Lithuanian knitting
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That's interesting. The stitches on the non-working needle are reversed in orientation around the needle from what they would be in western knitting. Therefor, when they knit into the back of the stitch (we usually knit into the front of the stitch for a regular knit stitch) they are effectively doing the same thing we do. I have to try this. It looks like it would make "continental" style knitting smoother.
Purling in continental style knitting is a fiasco and I never do it. Some people employ the Norwegian technique for purling in continental style but, again, it's a rigmarole if you ask me. I knit English style and it's not an issue. Now I will have to see if continental style purling is any easier in this eastern technique.
Imagine if knitting were an Olympic sport! LOL. I can hear the sports announcers now.
The industrial revolution cheapened everything.
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That's interesting. The stitches on the non-working needle are reversed in orientation around the needle from what they would be in western knitting. Therefor, when they knit into the back of the stitch (we usually knit into the front of the stitch for a regular knit stitch) they are effectively doing the same thing we do. I have to try this. It looks like it would make "continental" style knitting smoother.
Purling in continental style knitting is a fiasco and I never do it. Some people employ the Norwegian technique for purling in continental style but, again, it's a rigmarole if you ask me. I knit English style and it's not an issue. Now I will have to see if continental style purling is any easier in this eastern technique.
Imagine if knitting were an Olympic sport! LOL. I can hear the sports announcers now.
@Bernard Eastern combined knitting (with the purl wrapped the other way) is easier for a lot of knitters! You just have to know where to stick the needle on the on the next row/round. Easy peasy.
But if youβre knitting in the round, wonβt the knit stitches end up with the right leg forward instead of the left? (Time to run a swatch, right?)
The tricky part is the decreases, and Donna Druchunas shows how to do simple left and right leaning decreases.
For a double decrease, I think Iβd just rearrange the stitches to be right leg forward, and go from there.
@wtg Beautiful pictures!
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@bernard @wtg @mary-anna @adagiom
It's all Greek to me!
These are my sewing needles.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HF2a5Z4Zk1hTGPZW6
I like them a lot. I also bought a spool of cotton thread.
I didn't try using them because I realized I had zero chance of success.
I'm keeping them because you never know.
That was my quixotic recent attempt at sewing.
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@bernard @wtg @mary-anna @adagiom
It's all Greek to me!
These are my sewing needles.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HF2a5Z4Zk1hTGPZW6
I like them a lot. I also bought a spool of cotton thread.
I didn't try using them because I realized I had zero chance of success.
I'm keeping them because you never know.
That was my quixotic recent attempt at sewing.
I didn't try using them because I realized I had zero chance of success.
This is self-defeating thinking, Daniel. You have every chance of success, especially if you could have a hands-on session with a sewer.
I remember when I learned how to spin wool. I was started on a drop spindle and would take my breaks in the conference room to practice. My yarn kept breaking and the spindle would fall to floor. I'd get big lumps of wool in my yarn right next to whisper thin bits. There was a lot of frustration during the first week but I kept reminding myself of people I knew who spun. If they could learn it, so could I. At some point in the second week it all came together. Now, it's even difficult to remember why it was so hard to begin with!
You can do it!
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