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- This is a short tutorial of basics knitting stitches that are used in Russia and probably in some other countries as well.
Knitting has one undeniable advantage over crocheting: it uses only two main types of stitches knit and purl. All other stitches are their varieties.
Knitting has one undeniable advantage over crocheting: it uses only two main types of loops - front and back. All other loops are their varieties.
This guide will show you everything you need to get started with knitting.
First, you’ll learn how to get yarn onto the needles. Then, you’ll learn how to make the all-important knit and purl stitches.
Please write in comments bellow which one you prefer most.
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I'm so thankful for this video. I took a long hard road to learn how to knit. It was so difficult for me, being a crocheted, to learn to knit. On my own I figured the Russian grandma style. I have been criticized over and over again that I'm knitting wrong. It's so frustrating. But to see someone else knit like me, and to see that a lot of others also knit like me, it's so comforting. You also helped me figure out how and why my Stitches were twisting! Thank you!
You are most welcome🥰🥰🥰. I am happy it helped you. I will try to publish more knitting videos
SAME thing happens to me!!!! I've become so self conscious about people's comments that I've been trying to learn flipping; however, I've been knitting this way since I was a child in Brooklyn, New York. I learned by imitating what I saw others do, so I must have picked it up from someone of Russian decent. Now it all makes sense :)
Also, came to knitting from crochet, and this became to most natural to “hook” the yarn. 😁
Thank you for showing the world I am not knitting "wrong"! Sixty years ago my Russian grandmother taught me her method of knitting. I've tried all other methods and always go back to Grandma's way. I was told by other knitters I was knitting wrong but they were confused as my results were the same as theirs! Thank you for the tip on circular knitting as I was never taught that.
Thank you so much for your comment! I am always happy to read when my tutorials help other people❤️. I have few knitting videos. But you inspire me to post more. God bless you!!
There are so many of you saying you learned this way when you were five from your grandmother fifty or sixty years ago !! Me too!! I have found my people! I felt like I was the only one till this video and your comments! Thank you all for being here!
Thanks for sharing!!
Yes, I learned this way when I was about 6 or 7 by imitating ladies I saw knitting in Brooklyn, NY which has a large Russian immigrant population, but I never knew until NOW that this is the Russian method of knitting. Since I learned by watching (no formal lessons), I thought I just wasn't paying close attention and became quite self conscious about my knitting. Until now!!!! I found my people too :)
I love Russian grandma style knitting! It looks great, and doesn't bother the carpal tunnel or arthritis.
Good to know!
My sister taught herself to knit. She was left handed and learned how to knit from right handed directions. She then taught me to knit by sitting in front of her. She apparently learned the grandma way to knit but she won many grand champions at our county fair. The twisting of the yarn may be harder to frog but so pretty. I called it French loops like writing ‘e’s. Someone then showed her how to knit the “right” way. She then showed me. I’m going to try to go back to the grandma way. So pretty.
Thank you for this demo. For me, the Russian Grandma is the preferred method.
Thank you so much!!
I knit grandma stitch and I love it. So easy and fast.
Wonderful!
I thought it was called ‘continental’. That’s just how I knit. It’s the way I was taught 60 odd years ago in Switzerland 🇨🇭. I do the purl stitch a little differently and I wind my yarn on my left index finger for tension but the results are exactly the same. So... it looks as if I have been knitting the russian way all this time! Who knew? 😂😂😂❣️🌹
I’m so glad to find your video. Apparently I knit grandma Russian style. I had no idea I knitted a different way from other people until quarantine and I was making hats. The stitches would always twist around like a barbershop pole. The best definition I had come up with was continental combined knitting. I have since had to learn how to knit in the front of stitches when I knit in the round but I much prefer my original style for flat work. Beautiful and fast.
When knitting in the round that would only be so for ribbing, right? In stocking stitch you could work continuously into the back loop if I'm understanding?
@@riveranalyse hi, when knitting in the round the stitches will lean/twist if only using a knit stitch - stockinette - where the back leg is knit and not the front leg. When knitting flat work the same stitches will not lean because the purl stitch will correct the lean/twist.
Thanks so much. This is how my Grandma taught me.
Thank you! I’ve been knitting Russian style when I first started to learn how to knit 15 years ago and really love this way. And I am able to knit much faster. Thank you again for this demonstration.
Loving this! It is how my Romanian grandmother taught me to knit, and I want to start knitting again, and make a scarf for my boyfriend for Christmas this year.
I've started looking at UK knitting styles, but I have to wrap my head around them as they knit differently, wrapping the thread around the needle rather than the other way around, as I would do it. Like in this video, I'd always pass the needle through the loop, hook the thread, and pass it back.
So excited to start knitting soon!
Your stitches fascinate me.
So simple to make but so perfectly aligned.
Beautiful.
I'm certainly going to try to learn this method!
Thank-you for taking your time to teach it.
I'm American and I learned the English way....
