Knitting Help - Flicking Q & A
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- "Flicking" is a way of knitting that is a variation on English/American/throwing knitting - a way to hold the working yarn in your right hand without ever letting go of the right needle. The first (and more general) video I have on flicking can be found here: • Knitting Help - Flicking
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Just wanted to say thank you, after watching and watching I tried to flick ... nope. Got frustrated and stopped trying ... the next day the same ... but on the third day I got it until I tried to move the stitches along the needle ... they were way to tight, so then made an effort to loosen my death grip on the yarn and needles and now I am so happy to say yes I am now a flicker. I am actually enjoying my knitting more now if that is possible ... so a big heartfelt thanks for showing us in depth how you knit. Have a good one :)
I'M FLICKING!!!!!!! I'mflickingI'mflickingI'mflicking!!!!!I tried and tried and TRIED and I wasn't catching on and decided to use a different approach. Maybe it will work for some of you. I made a series of simple knit disclothes. First, I got used to knitting with the yarn over my index finger. I could not initially stand the feel, but I persevered. That took me two dishcloths. Haha. Then I did the needle pivot for another two dishcloths, and then the left index finger supporting the needle. I had to do it in baby steps because trying to learn it all at once was not working. Now I can flick with the best of them, but it wasn't easy for me to learn this technique. I agree - it is so much more enjoyable and I LOVE IT. THANK YOU, Staci, for constantly sharing your wisdom and knowledge! I love your videos!!!!!
How long did it take you?
Born in England, my grandmother taught me how to knit, which was the flicking style apparently. I thought knitting was knitting and this was how to knit, period. I didn’t know there were other styles until I immigrated to the USA when I was 20 and joined a kitting group and discovered that I was the only person knitting by flicking; everyone else was knitting continental style. I can hold the yarn in my right hand index finger just above the first joint so I hardly move any of my fingers and don’t let go of either needle;can knflicking, and at this stage of my life, I
Stacy, you’re my knitting “Mom”. I always turn to you when I need help. My knitting has come a long way since I found your channel.
Stacy really is THE BEST teacher and the best explainer. Have been watching her for like 12 years and I’m STILL learning from her.
So, yesterday I decided that I was going to teach myself to flick. Which was even more difficult since I'm a continental knitter and never could get the hang of English style. And I finally figured it out and have been working on my tension, which took a lot of getting used to. Also, I tried your way of holding the yarn back to front, and I couldn't manage it! My yarn is front to back, with it wrapped once around my pinky, then over the middle finger and index finger which gives me enough control. Thanks so much for your awesome videos, and like the others, I cannot believe you're old enough to be knitting for over 40 years! Mind blown. :)
I love how you talk to us as friends. You are very "down to earth" and not condescending to the beginners! I just discovered your videos as I want to practice flicking and I will be watching many more. They are clear and easy to understand...thanks again!
Thank you for this video! Between this and a few others I finally have flicking figured out. If others are struggling....pay attention to how you wrap the yarn around the needle....most use a "western" style where they wrap their yarn counterclockwise. That's what we see in this video. Turns out I wrap mine clockwise, aka "eastern" style. Once I realized this difference I switched how the yarn wrapped around my pointer finger (from project to left side of my finger, over the top, and down the right side to my other fingers, and everything worked great. We are all so wonderfully made and beautifully unique.... hopefully this helps others learn a little more about their unique knitting style.
Here it is, five years after the post, and what a help! I'm knitting a scarf, one particular stitch's been bugging me. Now I see that a tiny change in the way my needles are held will solve the problem! Thank you, Staci! (from a flicker).
I self taught 10 years ago, right about the time you were first releasing videos. Watching this makes me smile, I’m a flicker and I assume I probably started knitting this way just by watching you without even realizing it.
I just wanted to say that it is possible to flick knit with the yarn in front. Just like you, I learned how to crochet first before knitting but I hold my yarn in the front instead of the way you hold it with the yarn going towards the back. Took me about 3 days to learn and now I’m knitting faster than before. Thanks for both of your vids. They were a great help!
It’s so great seeing someone else who knits the same style I do!! Somehow, when I started learning 20+ years ago, the flicking style ( not realizing that’s what it’s called) was what I began doing. I just wrap the yarn once around the pinky then over my pointer finger with the yarn feeding from the backside of the finger. It’s the most comfortable and efficient for me.
