Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Right now I'm working on a basket weave scarf.  I'm using the scarf to practice my continental knitting.  I learned to knit English/American throw-style, but after all these years my right wrist has started to bug me a lot.  So far my tension is all over the place.  Part of my problem is that I hold my left fingers a little too straight.  I'm trying to get myself to bend my fingers more and relax them, but I think that's going to take awhile.

One thing I have discovered that I really like is Norwegian purling.  You can check out a small video of it here.  Scroll down to the "Alternative Methods" section.  I love not having to move the yarn to the front to purl.  There is an extra movement to do this, but I find it a lot easier than regular continental purling.

I'm interested in trying the combination knitting developed by Annie Modesitt, but I think I'll work on learning western continental first.  I feel like a brand new knitter and don't feel like doing much knitting right now, because anything I really want to make right now I would have to do throw style.

Enough for now.  I'll try to post some actual photos soon.

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