I didn't realize how many ways there are to knit and many are faster than what I learned.
For me is a pleasure to share this kind of knowledge
I never knew that there were two Russian styles of knitting. I taught myself to knit what I thought was Continental and now have discovered that I am a classical Russian style knitter! Thank you! My usual way of knitting is what I call old English style where the right needle rests on top of the space between the thumb and the first finger and the yarn is draped over the first finger.
Probably the right name is continental but in Russia is called classical. I have to try old English style😜
Wow, that is the quickest method ive seen so far, I am going to try that!
I was taught the grandma style as a child. My preferred method.
do you use just this style?
@@kimcraft yes the only way I can and is so much faster
I have been to many knitting stores and I have always been told that they don't know what I'm doing. I was taught by a neighbor when I was 6 years old. The only problem with Grandma style is that patterns don't always work out as written. Thanks to TH-cam I can knit in either style! Grandma style is much faster for stockinette and for decreasing stitches. Thank you so much for posting this video!
Thanks for sharing your story, I'm really happy I could be useful to you!
Thanks, very helpful info. 🌼🌺🌸
Thank you for the simple explanations. Yes.. I knit classical way and purl grandma way without even realizing it. I learned to do English way. I do both according to my needs but understanding this is very helpful to me to be more confident in my knitting. ❤️❤️❤️
AHH. In 2005 I learned grandma knitting from an older Russian lady back before videos were popular, and I got defeated trying to progress into patterns by people saying I knit wrong but never explaining how. I came back to knitting suddenly this year (two successful pairs of socks since January!), I've been struggling to understand what people mean that my stockinette stitches are twisted or what else I'd do with them for slip stitch patterns since I knit VERY fast and don't want to slow down-- but your video is so helpful and clear about which leg to use to untwist if I want to. Thanks so much!!
Wow what an amazing story!! I am so happy my tutorial was useful😊
I was taught the classical method at the age of five and have been knitting for 55 years and never knew it was the Russian method lol. At least I have learned something this year. I really admire Russian knitters. 😊
That is exactly how I knit (classical) and I am from Norway. I learned to knit from my mother who is from northern Norway. Since northern Norway borders Russia there is a lot of exchange over the borders, also when it comes to knitting it would appear. I will now try grandma's method - it looks very easy. Thanks for sharing.
I thought I taught myself continental knitting but now I find that I knit in the classical Russian style! Who knew?
Hehe, maybe we can call both names11😄
I think this is continental knitting
It is both, what she calls classical is what we call continental, what she calls grandma's is what we call combination knitting.
The only difference I see is how Russians tension the yarn, with the finger right on the needle, Scandinavians do it this way too. In central Europe, we hold the finger higher up and wrap the yarn around the little finger or the forefinger.
It’s worth mentioning that if you decide to learn the second method, “grandma way”, when you knit in the round after the first row, you’ll have to reverse your loops, otherwise they will be twisted. So grandma way flat is KTBL, PTFL. In the round starting with 2nd row will be KTFL, PTBL as to avoid twisted stitches.
I’m a self taught knitter coming from crochet. I have watch lots and lots of videos. I began with English knitting but then I found continental knitting. Still that purling was difficult a little more time consuming not to mention to much movement on the hands and fingers. Finally I found what turn out to be the grandma way purling and it was very easy, fast and comfortable for me. Two videos I would say help me get comfortable with knitting, one was the video of the fastest knitter in the world which shows the little movements done in her knitting and she is not an English knitter. Another one was from a man that knits 🧶 I learned from him that what is important is to learn the construction of the stitches because once you do that whatever stile you choose you will know from where to pick up your stitches either front or back and know how to maneuver your needles. No need to twist or untwist (unless it’s part of the pattern to give a different look) stitches, just learn how to pick them up. But whatever works for us it is all good.
I like this it’s a different take
I learned how to knit by watching my grandmother. i got pretty good but when i got older i was told repeatedly i knit wrong so i stopped for 5 decades. I am almost 70 and picked up knitting needles once again and said to hell with everyone else, this style worked for me and looked the same as everyone else. 6 months about i found a video about something called Russian Grandma technique.. Imagine my shock when i saw that the person in the video was knitting the same way i did. My only frustration is for some reason i can't get the knack of lace.
Wow that's an impressive story. I believe universe brought you this video for a reason. I hate how easily people call sth unknown to them wrong. I wish you to keep knitting and have a lot of fun🥰🥰
Thank you I have been watching Russian knitters on TH-cam and love their work. I have been attempting to figure out how they knit. This really helps since the translation in CC is really good but not perfect. Plus they assume you already know how to knit. I slowed the speed and was getting a set up for twisted stitches with purls to knits now I know I did have it correct just grandma-style which is a super easy to purl and does not hurt your fingers
Glad it was useful for you 👍
thank you for this video. i prefer grandma knitting method. because of this knitting style, i was willing to branch out from crocheting :-)
For what i understand, the first method is called continental, my Oma taught me that way when i was 5 years old and the "grandma's" is called Russian method, I learned that later when I took a class on how to knit faster
Yeah, you are right!! Thank you for your story
The first method isn't quite continental. The purl is usually different.
