Just for fun I thought I would make a video showing the difference between continental knitting and traditional (left vs right). You can see why I prefer continental knitting. For you traditional knitters out there who want to learn how, knittinghelp.com is the best instructional site I've found.
SSP (slip, slip, purl): Slip 2 stitches knitwise, separately. Place back onto left needle. Taking the right needle to the back of the piece insert it left to right through the back loop. Draw loop through and pull 2 stitches off needle to make one stitch. Confusing? Watch the video...
3 Needle Bind Off:
When finishing up the shoulder of a sweater, instead of binding off, I put the stitches on a holder. When the entire piece is complete and ready to sew together, I either do a kitchener's st to graft the shoulder (completely seamless) or I do a 3 needle bind off for a nice flat seam.
Short Rows:
My way of doing short rows in the round, after much experimenting.
**After more searching, I'm changing how I do short rows to Cat Bordhi's method. It's awesome!
Spuk slip next st knitwise, pick up strand between stitches coming from the back, twist through the front, slip that loop to right needle, insert left needle into slipped loop and slipped stitch on left needle and knit those 2 sts together (like a ssk).
Puk2tog Coming from the front, pick up strand between the sts, twist it from the back, knit together with next stitch.
Double-Knitting In the round
M1B (Make 1 Back) or M1R (Right): coming from the back, pick up the strand between stitches, knit into the front of the picked up strand.
M1B Purlwise or M1R Purlwise coming from the back, pick up the strand between stitches, purl into the front of the picked up strand.
M1F (Make 1 Front) or M1L (left) Make 1 Front: coming from the front, pick up strand between stitches, knit into the back of the picked up strand
M1F Purlwise or M1L Purlwisecoming from the front, pick up the strand between stitches, purl into the back of the picked up strand.
FC: Front cable, hold 2 stitches to the front, knit the next 2 sts, knit 2 held stitches.
BC: Back Cable, hold 2 stitches to the back, knit the next 2 sts, knit 2 held stitches.
