Re: Koigu shawl is done (now tensioning yarn)
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I just watched her video and she's got a couple of inefficiencies in there. One is that her index finger is held high up. That is tiring. I hold my fingers a lot closer to the needle and my hands in a normal curled position at rest. The second is that she's pinching the right needle. That again is no ergonomic. I rest it in the hammock between my thumb and index finger.?
The yarn goes straight from the stitch to my curled up middle, ring and pinkie fingers. The index finger is loosely holding the needle and is between the yarn and the needle. The thumb holds the needle steady but it is supported at all times. My thumb and index finger help insert the needle into the new stitch and then the index finger flicks forward which lifts the yarn over?the needle tip. Then it goes back to its resting position and my left index finger and thumb guide the needle point to make the new stitch. I don't push with my left index finger either except when my left hand needle stitches are spread out too much on the needle.?
I'll have to get DH to video tape it
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 8:34 AM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5= [email protected]> wrote: Jaya,? I so want to learn flicking.? It's just so efficient.? I've tried the tensioning methods you mention, but haven't settled on one yet.?? I know I should use the ring finger/pinkie tensioning methods b/c it makes perfect sense to me, but I tend to really cramp that left hand into a death grip.? That will take some practice time to zen out and relax that hand.
Very Pink talks about how she learned to flick.? Like you with Portuguese style, she used a project to force herself to practice flicking and succeeded.
I love Fair Isle so much that I simply must adopt either Portuguese or flicking to ensure I can knit all of the projects, all the time!
Mary.
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