needle. Thanks for the tutorial!
as a new but not new knitter I found my purl is tight and my knit is loose. I was having so much trouble with the purl when learning to knit. I was taught english style and taught myself continental through watching videos. I also have arthritis in my hands. I do find I have gutters though mostly at the beginning of the knit. I also have been having a problem with both knit and purl sides being to tight on the needle. I think I'm taking the stitch off to soon and also stretching at least the knit side. Practice is what I need. I see a lot of even areas on both sides with some that are too big at times. I was wondering what was causing this now thanks to your video I understand. Thank you
I’m knitting my first sweater and I DEFINITELY have this issue and didn’t know what it was. It occurred on the portion I knit back and forth before I joined in the round. After a few days I noticed how perfect my stitches in the round are and how wonky the others are - difference being the PURLS. I’m going to keep going because I’ve never successfully gotten this far but it is the clearest example of this problem I’ve ever seen. Thank you for the tips!
Incredibly helpful! My knit stitch control has improved faster than purl - sounds like that is true for most novices. I look forward to improved purl control when I resume my project tomorrow - had to put it away for the night. Thank you very much and I will let you know how it goes :)
I've done the first illustration, but the proper way if doing it, better❤😂 when you get into that rhythmic flow,you get caught up especially when doing it fast. 🙄 This'll help, thank you 👍🏾☺️🌹🙏🏾
Thank you for your great video! My tension is definitely looser when I purl (Continental). I am a new knitter and the lightbulb moment for me in your video was to knit/purl off left needle tips but ensure stitch is further down on right needle before releasing stitch. I've been keeping my needle tips together and at the right angle but this was the key element that was missing. Now it's all about practice, practice, practice! :)
Thanks so much! This is so helpful in understanding what causes rowing out. My lightbulb moment was 5.45. I recently picked up button band stitches for a cardigan and was wondering why every other edge stitch seemed to be much larger even though my tension on the cardigan seemed okay. That's the exact move I do. This video helped me understand what I needed to correct. 👍🙏
@@cloknits Does this also fix the issue on drop shoulder garments where the gauge changes because the top part was knitted flat and the bottom was knitted in the round?
It must be so hard for you to make a swatch with tension problems, It is like asking a good singer to sing out of tune 😉 Do you have tips for making the first and last stitches of a row look good ? Do you have tips on fixing ladders on the side of work when using magic loop ? I'll check my purls to see why they get so much bigge than my knits.
It did take some concentration! 😅 For the magic loop, make sure you keep your cable in the back very close to your left hand needle when you start knitting and also that the cable is long and malleable enough so that it doesn't pull on the stitches. I'll make a video ;)
This is helpful. Keeping a nice pace and not rushing can make for better tension. I taught myself continental some time ago to relieve tension on just one hand and see if it increased my speed. I like using both hands for crrrrrafting.
I was taught to do Norwegian purl (and I only recently learned the name) so yes I have always had a problem with 'rowing out'. I really like the purl method you show where you get knit stitches that present differently so you have to knit into the back on the knit rows. Making both the knit and the purl stitches differently is making me think more carefully about the whole process. Thank you! I'm going to make a simple knit and purl shawl in cotton to really engrain the new habits. 1000 m and 3mm needles. Wish me luck!
Thank you for this video. I had recently faced a problem of tension with cotton based yarn and was going to change needle size but your video revealed me a lot of other ways for coupling with it. And I have never seen so many ways of purling.
Thanks for posting this! I definitely row out on purl rows, and I've tried tightening up my tension, which made it even worse. It's nice to know what I was doing wrong and hopefully my swatches and knitting will be better for it!
