Knit Basics: Knitting Styles Continential or English? - Stolen Stitches
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When you knit you can hold your yarn in either your right hand or your left hand. If you hold it with your left hand this style is frequently known as Continental style knitting or 'picking'. When you hold you right hand, if you move your whole hand to work the stitch this is know as English Style or 'throwing'. Howeve
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