I cannot thank you enough for your three flicking videos, once I wrapped my head around the idea that you don't wrap the yarn with flicking it started making sense, pivot the right needle tip around the yarn. I have a clear schedule for today, a full pot of coffee, a full skein of practice yarn and a Netflix queue full of shows to watch--practice practice practice! (Now if only I could get my nails to be as pretty!)
Thank you, especially for that last part of the video. I’ve been knitting for 30+ years, and while I can knit just about anything reasonably well, I still knit as though I’m 8 years old- right hand holding onto the yarn and throwing (more like heaving) the yarn over the left needle. I’ve tried learning more effective and ergonomic ways, but I always give up too quickly out of frustration. But you’ve inspired me with your blanket story, and emphasizing how much practice it takes to master this technique. I do want to learn, because my crude technique affects my tension, speed and comfort!
Love your videos, they are the only knitting help videos I watch- and they have helped me learn so many new and improved techniques. Thanks again!
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. I taught my Mom & cousin. I learned to knit on TH-cam.. I found your videos..SO HELPFUL!! I am Continental & english knitting.. Im wanting to learn Flicking.. You have a Fast pace rythem.. Oh it looks so easy..😁.. I know ita not.. You are Honest saying it TAKES TIME.. I want to do a blanket. My issue IS..I keep having a TOO TIGHT CAST ON.. I end up taking hours worth of knitting apart.. Now I'm home the carona virus all around..and I am going to LEARN THIS..
I always wondered what that style of knitting was called. I watch my friends at knit and natter in awe. whilst I just took my crocheting. my mother knitted like That too. click click click went the needles faster and faster. and I sat watching knitting 1 stitch.every few seconds. thanks so so much for making this video, it's bought back so many wonderful memories of my mother. and now I'm going to practice hard. gosh thats bought a tear to my eye. Thankyou. xx
This is exactly how I have always knitted! I honestly didn't know there was any other way to knit till I started watching TH-cam videos of other knitters. Thanks for all of the tips!
A few months back, I saw the way you knit in several of your videos and was intrigued. I taught myself to knit, years ago, using one of those 'big box store' "Learn to Knit" kits (which I later learned was English style) and was rather slow and it was frustrating me. So, after trying many times (quite unsuccessfully I might add...), to incorporate Continental knitting into my skills so that I could learn to knit faster. When I saw you knitting that quickly, even while holding the working yarn in your right hand, I made a conscious effort to give it a try. I had a gauge swatch to knit and made the decision to try the whole swatch the way you were doing it. After about 20 rows, in half my normal time, I have definitely adopted flicking as my preferred way to knit! Thank you!
I've always been a flicker. That's how my Grandmama taught me in 1981. I have an unusual way of tensioning my yarn that does leave the working yarn on the front of my finger. I wrap it around my pinkie, over my ring finger, under my middle finger and back over my index finger. It works for me and I never have to let go of the needle until I finish the row or need to push stitches along the needle.
I posted your original video on Knitting Paradise site. I really want to learn how to flick. Turns out many veteran knitters have been doing it this way for 40 years, one for 50! Wow, new to me and so glad you came out with the Q & A. I'm going to post this as a follow up for us "rookier" knitters. Good for you for coming up with this many years before You Tube. Very inspiring and helpful (as are all your videos) :)
I'm sure you get comments like this _all_ the time, but you're really an inspiration. I haven't been knitting for very long, and I still mess up pretty frequently ("eh? why are there more stitches this time around?" "where did that one come from?" "when did I drop that??" "oh man, I don't remember where in the pattern I left off..."), but your videos really help me. Someone below said something like "You're my knitting mom", and I think that's a spot-on sentiment. Thank you for all that you do! You've really helped out the knitting community in so many ways.
I know this is 4 years old but I finally found someone who knits like me! I learned american knitting almost 20 years ago and then learned how to crochet with stitch diagrams--so never knew to hold the working yarn in the left hand--and crocheted with the working yarn and the hook in my right hand. Then I started knitting like I crochet and ended up doing this!
I love how this video explains the different ways of knitting. everyone who has seen me hold the working yarn in my left hand and know I'm right handed always question me. I never had a real answer other than I thought it took more time to let go of the right needle and wrap the working yarn again....but now I know that the way I knit has a name!!!! lol thank you! love your videos!