Wow! What a great and useful explanation! I was always wondering what I could do to get my stitches look more even. You just made my day! Thank you so much for this video! I left you a subscription ❤️
This was really good! I've used most of these techniques in my journey to correct tension issues. My ah ha moment was the difference between animal and plant based fibers (oh and synthetic, too). I still have challenges with consistent tension throughout a single row. I've identified it's cause as when or how I choose to advance the stitches on the left needle closer to the tip. Too often I get into a zen state and knit say 10 to 15 stitches before moving my stitches up instead of more frequently. This causes stretching as I drop stitches (pull stitches) off the left needle. So, your demonstration of that reinforced my awareness. I have yet to figure out how to advance stitches more smoothly. Always a work in progress!! Thanks for the 'rowing out' video. :D
I really push my stitches together toward the tip of the needle at the beginning of a row to help the sts advance. Or if i'm knitting in the round on circular needles, I like to use a shorter cable to make sure I can move more stitches closer to the left hand one.
Thank you for this video. It answered some questions. I just recently switched to Norwegian purling and love it. I have mostly been knitting in the round. I will keep an eye on the tension when I cast on and knit a cardigan I have in mind. If I notice problems, I might need to do something different. Thank you again.
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This is a revelation. I’ve been knitting over twenty years and one thing I’ve discovered - I never stop learning! Thank you.
I hope I never ever stop being challenged and learn new things.
Same here. I love seeing new tips and techniques.
Lightbulb moments for me were at 6:53 when you said, “measure it” on the needle, and again at 8:30 where you said, “…my needles are doing the work of measuring, and I’m just doing the work of wrapping.” I’ve only been knitting for a year, and I’ve never thought of it this way before. Tension makes so much more sense now. Thanks!
Use your tool to your advantage! Thanks for commenting.
I fixed both my tension problem and my arthritis aches with just one small change: I learnt how to use the Portuguese method. And of course, purling with this method is so fast. I passed on this method to our 'teacher' in our knitting group (she's a professional hand knitter), and she's so impressed she now uses it almost exclusively.
Portuguese knitting is fun! I tried it a bit. It's not as fluid for me as continental but see how it could be such a great technique for people with hand pain.
Thanks for mentioning this. I'm pretty sure I have the beginnings of carpal tunnel on top of an old wrist injury. I was just sitting here resting my achy wrists while I would rather be knitting! I'll try your suggestion.
I also knit Portuguese style and I love it. I still find my tension is a bit loose, but I'm hoping to see if these tips also apply since the stitches are worked in the front.
@@bloomwiththestars I also made note about the positioning on the needle when making the stitch. It seems to work, because now my stitches are too tight to slide along the needle. Some adjustments are being made! I will get there in the end.
@@lifelearner47 Thanks for sharing! We can do it! 😊
thank you for the tweaks in both English and Continental knitting
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Yes I appreciate that also because I switch alot
I watched this while I was halfway through knitting a jumper and looking at the jumper you can literally see the point at which I watched it.
I should pin this comment! I'm glad it helped.
Awesome! 😊
Portuguese knitting….?
Must google and learn it!
Exactly the same happened to me. The back of the sweater looks untidy and the front so much better. Thank you! 🏵️
Pin it @@cloknits😂
55 years of knitting and I learned so much! Excellent!
Wonderful!
“Wow” is all I can say! I’ve been crocheting for several years and never had tension problems - only been knitting for a few months but had lots of trouble mastering tension. These small changes have already significantly improved my tension and how neat my stitches are. Thank you so much!
I'm so happy to read that!
Perfect demonstration of Continental and English k &p. Great info on tensioning. I have never understood the Norwegian purl, but now I do.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow! I’m a super beginner knitter (second day knitting) and I was knitting so tightly that my hands were hurting and my project was curling in. This has helped so much, way less pain and watching how you hold the yarn helped a lot too! Thank you so much
That's amazing. Learning to get good consistent tension is one of the most important skills in knitting. You're doing great.
10 years a knitter. I heard, once, to knit as close to the needle tip as possible. I failed to practice that always. Now, I know the how and why of that instruction. Great teaching. Every stitch from now on. Thank you.
Knowing why is so much more important than just knowing how
Your little mantra to day measure to your needle is very helpful. Thanks
I am so glad it helps!
