Talk:Continental knitting

I appreciate the help from 12.32.13.98 filling out this page, but there's no reason to diss on English knitting so much, especially as the criticisms aren't even true. English knitters can keep both hands on the needles perfectly well, and maintain yarn tension in the exact same way as Continental knitters. When they do these things, their speed is not significantly different from Continental knitters.

Also, FYI, Combined knitting is not the same as Fair Isle, though it's a reasonable mistake if you've never heard of Combined before (I know I just learned about it this summer). I've now stubbed it so that doesn't happen again. /blahedo (t) 06:27, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

directions mixup

I don't know who wrote the captions on the pictures, but what is identified as clockwise in the knitting stitch is counterclockwise. Using the top of the needle as the hub in the center of the clock, the picture showing how the needle is wrapped clearly would move from the number three on the clock to the number two, the opposite of the way the clock hands go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.249.3.225 (talk) 21:57, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Preferred by professional knitters?

The statement "Continental knitting is preferred by professional hand-knitters, as it is the more efficient method, requiring the shortest number of specific hand-motions per stitch." in the page, seems augmentative, especially without sources to back it up. Is this actually true/ are there any sources that state this specifically? Yes I am aware that the page suffers from a lack of sources in general. --Karpenl (talk) 01:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I learned the "English" style while studying in GB, after having used the technique for a few years, a neighbour taught me the "Continental" knitting ("Oh God, I can't look at that. You are so slow!") which is definitely faster and especially reduces strain on the right hand, so it would seem reasonable for professional knitters to use the continental style. But it is difficult to find sources other than knitting instructions. 77.47.74.154 (talk) 11:08, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]