Continental Knitter Tries Portuguese Knitting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- I am no expert. This video is a commentary on how a continental knitter learns Portuguese style knitting. Take and look and see if it is a style you would be interested in trying.
I’ve been knitting Portuguese style for a few years now. I’ve never found the pin, but I found using a small binder clip on my top works great! Just run the yarn through one of the pincher loops. No holes in your tops, and you can clip the needles together when putting down. I’m now learning Norwegian style knitting for kicks. 🤓
You can use a regular shawl 'fibula' as a knitting pin. 🤷
I knit Norwegian style learning Portuguese style do you use Portuguese needles with the hook or double pointed
This method changed purling for me foreverrrrr!
Hi
I am from Portugal and knit in the portuguese style since I was a little kid. I just wanted to tell you that on the purl stiches you dont hold the working yarn with the thumb and index like you are doing in the video but instead you just use your left thumb to flick the yarn. And also you tension the yarn in your middle finger always and that doesn't mean it has to be tight and it won't aggravate your neck if you relax your body , arms and hands. Thanks for promoting this style I have tried others but always go back to this one for being easy and very relaxing.
Do you use a knitting pin?
you can partner with me for knitwear garments.
I've watched, other videos. But you explained it, so much better. Thank you so much.
This has to be THE BEST demo I've seen of Portuguese style knit. I've been scratching my head for a day and THIS one is the best!
Your sense of humor is eerily similar to mine. I really enjoyed your video. Thanks for posting!
I will watch this again.. You made it look doable !! I am going to get my goods to give it a try, thanks!
I loved this video! I have tried Portuguese knitting a number of times and struggled with the tension with my right hand. When I did it like you instead of the middle finger it worked! Your directions were so clear I was finally able to do the knit stitch with ease too! Subscribed and looking forward to watching more of your videos
Thank you for a great video! good explanations of stitches.
Very good demonstration. Thank you.
excellent instruction, really great clarification and much better quality video, thank you
Very helpful. Thank you!
Your video is much appreciated! I've been looking into other methods of knitting that are less straining on the wrist and hands. I'm a continental knitter myself and like to work long stretches at a time. Watching your video did help me pick up knitting and purling in the Portuguese style quite quickly. Thank you!
Thank you for your perspective in transitioning from continental to Portuguese.
Excellent video !
I m a continential knitter so thanks for this. I tried it, love it especially the purling. 😃.
Thanks so much. You made it look easier than the first gal I watched on TH-cam.
I'm a continental knitter, Thank You for your video it was very helpful :)
Helpful. Thank you!
I just want to say that if you have trouble with tension flip it, tension yarn with left hand instead, it works either way.....
Very informative, thank you.
Thank you so much for this!!!!
I crochet and am wanting to learn to knit. I am shocked how hard it is for me to learn continental style! But I think it is because I am struggling with tension from being a crocheter.
My hands were hurting and so I am going to try this!!!!
Thanks Danie! That is so interesting. My grandmother knits that way but she has never had the patience to teach me! :-)
an excellent video with a Continental Knitters perspective ...as noted by another comment I noticed somehow the purl stitch is different from other tutorials ...I tend to avoid patterns ...that require cuffs waistbands or any frequent knit purl changes ...thanks for encouraging me to give it a serious try
I love this method. The tension has been the hardest for me.
cute video and very informative!
I want to thank you for the superb instructions! Watching, listening and learning is a delight. Please keep learning and teaching us the many different techniques of Knitting.☺️
I suggest you try combining continental knit and Portuguese purl. instead of keeping the yarn over the right needle for the knit stitch, you move it behind your left index finger, just as you would if the yarn came from the bottom instead as from the neck. It works much better in my experience. :)
I am trying to find a demo of continental purl that doesn't keep the finger raised nor create the need to use the pointer finger to wrap the yarn around the needle. The thumb flick may be the answer but, not sure I want to have the yarn around my neck. We'll give it a try. Thanks for posting what you've discovered. It helps.