This video is very useful. I changed my way of purling 3 years ago and solved my tension problems. It' s always nice to discover simple solutions for knitting problems and have that pleasant feeling of progress. Thanks for videos like this one 😃!
Yes! Changing small things sometimes have amazing results
Thank you for this video. This was the first time I saw backward knitting. It was fun
It is! I like doing backwards knitting when I do short rows.
Thank you so much! This video adresses my problem exactly. Also, I realized I lived in the illusion that there is a correct way of knitting and purling, correct way of holding yarn etc. Thanks for showing me that correct purle is the one that works for me 😊
I'm really glad you liked it. Every way is the right way for someone!
This is great! I can tell right where I was in my knitting when I watched this video!
Now I have beautiful, regular, measured stitches.
Amazing! I which I could see it.
I always found knitting more complicated than crochet but this video literally inspired me to start knitting. Nobody ever told me how to hold the needles and where we should keep the stitches so that they appear equal.. Thank you so much for this basic lesson. LOVE FROM INDIA 🇮🇳 ❤
I have been crocheting for a few years now, finally decided to face my knitting fears and started learning and my tension has been ~terrible~, but i think your demonstrations have helped me to understand how to really use my needles!! Thank you!!!
I'm so glad that these tips are helpful!
I shared this video with my knitting circle and the response is amazing. This helps so many of them, myself included!
That's great! Thank you for sharing it.
The technique using the needle to measure really helped me!! I'm surprised how long it took for me to find someone to talk about this. When I learn a craft, I need to learn every nitty gritty detail so thank you for this!!
😁 I actually learned to do the combination style of knitting at around 14:00 from my mum/aunt and it worked perfectly fine until I tried lace knitting. Only then did I realize that I’m doing twisted knit stitches. It took me another 14 years to find out I’m also twisting my purl stitches which is why I kept having trouble knitting. But then again, I’ve always been more of a crochet person 😉
Thank you so much, this goes straight to my "saved" list. For me as an absolute beginner, everything was a lightbulb moment: you can measure your stitches?! :) But just in general, your pace of explaining is superb and I really appreciated the care you took to mention and show all the different details.
Thank you! I love to teach and I'm glad it is resonating with you.
What a great video! Sometimes knitting videos can be rambling or hard to follow, but not yours! I love how thorough (yet to the point) you were in explaining the different ways the tension could be off. I also really enjoyed the pros/cons of different purling styles. I often see videos of these purl "hacks" but traditional purling seems to give me the best tension. Thanks for sharing! ❤
Thank you so much! Some say I talk too much but I really just like geeking out over small things. What's interesting about all the purling methods is they are all traditional to some places.
I use the combined knitting and love it. You always know that the stitches are the same size and it is so much easier I think.
Thank you so much! This is a topic that I have never seen covered in depth. I used to blame the yarn for the resulting uneven fabric until I realized it may be my tension.
Glad it was helpful!
Love this, thank you so much! I'm a very enthusiastic beginner, and really want to improve my tension, especially when purling. This video was super helpful, especially when you explain how the right needle measures the stitch. I can notice an improvement already (currently knitting a swatch in the flat).
Wonderful!
I have been knitting for 40 years! Learned from a friend. So greatful for you tube and videos like this that clarify things I have struggled with for years!!!! ❤
I'm happy to be here helping others.
another very helpful video! the part about using the space between the needles to determine how loose the knit will be was most helpful.... so far, my knits look like the messy swatch that you messed up on on purpose 🤦🏾♀️
It's all about practice, you can get there too.
One thing I've definitely learned as a knitter is to let the needle do the work! Overdoing your movements is just going to make your work look funky as well as kill your wrists
For sure!
Really helpful!! I've always needed to use needles two sizes different than the pattern because I was knitting too loosely --down low on the left needle rather than in tapered area of the left needle. This video is going to be a huge help. I was struggling with why I wasn't getting the same smoothness in the fabric as other knitters and I finally know it was a tension issue and how I can fix it. Thanks so much!