As an English/American taught knitter, I taught myself to flick from this video a few months ago, and I love it! It really speeds up the knitting for me and I'm able to finish patterns more quickly. Like Staci said, the main problem for me was keeping good tension, to keep the yarn up on the top of the finger. From when I committed to learning, to when I mastered it, it definitely took a couple months of constant practice. DON'T GIVE UP!! 😊
I am a continental knitter but I really need to become ambidextrous when it comes to knitting. Thank you so much for this additional help in figuring it out!
You are my “go to gal”. You are a wonderful teacher!
Thanks to you Stacey I am now flicking. It took me about a year to get efficient but now I love it so much! I keep my yarn the other way around my index fi get though 😅 couldn't make it work your way. But thank you so much for the inspiration! ❤️
I also couldn’t get it to work Staci’s way but I think it’s because I have much shorter fingers than her 😅
When I took up knitting again, about 4 years ago, I knew I wanted to knit faster and more efficiently. You were my teacher, so I was determined to learn to flick! I tried continental but couldn't maintain a consistent stitch. It took me about a year to really get the method in my brain. Now it's automatic and fast! I hold my yarn differently and I have it on the front of my finger.....it works and I thank you soooooo much. You have to find the best way for you and be patient!
I taught myself how to flick - after seeing your videos - three years ago and have been enjoying my knitting so much more since! Thanks for the inspiration, as always :)
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To avoid pinkie cramping, I hold a crochet hook with an (improvised) ergonomic handle in my yarn hand. I don't use the hook, and it doesn't get in the way--it just keeps me from having to curl up my pinkie so tight. I hold/tension my yarn the same way as in the video; even though I try to use different methods, I can't seem to stick with anything; I end up dropping the yarn all the time, and if I pick it up without thinking about it, this is just what's "natural" to me. Recently, though, my pinkie knuckle started cramping and hurting, so I started using a crochet hook. I don't have an actual ergonomic handle at the moment, so I just wrapped a bunch of yarn around the middle of it to make it thicker. You could also try holding a small ball of yarn or a wooden egg or something--anything that will keep your fingers in a more relaxed position. The object itself helps keep tension without having to wrap it around your fingers
I knitted traditional English style, throwing my yarn for probably 50+ years. After seeing your video, I tried flicking. It just clicked all at once! My speed and tension has improved immeasurably. Thank you for teaching an old dog a new trick!
My grandmother taught me how to knit where I grew up in England, and I never knew there was any other way to knit except what apparently is called the flicking style. When I immigrated to the USA and joined a knitting group, I was astonished that I was the only person knitting this way and everyone else was knitting what they called the continental style. I can knit quite fast, never letting go of either needle, and flicking the yarn around the needle by catching it between my index finger first joint and the tip of my nail on my right hand, as I am right handed, and flicking the yarn around the needle in both knit and purl stitching, making very small movements with my fingers. I really enjoyed this video and have looked at other knitting styles, but I am happy to keep on flicking.
Wooooow!!! You just lit the lighthouse for me!! I was looking at your vids not understanding how flicking was working so good for you. I just couldn’t get it right. It’s the ´put the yarn around the finger the other way around’ that cleared everything for me. Thank you so much. Also I started giving knitting lessons, but on my own knitting time, I’ve been watching your videos lately. I find it helps me explain tips better (and learn in the process as well...) Love you so and thanks again for your time and preparation.
Thank you, Staci. I am an English knitter who used to throw but recently changed my technique after seeing you and Hazel Tindall. I hadn't appreciated that the yarn could go to the back of the index finger first and had an interesting cat's cradle going on trying to work out how to do it! Love your videos. So practical and reassuring. Please keep creating them for us!
It's amazing how seemingly small things can make such a difference in how easy, comfortable and efficient knitting can be. Thanks for helping make knitting even more enjoyable!
I've been a teacher ( Pre K) for a long, long time. I'm newly retired now but I feel like I know a good teacher when I see one in action- you are truly great. I am going to keep trying bc I have all the issues that you spoke about! haha. Thanks!
