Continental Knitting

One method Good. Two methods better!

Joint pain, knitting speed, stitch tension and stranded colourwork are all good reasons to extend your repertoire of knitting styles.

Whether you’re a life-long English ‘thrower’ style knitter, or you’ve never mastered the art of having the yarn wrapped around your fingers as you knit, this class will get you started with a fresh approach that could be a game-changer.

Join Yarnsub’s Wendy Peterson for a special lesson in ‘picking’ stitches the continental way. This style of knitting carries the yarn on your left hand, making it the perfect complement for anyone interested in holding contrasting colours on each hand for stranded colourwork. Likewise, if the repetition of the throwing movement is leading to RSI related pain, it can make sense to alternate the way you hold the yarn whilst you knit. Many knitters also report picking up speed after mastering the continental way of knitting.

In this class you will learn how to :

hold the yarn on your left hand and tension it around your fingers
work rows of plain knit stitches, by picking at the yarn on your left hand
work rows of purl stitches, by hooking the yarn from your left hand
alternate knits and purls in the same row without dropping your yarn from the left hand.

Materials

During the class you will be working on Wendy’s Pickled Peppers scarf pattern which requires 200g of Malabrigo Chunky wool (available to purchase separately with a 10% participants discount). If you would prefer to use your own yarn, please bring 100g of chunky weight wool and a 6mm circular needle which is at least 60cm long.

Skills Required

The class is suitable for people who are already on the way with their knitting and comfortably managing knitting, purling, ribbing and casting on. Ideal for knitters who are ready to learn new techniques.

10:00am to 12:30pm

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15th March 2026

£65

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Cancellation Policy

When booking your ticket, please make sure you are able attend on the date selected. In general, our classes are non-refundable. Exceptions to this rule will be wholly dependent on whether we can re-sell your ticket to someone on a waiting list, in which case a 90% refund or date change will be considered. For this reason we urge you to contact us at the earliest opportunity if you wish to cancel your booking. Please email us for more details.

In the event that we need to cancel a class, we will provide as much notice as possible and offer either a full refund or an alternative booking date.

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