You are a perfect teacher. I'm not a native English speaker, but I completely understood.❤
That's really nice of you to say!
This was really helpful! The lightbulb moment was making sure the stitch gets all the way onto the shaft to "measure" the stitch. Thank you so much, as always, for your super helpful videos!!
Thank you Claudia. My lightbulb moment came when you showed us to purl under instead of over. I noticed that my tension improved. Now I need to work on my tension when I’m doing color work. You never stop learning when your crafting😊
That's what I love about it!
This was so helpful! I’ve just barely started teaching myself to knit after 40ish years crocheting. I was convinced that my problem was how I’m holding the yarn, but I think it’s more about what you’ve taught here. I was measuring with the neck of the needle, but in the wrong sequence. And I’ve got a big angle on my dominant hand that I can fix now.
I've just started knitting recently, came from a crochet background and so all of this is so magical to me. I've been making a baby sized jumper as practice, which I thought would be a small nice easy project to start with but that came with its own challenges of scale ! I'll have to come back to this video again and test out all the options you showed
New craft, new frustrations! Haha. But also all the fun.
I loved seeing the backward knitting / left handed knitting. I teach knitting same same, left handed or right handed. But the self taught lefties have often assumed they must go the other way. I’m a bit dyslexic and I have been a terrible guide (reworking patterns) for those lefty knitters. Maybe, thanks to your video, I’ll be more helpful in the future. Thanks!
Thank you very much. I will definitely try out the backward knitting 👍🏼
Very useful.I will try continental knitting as I have never seen it before.Thank. you!
Thank you for this - you are so clear in your instructions and suggestions - very helpful!
It's really nice to hear. I love helping.
Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot! I didn't know that I knit in continental style and now I know why I make some stitches that are bigger than others and how I can measure them better so that they move in the needle more easily. ❤
This is amazing. I learned so much from this video! Wow! Lightbulb moment was how to hold the needles, letting them measure…. And the different ways to purl and prosper and cons. Thank you!!
Thank you!
This is so useful, ive been knitting for over 40 years and never really liked the appearance of my uneven stocking stitches. My latest jumper is full of "gutters" on the reverse side and now at last i know how i can fix this. Thank you so much for these tips, i will try them out on my next knitting project.
I dont have a problem when knitting in stockinette stitch. But I have really uneven tension whenever I have to alternate between knits and purls, like a rib or similar patterns. Next time I knit I hope I can apply your tips and have a nice and even rib stitch.
I'm very grateful for your tutorial! My knit stitch is more even. Thank you!!!!😊
Wonderful!
thank you for the tip about using the needle to measure!!
Thank you so much for this video. I was really struggling with rowing out, I think the yarn I'm using also isn't very forgiving. I thought my purls were the issue but your video helped me figure out I was actually yanking on my knits! When I knit in the round you can't really see this, but while knitting flat it's really obvious. This video + using a smaller needle for my purls (bc my purls are naturally looser) totally fixed it! 😊
There were several light bulb moments here for me! I have been knitting for over 20 years and have not had clarity about some of these issues before I watched your video. Bringing stitches to the point of the needle before knitting them, not pulling on the yarn, so as to stretch out the stitch or make it too tight, and clearly using the needle to measure my stitches were all really helpful for me. Seeing all your methods of pearling was great.But watching you knit backwards blew me away! I have never tried that before. Thank you for such clarity!
Thank you for your nice comment!
This is a really helpful tension video. The idea of "measuring the stitches" while knitting and your explanation of how and why to do this changed everything for me! Thank you.
I'm really happy it made sense for you!
Bonjour Claudia cette vidéo va probablement changer ma vie (toujours plus 😂)merci a toi pour tes vidéos géniales bisous de France 🇫🇷 😘
oh wow, I didn't know that I was purling in norwegian style 😂 ... but I'm doing it in a little different way. I move my left finger which is holding the yarn in front of the work and then put the yarn over the right needle instead of moving the right needle around the yarn on the back of the work... so good to see those different kinds of knitting and purling. Thank you for your video 😊 Kind redards from South West Germany
Wow!! No one mean no one of the thousands of knitting friends I have on Facebook ever ever recommended that. They probably don’t know it. Thank you!!!