I know this video is a couple years old, but I wanted to share a pin that I bought off etsy. I used to just wrap the yarn around my neck, but my hair would catch, or I would get neck burn, or worse an itchy neck from fiber. The pin is magnetic and super strong and she uses up-cycled broaches that don't leave holes in your clothes. I really like it. When I'm not wearing it, I simply click it to my work. If I'm just taking a quick break, I simply lift my yarn off the hook and walk away. www.etsy.com/shop/WittyStyle?ref=l2-shopheader-name (not affiliated, just a happy user)
Hi Danie.. I'm a portuguese knitter and I was taught to knit by my grandmother who, at 95 years of age still knits.. in order to not put too much tension on the fabric, try rolling the thread around your right hand thumb.. the thread will flow much easier ..hope it works for you :)
Maria Careto : This is my first try at knitting this way and I must say that wrapping it around the thumb works very well! Thank you for sharing this.
you're welcome... glad it was helpful :)
Kindly make video with lighter color yarn, thanks for sharing🌹
This is rather old youtube vid, but I was taught by brasilian mother in law, I tension with left hand , flick with left thumb , yarn comes down on the right , perhaps this might be easier for continental knitters. I have draped around the back of my neck, up on the left side, down on the right , but with wool I have done something a bit different, believe it or not I have put a old purse handle around my neck,slit the shiney smooth rings and turn them so yarn runs through rings snag free , instead of around my neck. ( I know some of you are laughing) I would love a nice broach but don't own one . :D
Learning from Andrea Wong…she has several dvds an I love her work! You are also good!
DukeofPurl on Ravelry here! and newer knitter. I taught myself Balkan/Portuguese/Andean knitting and really enjoy working with it! to replace a knitting pin ( not for this cowboy lol ) or the chaffing caused by the yarn around the neck, I worked up a suitable length of iCord from worsted weight acrylic, and then joined the ends with a LARGE vinyl coated paper clip. I opened up the other end a bit to accept the yarn - and BINGO!! I've got a portable, alternative for this style of knitting! Cheap! Cheap!! :) Good Luck ....
It is Greek knitting. It was spread over Europe, Mediterranean sea and all over to Armenia with the Greek conquest. It arrived to south America through Spanish conquest... It's magic how this is gaining mainstream status, and how people from all over south Europe finds it was the way their grandma or the ladies in that isolated village knit.
i tried portuguese knitting just today and honestly purling is a dream now, doing knit stitches is still kind of hard so i switch back to continental for those uwu
I’m just learning to Norwegian knot. This is interesting, but I have arthritis in my neck and I also hold a lot of my stress in my upper back and neck, so I may not try this, but that purl is inviting.
I also taught myself by tensioning the yarn around my neck but in a short amount of time, this irritated my skin. I have made myself several knitting pins from safety pins and earring hooks, then made some magnetic pins so as not to leave holes in my clothes, and also some necklaces with some sort of hook as the pendant. All cheap and can be made as simply or as complicated as you desire. Andrea Wong even suggests using just a coil-less safety pin. In my experience, when I tried using just a safety pin by itself, the yarn got caught in the coil and aggravated me. Check out Etsy.com for all sorts of "Portuguese knitting pins". Oh, and it's a good idea to try holding your working yarn in both your dominant and non-dominant hands. It works either way, but by practicing in each hand, you'll be more comfortable should you want to try two color knitting.
Growing up in Brazil I was taught to knit Portuguese style since I was a child. The way I was taught we never put the yarn directly around the neck on its own we always laid it across a soft handkerchief or cloth napkin then folded the fabric into a triangle to then be placed around the neck. Hope this helps if you ever want to try via the neck again!
Wonderful, isn't it? I do this since 3 years since l got a handicap with my arms and hands and l wanted to be able to knit nevertheless! It saved my knitting - ability!
It's true! My mom lost mobility on her right hand, and since using this style she knits comfortably.
I knit in the Portuguese style. The knitting pins can be bought on Amazon but the prices can jump around. Using the knitting pin is a bit more comfortable.
Hi loved the video and find I enjoy knitting this way better and have been learning most stitches in Portuguese, but does anyone know how you cast off in Portuguese style?
You pearl 2 stitches together then transfer the stitch on the right hand needle to the left then pearl 2 stitches together again. Continue in this manner until you're left with one stitch and you'd cut your yarn and pull through this last stitch.
good demo, would have been easier to see with lighter yarn.
