By popular demand, today Vicki from Island Yarn shows you exactly how to knit in the continental style!

In the more common knitting style, the yarn is held in the right hand and "thrown" over the needle, but in Continental knitting the yarn is held in the left hand.

Because the yarn is held in the left hand and the working needle picks the yarn through the loop, the motions are smaller and can be quicker, which may lead to faster knitting!

You can see this a lot in ribbing and when working with colorwork, since the yarn can be more easily managed and tensioned!

Some knitters even find that this method places less strain on their hands and wrists!

Always remember keep going and always keep knitting!

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