You're welcome. Don't hesitate to share this with them!
I'm new to knitting. Sort of. Trying to learn Norwegian purling. 😫 Going from creating my own stitches in thread crochet to that was futile. I love your technique of purling. Thanks... that's my lightbulb moment. Right now I'm creating a face for my marionette so I'm in a completely different mode, then back to relearning hairpin lace crochet but now I'm ready, also, to jump back in to knitting. I want to teach...all of this stuff so knowing all the different techniques is soooooo important! You're a Godsend!!
I use Norwegian purl, and there is a way to avoid the stretching that Clo mentions. Norwegian purl usually taught with exaggerated figure 8 motions, but that's just to help people understand the complex motion. Once my brain figured out the basic movement, I discovered that if I keep the needles at 90 degrees and minimise the movement of the needles, I get purl stitches that are the same size as my knit stitches. And I'm a beginner too!
@@amydebuitleir oh, wow. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.
Thank you! I learned so much from this video! I am Brazilian, my mother taught when I was little and somehow I've changed what she taught me and now I could understand what I do, cause I knit continental on the back loop and purl that twisted way you showed. I could never get it perfectly understood about how to knit european and now with your explanations I finally got it! Thank you so much! You teach really well! ❤
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. What an eye opener! You helped me see the root of my problem!👍🏽
That's great to hear.
I've been knitting for over 60 years and now have some difficulty with my hands. I think some of the methods you demonstrated will be very helpful. Thank you.
Portuguese knitting could be good for you. With the yarn wrapped around the neck, the hands don't need to keep tension.
I'm a continental knitter who uses the Norwegian purl, and it has worked out for me so far! What I do is that I only use the tip of the needle and keep my movements small. It still stretches my stitches more than knitting, but it's not so noticeable - I basically trained myself out of rowing out as a beginner by knitting a basketweave scarf. Thank you for the video!!
That's a great tip. Thank you
Funny how you do something for decades, and don’t realize why I don’t always care for knitting …. You made a great deal of sense and explained everything from showing us how different knitters’ work looks, WHY it looks like that and HOW to do it for a uniform tension. I am definitely going to try this way very soon on another project.
Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
You're welcome! ☺️
This is by far the best tutorial on how to knit better tension that I have watched. Thank you!
Wow, thank you so much!
What an excellent and simple to understand tutorial. I noticed one more thing when knitting on the tips of your needles and allowing the barrel size of your needles to determine the size of your stitches. Once the knit stitch has been made and is now on your right needle, I always place my index finger on that stitch and hold it there as I'm inserting the tip of the needle to begin the next knit stitch. It makes it less likely that you will either tighten or loosen the stitch while moving onto the next one.
Thank you showing the ways one can knit and purl stitches evenly. Paying more attention to keeping my needles together, especially on purl rows, made all the difference. This also allowed me to relax since I'm trying so hard to tighten my purl stitches. My next project is a cardigan so this was very helpful. Another way to even tension is to wrap the yarn on your hand looser for knit rows and tighter for purl rows.
Yes the famous Clapotis!!! I could absolutely do a deep dive on that one.
Brilliant!! It’s the variety of ways to correct tension that is so helpful
Thank you Claudia this video was very helpful. I have been struggling with rowing out. Like others have mentioned, the "measure it" is the key/lightbulb moment. Thanks again.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the tips! I tried the knitting suggestions while watching and immediately saw a difference in how even my stitches were. Thank you!
Yay! This makes me so happy!
I thought I'm knitting in continental style, apparently it's combination 😂. Great tips! Especially about "measuring" with the needle and holding needles in constant position.
