New Tricks for Old Dogs

This year I have been working on some projects on quite small needles, and find my knitting technique is causing some finger discomfort. Okay - I admit to having a pretty numb index finger. I use my own version of the continental knitting stitch and a throwing version for purl stitches. Some of my friends do a quick continental for both knit and purl; their fingers hardly ever touch the tips of the needles. Using the wonders of the internet, I have been watching the available demonstration videos and am pretty sure I will either learn the more hand healthy technique, or will go back to my old ways and live with the pins and needles in my finger.

Actually, the knitting part is getting to be a bit better for me, and I see some hope for improvement, but the purling - that is going to take some doing. Maybe it will be like some yoga poses - months of being unable to achieve a pose, followed by unexpted enlightenment and proper alignment. I'll keep working on it. More later.