Thank you for explaining this! I taught myself how to do basic stitches to make a scarf and pot holders in high school and would pick it up here and there but never got around to learning anything more complicated. About 2 weeks ago I decided I was going to learn how to make socks on dpn’s and I then learned there was continental knitting and I was an English style knitter. The English style is so much more comfortable for my hands but I still wanted to try a flicking way to help keep my pointer finger from cramping and we hold the yearn very similar 😅 but you tension it slightly differently and I’m going to try your way since I’m making my stitches too tight. Love your channel and I’m so glad I found you!
That is almost creepy. You published these video just in time for my fair isle knitting. I just watched your old flicking video and with the new video all my existing problems are solved.
now nothing can stop me from 2 handed knitting. Thank you very much, from a continental knitter :-)
I'm a continental knitter and always admire English knitters because their stitches are most likely very neat however I can knit faster. I have tried this English flicking way but failed. Now I know why I couldn't do this. The way I grabbed yarn was wrong such as you exactly pointed out ! I will try this again! Thank you❤️
I can't believe its been 5 years! I taught myself to knit from youtube and I am so thankful for you!
I'm a flicker - who knew? I'm self taught, just motivated to find efficiency in movements. I didn't want to waste time dropping and picking up the needles each stitch, so I figured out how to hang on. I wrap the yarn over my index finger front to back, not your way, but I don't find I have any issues with the arm movements like you described. Also, I weave the working yarn through my fingers and over the pinky to keep tension. I love your videos. Thanks for all of your information.
I also am a flicker and wrap the yarn over the front. I've just tried to do it with the yarn over the back and it was a disaster! I guess it's just personal preference. I think the elbow issue is also a tension issue. With a too loose tension I have to move my arms about a lot.
I watched this video years ago when I really wanted to learn how to knit faster. I can flick now Thank the Lord but I hold my yarn around my index finger the way staci shares not to hold it hahahaha. I love these videos I always come back and rewatch them all thank you Staci!
I'm a "flicker" as well. I never knew it was different; when I taught myself to knit, it came naturally. It is more efficient, I guess, than letting go of the needle every stitch.
I'm fliiiiiiiickiiiinnnnggg!!!! I've been knitting for only three weeks and my style has TOTALLY transformed because of this technique! Thank you! The stitches and gauge are even, a little tight but workable AND it's not taking me 15 minutes to wrangle through one knit stitch! I feel accomplished! :D
I just came across your video - I have been knitting this way for 72 years ! I had no idea it was a ' thing ' ! I did know that I have always knitted faster than everyone else but I had no idea why .
I am a self-taught flicker, but with less movement than you show, with yarn going front to back, over my bent index finger. My arms are kept close to my body or supported on a table, so I can knit for hours without tiring. This style felt the most natural to me and allowed me to develop some speed.
I am an Engish or American style knitter and have always been amazed at how fast you knit using your flicking method. Thank you for going into more detail about your style of knitting. I need to try this! Thanks for the inspiration!
I changed to flicking from throwing after starting to watch your videos four years ago and it's the way I knit now. I couldn't knit any other way, it's totally comfortable for me 😄
Thank you Staci. I really like the idea of this style of knitting. I've been knitting for over 45+ years and started with English, switched to Continental and now I'm going to try this method. It just seems more efficient and faster (after practice, of course).
I kinda laughed at the last part when you said you were determined to knit that way. I am one of those knitters that holds the working yarn in my left hand. I learned to crochet like that. So when I saw people letting go of the working yarn to knit I remember saying to myself "I'm not doing that! I'm knitting this way!". I thought I made it up too, then later realized there were a bunch of people that knitted the same way I do! There is even an elderly German woman in a charity knitting/crochet group I'm in that loves when I'm knitting because she says "You knit just like I do!". It makes her so happy.
I love watching you knit. I hold my yarn around the opposite side on my finger then you do. The one where you have a hard time getting the yarn around the needles to make a stitch. I try your way and can’t do it. Thank you for sharing how you do things.
OMG, I don't know how many times I've watched this video in the last couple of weeks, but I finally could!
I was convinced that to knit in the round I had to stop letting go of the right needle, because as an English knitter I helped myself by holding it with my arm (I use long needles), but I wanted to be able to use circular needles more efficiently and I'm so happy I'm starting to get the hang of it!
I finally figured out why your flicking method works. I slowed down the video and noticed that you are moving the right needle into an almost vertical position. This puts the tip of the needle in a position closer to your right hand. As you move your finger over the tip of the needle the tip of needle catches the yarn. Then the right needle is moved back into a more horizontal position as the tip is inserted to start the next stitch. This is mentioned in a previous comment but I finally see it myself.