Thank you so much! I tried it yesterday and I have never knitted such pretty stitches in my life. The difference is night and day. My stitches used to be so stretched out they were double the size. It feels like I learned to knit only now. 😅 Thank you again! 🥹❤️
Wow! That is such a nice comment to read and i'm glad it made a difference for you.
Thank you! these purling variations are great!! never saw them before
I'm glad you learned something new!
So happy I came across this video!!
The tip that I think will help me most is measuring the stitch by making sure it's the size of the right needle before pulling it off the left. I think I tend to pull it off prematurely when the stitch is still on the tapered part of the right needle. Thanks for the tutorial!
as a new but not new knitter I found my purl is tight and my knit is loose. I was having so much trouble with the purl when learning to knit. I was taught english style and taught myself continental through watching videos. I also have arthritis in my hands. I do find I have gutters though mostly at the beginning of the knit. I also have been having a problem with both knit and purl sides being to tight on the needle. I think I'm taking the stitch off to soon and also stretching at least the knit side. Practice is what I need. I see a lot of even areas on both sides with some that are too big at times. I was wondering what was causing this now thanks to your video I understand. Thank you
Tighter purls are less often a problem but it's as frustrating as loose ones. I hope my tips help you figure out how to relax your tension!
The video is really excellent. Thank you for all this information.
Thanks for the video. I’ve been crocheting for years but relatively new to knitting and I’m excited to try your tips to help my tension!
Happy you liked it!
I’m trying to learn continental knitting and will definitely try this technique. Thank you😊
Thank you for leaving a comment!
I’m knitting my first sweater and I DEFINITELY have this issue and didn’t know what it was. It occurred on the portion I knit back and forth before I joined in the round. After a few days I noticed how perfect my stitches in the round are and how wonky the others are - difference being the PURLS. I’m going to keep going because I’ve never successfully gotten this far but it is the clearest example of this problem I’ve ever seen. Thank you for the tips!
You are welcome. I hope it fixes your issue.
Incredibly helpful! My knit stitch control has improved faster than purl - sounds like that is true for most novices. I look forward to improved purl control when I resume my project tomorrow - had to put it away for the night. Thank you very much and I will let you know how it goes :)
Wonderful!
I need to try knitting backwards. I need to try it both continental and English style. Video very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for your help I’m a new knitter.
Thank you for this. I have to go back and see what I actually do. I loved your details about using the size of the needle, it makes such sense.
I love to analyse the little ways that change a movement, I use to be a dance teacher ;)
@@cloknits it shows!
Wow this video opened my eyes to my tension problems I didn’t know I had.
You can't fix what you don't know!
Thank you for sharing your tips, very helpful and easy to understand ❤️ 😅
I've saved your video to my knit techniques folder on RUclips, because it has so many great tips to try. Thank you!😘
You are so welcome!
I've done the first illustration, but the proper way if doing it, better❤😂 when you get into that rhythmic flow,you get caught up especially when doing it fast. 🙄 This'll help, thank you 👍🏾☺️🌹🙏🏾
So true!
Thank you 👍🏾 blessings 😁... always good to improve better with this... especially doing garments 😊❤
You are so welcome
Measuring the stitch will be a game changer for me! Also, those Lantern Moon needles are absolutely gorgeous! Where can I find them?
Oh my gosh, so many lightbulb moments! So glad I found your video right as I'm starting a new project. I can't wait to put your tips into action!
I'm so glad!
Never tried again since I did which was very long time ago. I now will try again since yo made knitting a better way to do so.
It takes a bit of practice but i'm sure you can do it!
Thank you for your great video! My tension is definitely looser when I purl (Continental). I am a new knitter and the lightbulb moment for me in your video was to knit/purl off left needle tips but ensure stitch is further down on right needle before releasing stitch. I've been keeping my needle tips together and at the right angle but this was the key element that was missing. Now it's all about practice, practice, practice! :)
You are so welcome!