Where did you get your yarn bowl?
I wished you summarized the differences. Will you be switching it is continental better for you?
desearía el tutoriales en español gracias
I have found it to be SO much easier with the pin, instead of going around the neck, but a safety pin would not do unless it was one of those coilless ones. I think I'm using a small stitch holder that is metal, and it works great. And the tensioning, I'm going with their recommendation and yes, it takes a couple of minutes to get the change, but if you have a pin, and the yarn is just going around your middle finger and the ball of yarn is nearby and unimpeded, there is nothing to the tensioning at all. You just pull the yarn as you need it. But when you have the yearn going around your neck, it does get tighter and tighter and tighter and tighter, as your knitting comes closer and closer to your face. So give it a try with a pin, and I suggest a short stitch holder, and see if that doesn't help with your tension. It was a huge, huge relief to me.
And then (and this was a few years ago; I stopped knitting for a while) I found that doing stranded colorwork in the round, such as for a sleeve, by turning the work inside out, that kept the strands loose, as they were on the outside of the circumference instead of the inside. And it worked really well with this Portuguese style knitting. I haven't tried stranded colorwork with it yet here lately, but I will.
Now my question to anyone is can you use Japanese short rows to shape a shawl color in corrugated ribbing? That is my project. Would love any suggestoins from anyone. Haven't actually tried yet. Still dying the yarn for the second color.
But I say yay for this "Portuguese" style, but it is so much easier with the pin than going around the neck. Try it with one of those safety pins that has no coil or with a stitch holder or maybe one of those pins we used to wear on kilts when I was a little girl? That was a very long time ago, granted. Schoolgirls no longer wear kilts, do they?
Very good video! I find this style of knitting much easier on my arthritic hands. I made a pin by putting a safety pin through a swivel clasp from a dog leash. This also has the advantage of stopping the yarn from falling off a hook and keeps the yarn tension even.
I am a continental knotter. I use Portuguese when I can't get gauge by changing needle size. Some combo stitches need to be modofied w Portuguese, though
I think your video is very well done. All that yarn flicking would cause my carpal tunnel to inflame, so no can do. I will stick to my Continental!
where can i get this pattern its no longer at knitting daily?
www.interweave.com/wp-content/uploads/Baby_Booties_Knit.pdf
Safety pins don't work, but if you can hang something over the safety pin that is just a hook, and drape the yarn over the hook, at least in my experience, that works much, much better than going around the neck. But just a safety pin doesn't work because the yarn gets caught, unless you have one of those safety pins that doesn't have a loop at the bottom.
I use a short stitch holder, which works fantastically, and another little hook thing that is a piece of Ikea hardware. But you can buy a pair of good ones, nothing fancy, not the ones that look like jewelry, for about $11. Try it. The neck is hard for me, much harder than with a good pin.
Just learning this style myself, but it seems your difficulty with the flick when purling is that you need more tension on the working yarn, I see some slack - it should actually be easier than the knit stitch. I' m loving this method after taking Andrea Wong's Craftsy class.
I think you're onto something there. If you turn the sound right up on Andrea's video, you can actually hear the yarn twang when she flicks it. She definitely puts much more tension on it.
+Sheralynn Wilson Maybe you will give the purling another chance?!
When doing the purl stitch, I notice you're using your left index to position the yarn. You don't need to do that. That's an unnecessary motion. Check out Andrea's how to Portuguese knit for clarification.
Hard to see on my iPhone . Your yarn and background are dark.
Where do I get the pin for this style?
Crazy style %-(
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where did you get your pot? the wool is in what a good place to put your wool.... ,
If you google yarn bowl you should find something in your area. Nobody where I live makes them but I showed a photo to a local potter and she made a normal deep bowl and just cut the curled cutout that holds your yarn into one side.
There’s a better way to creat the knit stitch by resting the wool on first finger of your left hand and just pick it up ...
Get yourself a pin they aren’t expensive
Sorry instruct faster, waffling
I disagree. Speed of instruction is perfect and all the comments she gives are valuable (at least for a continental knitter).
I will watch this again.. You made it look doable !! I am going to get my goods to give it a try, thanks!