Yes, absolutely. I address this in the first Flicking video.
I always thought I was strange in my knitting style. I always seen people do the English style of knitting and I tried knitting that way and it was supper uncomfortable for me. With your video I just found out I knit I wasn't strange. My style is continental! I have been knitting for three or four years now and I am an addict! I just woke up one day and said I want to learn. Took me two to three years to step outside my comfort zone and still I find myself panicking. lol. But I keep my head up and keep going. Thank you for your videos! I find them very helpful and informative!
I am a beginning knitter. I have found your videos are the most helpful and easiest to follow. Thank you for the guidance :)
You are such a life saver! I'm a continental knitter, but I've been working on stranded colorwork and trying to keep a color in each hand and couldn't figure out why my elbows were making everything so awkward in my right hand.
Your videos are always so good!
thank you so much for this video. I've just managed to flick by changing the direction of the yarn on my finger... I have been trying to figure it out for a while but held the yarn around the front of my finger, so it never worked!
thanks again from a novice knitter who learned to knit by watching your videos! from Rebecca in the UK
I taught myself to knit before the age of 10 from a book of my grandmother's. It showed holding the right hand needle similar to a pencil, resting between the thumb and the index finger. The action of the needle is controlled by the thumb and index then throwing (or flicking) the yarn with the middle finger. Over my 50+ years of knitting this way, I noticed I knitted faster than most throwers and realized it was because I did not drop my right hand needle. I recently learned my method of knitting is known as Cottage Knitting and is very similar to flicking.
Thank you!!! I've been trying to find a name for the way I knit. I was taught as a child by my Irish mother and knew my style was different than all my American friends, but had no clue what to call it. This video was the closest I'd seen to my knitting method, but I do hold the right hand needle like a pencil and am able to knit extremely quickly because I don't drop the needle. Instead, I keep my fingers close to the points of the needles and 'flick'. Thanks for solving the mystery of the knitting method name! :)
Thank you so much, Stacey! I taught myself to knit using the English method, but didn't like how slow I was. Then I taught myself Continental (and Combination) style. Now I'm working true Fair Isle and working with both strands in my left hand just wasn't working for me (losing tension on one of the yarns, slower speed), so I've been attempting (painfully slowly) to knit using yarn in both hands -- it's been so long since I knitted English I couldn't get my head wrapped around how to do it anymore! I remembered I had seen your "Flicking" video some time ago, and thought after a frustrating hour of knitting tonight that I needed to revisit that video. That one makes sense, and I get it... but the tensioning of the yarn was a perpetual issue. THIS VIDEO clarified that for me! So thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us. I'm pretty fast when I knit continental or combination, but now I think I'll really fly through Fair Isle work using both hands.
I'M A FLICKER TOOOO! It developed on its own. So much more comfortable than other mwthods.
Thank you Staci, I have been struggling with the tension for months and kept going back to the throwing but I was determined to do the flicking so I watch you video again and realized my yarn was wrapped wrong on my pointer. I've been practicing and NOW I am finally flicking and pivoting. Thank you for your help and your videos sharing your knowledge.
This is how I learned to knit as a child by watching how my Mom knit. I find it lets me knit fast with very consistent stitches and my knit and purl stitches are the same size.
Now I’m teaching a friend how to knit this way and I’m realizing how difficult it is to teach. Hang in there if your learning this. It makes knitting fun, fast and easy with beautiful results.
I find I have to alternate between English and Continental methods to avoid tendinitis. Since I’m normally a right handed knitter, it took practice to train myself to knit Continental. The rewards were immense, for knit-purl projects and Fair Isle color work. When I knit English style, I notice the yarn wraps around my index finger in the same direction as your yarn. So, I’m confident that with practice, I’ll be able to start flicking - and stop letting go of the right needle! Thanks, Staci ❤️
Dear Staci, I started trying to teach myself flicking before your first flicking video. I was so happy to find that video, I've never looked back. I had been trying continental style but just couldn't get the hang of it. The thing I like best about flicking is ( unlike continental style) all the movements are nearly the same. You don't have to change the movements between knitting and purling, even moving the yarn from front to back and back to front is the same movement. It makes everything so much more efficient, and much faster! Keep up the good work Staci, I always look forward to the next video!
