TUTORIAL: KNIT FASTER WITH FLICKING

Knit faster with the flick knitting method!

- Calla Shawl by Natasja Hornby

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[schuermurrman]

😱 ok. Flicking is my holy grail. I forced myself to figure it out and like...cussed a lot. But I couldn't get the tension right. Just saw ur video and my brain dropped out my head. Ran upstairs to my "I'll work on this when I'm not mad at flicking" and the wrapping that u showed for Flicking saving the knitting for me!!!! Woop woop and thank you 😊 🙌

[Painter]

I'm glad I found your video. I have been knitting this method for a few weeks now and it felt more comfortable but I didn't know it had a name. I really liked it. My hands are not hurting. I find my knitting is faster and more accurate. The tension is amazing. You are correct in saying it's like the thread going through the sewing machine I feel it. I use a sewing machine and I know what you mean. I'm also a new subscriber so I will be watching more videos. I love watching new people.

[sadheart]

I evolved into flicking without even noticing. I love that and can knit quite quickly. Still slower on the purls. The way I tension my yarn changes sometimes with the weight of the yarn. I even noticed your tensioning changes in the video from the way you showed us. It’s all a comfort level.

[pnesap]

Great tutorial for a newbie. This is the method I'm gonna learn: efficient & will save my damaged left thumb tendon 👍

[mounthoodsts]

Thank you for demonstrating flicking! I've been a thrower for 40 years, but thanks to this video I am a flicking convert! I'm working on a Find Your Fade shawl and it's the perfect mindless knit to practice this 'new to me' method of knitting. Thank you so much, I love, love, love this method 🥰

[spicychashu]

I started out throwing, learned continental because I saw it in many tutorials, and have now switched to flicking! it's a lot faster, there's way less movement in my hands so they don't get tired so easily, and my tension is a lot better. Thank you for the tutorial!

[adriennes]

I'm a flicker, too. My dear, little mother taught me to knit this way when I was a child and it's the most comfortable way for me. I enjoyed the video and will be back to watch more. You are an inspiration!

[soly]

I didn't even know I was flicking, just knitting the way my grandma showed me ! 😊 I am INCAPABLE of knitting continental, my left hand cannot handle tension and picking 😅 Impressed by your ability to switch around and thank you for such a lovely video !

[brandiagnew]

It’s nice to see a video about this. I naturally started flicking when I learned to knit.

[Kathy-xysr]

Hi Kristin,
I am a continental knitter which I find comfortable and fast but I am trying to learn how to do color work or stranded knitting. Many instructions have you knitting with both hands so here I am! I am finding your technique easier than some of the other video instructions I have been trying. I am more comfortable with your technique of tensioning the yarn. Thank you for a great video! I’m going to go work on some of that muscle memory, wish me luck.

[kellyramos]

I was serious about learning this method recently because I knit using a blend of throwing/flicking. It was difficult relearning how to knit but I trialed different tensioning methods until I found one that worked for me. I haven’t gotten as fast as you but I definitely doubled my speed compared to what I was able to do! So don’t give up if you want to try this! I just knit stitched with different wrapping/tensioning until I got it!

[abiparker]

Very very helpful. I have been practising your method regularly. It's definitely all about muscle memory. Thankyou for this. I have to watch it over and over to see where your fingers sit.

[arguchik]

I taught myself to knit in 1986 - way before Stitch 'n' Bitch, haha. I used a book from the 1950s that my mom dug out for me when I asked. She didn't teach me to knit. She crocheted, and to this day I have no idea why she even had any knitting books or needles. I learned on long, straight Boye aluminum needles (they were bent, actually - I think someone sat on them at some point). It was years before I switched to circs. Anyway, the book had great diagrams for what the yarn and needles were supposed to do, but it didn't say anything about what the hands should be doing. I figured out my own method, and it is almost identical to what you're doing in this video The only difference is that I hold the yarn more loosely in my right hand - I don't wrap it around either the index or pinky finger. I basically drape it over the back of my index finger, along the palm side of my middle and ring fingers, and back out again behind my pinky finger. I tension the yarn between my pinky and ring finger.

I've never really understood why everyone makes such a big deal about purling. The book I learned from went right from the knit stitch to the purl stitch, so I learned how to purl right along with learning to knit. But when I watch you purling by "throwing, " I get it. Letting go of the right needle seems a bit awkward to me (just not how I'm used to doing it) - especially when purling. Like you, I haven't gotten the hang of purling continental-style. I'm fine with the knit stitch (I learned because I wanted to do stranded color work), but that method of purling by pushing the yarn down with your left index finger feels really awkward to me. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to keep tension on the yarn when I purl like that. I either end up with my working yarn too floppy or too tight, or it falls off my index finger altogether, LOL. I've been intrigued by how a couple of Scandinavian knitters (Kutovakika and Petite Knit mainly) purl - it's not "Norwegian style, " it's something different. I'm still trying to figure it out. :)

[rachellajankolovitz]

Thank you for teaching me a new way of knitting.
I think it is a better one for people who got arthritis... Will give it a try!!

[KnittingmommyArts]

I didn't know this style of knitting had a name. I started knitting like this over forty years ago when I was learning to knit from books. I was a crocheter and the idea of dropping the needle to wrap the yarn made no sense to me. It seemed like a lot of wasted movements, so I pulled from what I knew from crocheting and started knitting like this. I tensioned the yarn in my right hand and only moved my fingers to wrap the yarn around the needle without ever letting go of the needle. And since I didn't have anyone who knitted to tell me I was doing it wrong, it worked for me. I'd never seen anyone else who knitted like me until I discovered the Yarn Harlot, and even then what I do isn't quite the same. How you demonstrate in this video is the closest I've seen to how I knit. So now, I have a name for my style of knitting when people ask me what the heck I'm doing!

[rosecaruso]

You explained this so well; i've been doing this by accident to attempt to speed things up (but lacking the skill and understanding of it lol) so thank you for this video! Best one i've come across

[theknitterbeal]

Now I know what my knitting method is called! I’ve been ‘flicking’ for 30 years and always thought it was just a more efficient way of English throwing! I DO think it’s super fast for me. I hold my string twice around my pinky and let it lay over my index. On the other hand, I do think the yarn harlot’s way is the very fastest. It’s called Cottage Knitting. You can find her doing it on YouTube. Loved your video!

[atolanib]

Hi Kristin, I noticed how you tension your yarn @1:31 is different to how you tension @1:48, not sure if i missed something there and a little confused. Thank you

[rosemaryfrew]

Thanks Kristin..interesting to see the difference.👍

[marniesgouros]

Yay! You made the video!!! Thank you. Shot so beautifully and wonderfully explained...