How to be a FASTER KNITTER; Picking and Flicking. 

You've definitely given me some things to think about. You've definitely made me a better knitter. I've modified my grip thanks to you and am no longer experiencing pain while knitting. Am also going to invest some more time into investigating the flicking technique. Many thanks for your continued teachings. I am constantly learning many new techniques through your videos. I learned how to weave tails into your work between color changes just the other day.

I like to see all the ways of knitting. Think keeping the stitches at the tip helps me, if I can remember to be consistent. Your sweater is beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing. You have a very nice calm voice and way of teaching and showing "how".

Great video! I no longer try to knit fast ,I am retired ,but I still use this technique,I to have knitters fingers !

I can knit both English and continental. But I’m faster with English because I learned 60 years ago. I learned continental 20 years ago.

Thank you so very much.

Thank you for the demo. I'm not too far down the road and hope to visit your shop soon.

I believe that Eastern uncrossed knitting is even faster. The yarn is always wrapped in the opposite direction. The stitches are always back leg forward. The purl stitch is slower (still wrapped the other direction from English or Continental. Not the combined method The stitches are always oriented the same way.) but I'm almost always knitting in the round so I can do knit stitches almost all the time.

Works great to carry both yarns on the left hand for double knitting too

So funny! I use my finger next to my index finger on the right hand, I never noticed before, and hardly move my wrists at all. Very interesting video, I will deff try picking one day.

Excellent ideas for improving my knitting! I love the sweater you are wearing . . . is the pattern available in your shop? Thanks!

I'm a novice knitter & i've just learned flicking, but i do a lot of double knitting. Maybe i can combine flicking & picking.

Im very slow kniter ? I would like to knit like you it takes me a long while ?? I'm just the same with my crocheting I just think youar great sheila

I would love to knit Continental but the purling is problematic for me because my left hand is just along for the ride. It holds the left needle and can push a stitch down or off, but flicking or otherwise moving the yarn back and forth between front and back of work between knitting and purling is not gonna happen. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Do you think knitting Continental the sts are more uniform?

I know this I n ok ideo. I put my yarn in the front of index finger. Try your way sooooo much better. Thank you

I wonder if this repeated flicking of the wrist results in wrist issues?

It actually looks like you make a wrist movement to knit and not a forefinger movement.

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