KNITTING TECHNIQUE - FLICKING - KNIT FASTER ENGLISH STYLE 

I've been knitting for over 30 years, in many different styles, but I had never seen this whole hand wrap tensioning technique. I tried it out while knitting a swatch and I LOVED IT! It seems to add a bit of extra twist to the yarn as I knit, and is so much less fiddly, so I am knitting faster. I'm using this technique to knit up a pair of socks on 9" circular needles right now and it is such a game changer. Thank you for sharing!

I'm an English knitter to, a flicker too, but I do not need to wrap the yarn around my hand, only around my pinky and around my index forefinger. A lot faster, a lot less letting go and wrap again.

I’ve never seen the pivot point mentioned before! And I’ve watched a lot of flicking videos! Thank you!!

I came up with almost the exact same method. I wrap my yarn in an indescribable way through my fingers and complete a stitch in one coordinated movement. It is at least as quick as continental. I never knew what it is called though. It is very enjoyable. I also enjoyed your video.

I LOVE to watch flicking but am not a huge fan of the "pivot" of the needle, so I do a slightly modified version of this but instead of holding my right needle over hand, I hold it like a pencil (underhanded, balanced in the web of my thumb) and all I have to do to create the same fluid movement is straighten out my fingers and it wraps the yarn tip perfectly without needing to pivot. It's the exact same movement for the pearl stitch. I also wrap my yarn around my pinky, and ring finger on my right hand and then the yarn is laying between the needle and my index finger. I enter the stitch and make a quick (also flick type) movement by simply straightening out my fingers = tip wrapped! I'll probably end up doing a tutorial for it since I've literally never seen anyone (even on youtube) do it quite like I do, but I feel it's a smooth (dare I say "easier") modification since the pivot never comes into play. I disliked the need to pivot while I was trying to get comfortable with flicking, but simply changing my right hand grip to an underhanded (pencil style) grip since I'm already SUPER comfortable holding a writing instrument and BAM!!! THAT was my instant game changer since I was able to get comfortable with it literally instantly rather than an overhanded grip needing to practice never missing the yarn while your trying to perfect the "pivot." It also complete eliminates "thumb fatigue" from the overhanded grip and pivot.

This is how I do my tension for knitting as well! I have never seen anyone else wrap their hand like this for tension before. It's nice to see someone else using them tension method...

I LOVE this style. So much that I might take up knitting again. Which I had earlier thought was too clumsy and cluttered with the needles for me.

How do you flick the purl?

thank you soooooooo much. it is very helpfull.regards from ankara

I flick this way as well but I don't throw the yard with the right hand, too much movement. Instead I use my left forefinger to grab the fairly tightly held yarn on right hand to pull the yarn through to make the stitch. Try it. 😊

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Weder schnell noch gleichmäßig!!

Thanks for this information

Instead of wrapping around the whole hand, try to wrap yarn around your little finger and put your thumb under the needle in a way that the needle cradles between the thumb and index finger . Hold the needle with your thumb and support the yarn with index finger and knit . Don't keep your index finger up in the air like you're doing in the video You can knit way faster if you try these tips

I notice that you have yto let the needle go every third or fourth stitch to adjust your tension. That is a lot of letting go.

This is so helpful to me. Thank you so much.

I can do this for the knit stitch, but purling is more difficult for me. Any suggestions?

As an English person with an English surname this method of knitting is the most natural to me.

Weder schnell noch gleichmässig

Which needles are you using, as in name brand. Thanks for the vid.

How do you purl with flicking? Does one only flick with knit and not purl?

If you let the yarn come from your left hand, its much faster !

it's another way of saying knit n purl no difference!

Das ist doch nicht schnell!!

The STUPIDEST way of knitting. The american way. I was always thinking why would anyone do such a thing.