This is how I knit as well 👍and I live in North of Norway 👍
I love Norway knitting and yarn. I wish I can visit it one day❤
Thank you thank you for explaining why I was getting twisted stitches! I was taught English style but knitting from the back loop when I was growing up. Still trying to get my head around knitting for knitting from the left of that front loop.
Wonderful!
It seems that I knit like a Russian grandma. 😁😁😁 It is sooo easy. I do wrap the working yarn around my left index finger and so I am able to hold a more open stance while knitting. It is for me the easiest and fastest way to knit and Ilearned from someone else’s grandmother who was teaching us arts and crafts back in elementary school.
I too am sometimes dizzy when I look at patterns and explanations since they all seem to be written for the newer way to knit…. Also, some people call this Russian grandma style eastern continental which I think it’s because it was used in the eastern part of Europe and further.
Thanks for the video!
That’s how I knit
I was taught Continental but the Russian purl is much faster and easier so I will do continental knit stitch and russian purl stitch. I think probably the all Russian way would be easier also for switching between a knit and a purl stitch because of the direction of the needle tip when you come out of the knit stitch :) my only question with that is when you come to doing things like SSKs or K2Ts how to do them the Russian way. Thanks for this great tutorial :)
I can record a tutorial for you🥰
@@kimcraft Wow! that'd be great whenever you have time! Thanks!
I would be interested in learning that too thank you 😊
My grandmother taught me the knitting basics English style. She always slipped the first stitch as well. I am assuming the reasoning is for a beater edge particularly for piecing.
Okay... so today I learned my knitting style is c o m p l e t e l y different from the two most popular so I decided to do the research and find the names for my technique... FINALLY found it! Apparently I knit in this grandma style and purl in a Portugese style? Interesting!
I am German and I learned in West-Germany-school, 6 years old, to knit this way and our teacher was no Russian either.
thank you for this tutorial, this is my favourite style of knitting, I started to learn the English way first, but that one was confusing to me, this one is so fun
I also love your needles and yarn, I know it's an older video, but can you tell me the name of the yarn? i couldn't find it in the comments
I learned grandma style by accident 😁
Me too😀
My continental style evolved to the grandma style all by itself! LOL
I explored Russian knitting several years ago, this is how I've knit since that time. It is similar to Combined or Combination knitting. I also do English Flicking for some things.
I like Granmas way much better. It seems faster.
Hello Kim, it seems so dumb, to me, that I feel I am knitting with my feet trying to learn this. What am I doing wrong? I sometimes end up with this ONE big loop between the stitches. Aww, I heard your kitty, now your puppy,..I love animals! My passion is horses, rehabilitating them to accept a human again. Wish u were my neighbor or sitting right next to me.I can guarantee I would have you laughing at me. That's ok, I would start too, then we both would be
catching our breath! You asked which method I like better, well I am stubborn, and it's the back loop thing I won't stop until I get IT!! Have you checked out the Portuguese method? Give me your opinion. Please. Well, thank you for your kindness in sharing your talent. God Bless You and your family.
Hello Suzanne! Hehe, your comment already makes me laughing 😂. It's really hard to say without seeing. My guess is that you maybe lose a stitch from your needle and then it undo and you get a big loop.
Wow, horses!!! I wish you were my neighbor too! My son loves horses. Yeah, I guess we would have a lot of fun . Where do you live? I haven't yet tried Portuguese method but I would love to do it after lockdown is finished. God bless you and your family too! And thank you for such a lovely comment 🤗
Я тоже так вяжу.
How do you do russian yarn forward as I have done it continental and it does not look right.
I took months to learn to knit trying daily. I just couldn't do traditional knitting and continental wasn't quite right either. I found Arne and Carlis who do Norwegian style and it felt better but I still didn't do it that way. Turns out I purl like Grandma but knit classic Russian. I have just thought I get same results as others so why worry if I don't hold it the same.
how are you keeping tension on your index finger??
I learned it by a lot of practice 😉
Yep. That's it. Thanks! Out of curiosity, pardon me for prying - where are you from?) I can hear a slight accent, but i guess you're not Russian. Thanks again:)
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Grandma style somewhat like continental knitting
Grandma's style is combination knitting. The classical is continental.
This is continental style, not russian!
It is both, what she calls classical is what we call continental, what she calls grandma's is what we call combination knitting.
The only difference I see is how Russians tension the yarn, with the finger right on the needle, Scandinavians do it this way too. In central Europe, we hold the finger higher up and wrap the yarn around the little finger or the forefinger.
@@SiriKaktiki russianstyle is where the go in from top down instead of bottom up and they also knit on the back of the loop 😊
You need to notice which way the yarn is being caught and pulled through the stitch. Continental is different than eastern/Russian.