How did you go with flicking? How long did it take before you got fast at it, and did you notice much change in your tension?
Dear Amanda Sheriff, It took me about a month of practicing every day to feel like I was getting "fast". My tension has gotten much better and much more even with flicking.
I love your demonstrations so much. They make so much sense . Now summoning up the confidence to try and flick . Thank you .
I've been knitting for just over a year now, always been a thrower but lately I've been wanting to work on improving my speed. Tried learning to flick today, really got the hang of flicking knit stitches, struggling with the purls but I'll get there! Your videos have been incredibly helpful.
UGHHH!! You’re correct! It is the tension!
I’m not sure I have the patience (or want it badly enough yet) to continue practicing flicking for the duration of this shawl!!
I am a relatively new knitter though, so I’m going to give myself some grace. I’ll finish this project and then when I start my next project, I’ll give flicking another try!!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful and beautiful work!!
I've been knitting for many years and this is how I knit. It is so fast and my tension is always spot on! I'm glad to know that I am not the only flicker out there!
Good advice on practice. I learned to knit the English way as a child and recently decided to learn the Continental/Norwegian way. I am encouraged to hear that you too had to practice to get it because it is very frustrating but it's worth it in the end.
I've never thought about the way I knit before but I just realised that I hold my yarn exactly the same way as you do.....holding the yarn in my closed fist & anchoring with my pinkie!
I saw one of your videos earlier this week and I tried to flick but had trouble controlling my tension. This video was really helpful because you explained how to hold the working yarn. I wrapped the yarn twice around my pinky finger and my ring finger. It worked! Now I just have to practice on my speed. Thanks.
This is such a helpful video! I’m a continental knitter, but I want to learn to flick! I feel like I have all the info I need to try this after watching this video. I love hearing that you committed to knitting a whole Afghan like this when you first taught yourself this method. Thank you! ❤
That same "blanket" determination is what got to become a continental knitter and am now attempting to master the Portuguese way. I am sooooo glad I did.
Hi everyone. I'm a flicker, while learning I was lucky as I was knitting as some people call it the Engkish method of dropping the right hand needle after wrapping yarn round.
All I can say is echo exactly what the lady in the video says, practise practise practise. A simple swatch isnt enough try a scarf or back of sweater etc.
The only difference is the way I hold tension. The vid the lady uses her pinky, I use my middle finger.
Keep playing back the video for reference, I promise you you will get the hang of it.
As for me, I'm focusing on her left hand as her movements are much much swifter than mine and I have 45 years of experience behind me so it's never too late to learn another method. Of how someone holds a yarn needle or movements.
Keep going everyone and pretty soon your work will start to fly
I am a left handed knitter that taught myself how to knit. I know I am a slower knitter that throws the yarn from my right hand and my mom in law cringed when she watched me knit but it works. I wrap the yarn around my index finger 2-3 times to get my tension but it comes off from the top, and now that I see how you do this, I will attempt to do it wrapping the other way to see if I can flick. Thanks for a great video!
Thank you so much for this video! I've been knitting pretty much exactly the same but holding that darn yarn wrong. I just took 10 minutes to play with a random swatch and pulled that yarn around my finger correctly. It definitely feels little weird and the tension is off but I can already tell that once I get it down it will go much better, like you said practice makes perfect. Yay! Knitting efficiency at it's finest! :)
I always wanted to be able to flick, even before seeings your videos. I'm pleased to say I finally cracked it! I still need practice, but I'm nearly finished one of a pair of socks using the technique and it's looking good so far.
I have always tended towards being a tight knitter, so I learnt quite quickly that bamboo needles and flicking do not mix for me, fortunately the DPNs I bought were metal, so I've not had that problem. It look a while to get how to hold the yarn so it flowed through my fingers and didn't tighten my knitting horribly.
Purling isn't as much fun, but because i'm mostly plain knitting for the socks, this hasn't been an issue. Again, practice will be needed.
This is how I have always knitted as I was taught at 5 by my Grandmother.....Love this style!!!!!
Wow. In less than 30 seconds, I went from weird inconsistent tension to really seamless tension. I've been trying your style for a month now, but could never get the same results. It was all in the wrap, like you said - I was wrapping the yarn over my finger the other way.
