tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981786.post-15170152225649741942008-02-25T12:17:00.001-05:002008-02-25T12:28:57.627-05:00I was KIPing in the doctor's waiting room today when I was approached by a Helpful Person who wanted to critique my knitting technique. Now, I am fully aware that I am an Awkward Knitter. I hold the yarn in my right fist and drop the needle to wrap the yarn. It looks like hell in progress, but this is how I am most comfortable and the results are good so I do not feel the need to change.<br /><br />Said Helpful Lady indicated that I should learn to flick the yarn with my index finger. My mother knit this way and I am very familiar with the technique, but it does not make me happy. As a crocheter I am also semi-competent with continental style, but it is not my favourite either. I like to knit the way I like to knit, and that just happens to involve flailing my right fist while my needle drops into my lap, often sliding out of the stitches along the way. I can deal with it. I told the lady that it works for me, and she shrugged and said, "Oh well, whatever works," before moving away. But not before she had snarked that I must have just learned to knit in hopes of getting this scarf (which, by the way, is already four feet long) finished in time for Christmas.<br /><br />Anyway. Let us assume that she meant well.<br /><br />I present my Wallaby-in-progress as it stood a few days ago. I've added another couple of inches since then. The yarn is Knit Picks' Main Line in Wedgewood.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39699725@N00/2285301021/" title="Taylor's Wallaby by shesitsandknits, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/2285301021_a960380466.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Taylor's Wallaby" /></a>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04636092577961442243noreply@blogger.com