Thanks so much! This is so helpful in understanding what causes rowing out. My lightbulb moment was 5.45. I recently picked up button band stitches for a cardigan and was wondering why every other edge stitch seemed to be much larger even though my tension on the cardigan seemed okay. That's the exact move I do. This video helped me understand what I needed to correct. 👍🙏
Yay! I'm so glad it already helped you.
@@cloknits Does this also fix the issue on drop shoulder garments where the gauge changes because the top part was knitted flat and the bottom was knitted in the round?
Best knitting video I've seen on the topic. Thank you! You have a new subscriber. :)
Wow, thank you!
Heck yes for portuguese knitting shout out! Great style if purling continental or english isn't your jam. Plus it's way comfortable.
It must be so hard for you to make a swatch with tension problems, It is like asking a good singer to sing out of tune 😉 Do you have tips for making the first and last stitches of a row look good ? Do you have tips on fixing ladders on the side of work when using magic loop ? I'll check my purls to see why they get so much bigge than my knits.
It did take some concentration! 😅 For the magic loop, make sure you keep your cable in the back very close to your left hand needle when you start knitting and also that the cable is long and malleable enough so that it doesn't pull on the stitches. I'll make a video ;)
Also , when using magic loop, tighten the yarn after inserting the needle for the 2nd stitch
@@satsumamoon Thanks, i'll try that !
Thank you so much for all your help. I learned a lot.
amazing!! i'm a new knitter and this was super helpful
Awesome! Thank you!
This is helpful. Keeping a nice pace and not rushing can make for better tension. I taught myself continental some time ago to relieve tension on just one hand and see if it increased my speed. I like using both hands for crrrrrafting.
Excellent!
I was taught to do Norwegian purl (and I only recently learned the name) so yes I have always had a problem with 'rowing out'. I really like the purl method you show where you get knit stitches that present differently so you have to knit into the back on the knit rows. Making both the knit and the purl stitches differently is making me think more carefully about the whole process. Thank you! I'm going to make a simple knit and purl shawl in cotton to really engrain the new habits. 1000 m and 3mm needles. Wish me luck!
That's a great way to create a new habit. I hope I get to see the result.
Thank you for this video. I had recently faced a problem of tension with cotton based yarn and was going to change needle size but your video revealed me a lot of other ways for coupling with it. And I have never seen so many ways of purling.
And there are much more. Isn't it amazing?
Thank you, that was A LOT!
Thanks for posting this! I definitely row out on purl rows, and I've tried tightening up my tension, which made it even worse. It's nice to know what I was doing wrong and hopefully my swatches and knitting will be better for it!
You're so welcome!
Great tips! I was “measuring” wrong. This is so helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! What a great and useful explanation! I was always wondering what I could do to get my stitches look more even. You just made my day! Thank you so much for this video! I left you a subscription ❤️
Glad it was helpful!
This was really good! I've used most of these techniques in my journey to correct tension issues. My ah ha moment was the difference between animal and plant based fibers (oh and synthetic, too). I still have challenges with consistent tension throughout a single row. I've identified it's cause as when or how I choose to advance the stitches on the left needle closer to the tip. Too often I get into a zen state and knit say 10 to 15 stitches before moving my stitches up instead of more frequently. This causes stretching as I drop stitches (pull stitches) off the left needle. So, your demonstration of that reinforced my awareness. I have yet to figure out how to advance stitches more smoothly. Always a work in progress!! Thanks for the 'rowing out' video. :D
I really push my stitches together toward the tip of the needle at the beginning of a row to help the sts advance. Or if i'm knitting in the round on circular needles, I like to use a shorter cable to make sure I can move more stitches closer to the left hand one.
Thank you for this video. It answered some questions. I just recently switched to Norwegian purling and love it. I have mostly been knitting in the round. I will keep an eye on the tension when I cast on and knit a cardigan I have in mind. If I notice problems, I might need to do something different. Thank you again.
You're welcome, I hope it helps in the future.
Knitting backwards, planning on practicing that . Thanks for this podcast
It's a lot of fun, even more so when you are knitting short rows.