Can't believe a tiny adjustment like that made such a crazy difference!
Hi Very Pink I’ve knitted American, Continental, and Throwing, all styles hurt my hands and fingers. So I made my self learn to Flick and I am 🎉Happy 🎊. Both hands are more relaxed. I am able to knit longer and make more uniform stockinet stitching, lastly, I’m not dropping stitches as before. What a relief 😅. I’m a much better Knitter for it. Thank you for your style of knitting 🧶
thank you so much for this tutorial. I'm knitting so much faster than normal now. I'm still perfecting the tension but I love this flicking style so much more than the throwing.
I made a conscious decision to learn continental or as I learned it German method. I had to learn it on my own, I rode public transportation and would see these little ladies knitting like this. I tried many times to ask questions but normally they didn’t speak English . So I watched and learned and I’ve never looked back. However, now I’m making checkerboard slippers and I think it would be great to use continental in my left hand and flicking on my a right hand! Wish me luck!
That’s what I was missing, Staci!!! The direction of the yarn wrapped around the index finger makes a VAST difference! Thank you for clarifying that part.
I am SO excited! Thank you for being the first person to make this make sense. I no long let go of my needle. ((happy dance)) I also just bought your toe up two at a time magic loop sock pattern. I hope to dive into that today. =o] What really helped is you hold your yarn the same way I do and it made sense to me.
I did it! I learned how to flick based on this video. Thank you Staci!!!
I have a knitters pride set I just love. I've only had two issues, one of my chords has a too small hole for the key and once I was in a hurry and over tightened one of my needles and it sort of striped it - going past where it would normally be tight. I'd buy them again if I ever needed another set. As always, I love your Wednesday episodes! Thanks for all the hard work.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this awesome set
Omg this is SO helpful!!!!! I was holding my yarn wrong and doing the elbow thing! I can't wait to keep practicing and get better at this! Awesome videos! Thank you!!!
Thank you, Staci, I look forward to learning to knit from you, and intend to try to learn this way from the get go!
OMG I have knitted like that since I was 5 years old that's 60 yrs ago and never knew it had a name, I find I never have a tension issue using this way of knitting, I love the needles you use. TFS.......Mary
Exactly. This is just normal (English) knitting, the way I've always done and my grandmothers taught me. Dropping the needle to wrap is only something I've seen beginners doing.
Once again a great video! This was really helpful and answered all my Q's 💙
I'm getting ready to post a link on Ravelry to your first flicking video to explain to someone how I knit and realized I had never watched this one (that I can remember lol)
I never noticed before that you tension your yarn the exact same way as I do, with pinky and ring finger, then draped over the fingertip. I'm thinking that since yours were the first knitting videos I ever watched, when I found your knit a dishcloth video a few years ago, that I must have copied your way of holding the yarn without even realizing it!
Thanks for introducing me to knitting (and Ravelry!) and for your videos and great patterns too!
I am a new knitter. I would like to try this. I love you videos. Thank you for being clear and real!
This is so helpful. I've made flicking sort of work for knit stitches but not at all for purl. Now that I've seen the behind the finger trip I'm off to the races!
Thank you thank you thank you, you’ve helped me so much. I was holding my yarn in front of my finger instead of in back and I’m sure it’s going to make all the difference in the world. Again thanks!
I've finally learned each method and I dont feel I knit like others. Working yarn coming off my pointer finger. my needles rotate a lot during a stitch, and they move like a sewing machine bobbin I use a movement akin to reeling in a fish. I feel it helps with rythym, which I think is bketter than speed. Thankyou for all of these videos !!!
Thank you for explaining this so well. I've decided I'm going to give it time and practice. I just learned how to knit 2 months ago and am okay with throwing my yarn over, yet I think flicking is ideal. Thank you. ;)
Now I know what I was doing incorrectly when I tried several times to flick vs wrap! Thank you, Staci.
Fyi for UK viewers, Knitter's Pride is known as KnitPro in the UK.
This video is SO VERY HELPFUL! Thank you for this!
I do this! I didn't know it was called 'flicking'. Thank you! I am a left handed crocheter and naturally hold my yarn in my right hand. I've tried to knit left handed, but just couldn't. It felt wrong, somehow. Weird, I know. Flicking.......I've told people that I knit differently than others. Now, I have an explanation/term! Thanks a bunch!