kc had a really cool idea when she filmed herself knitting, so I’ve done it too. 
Here are two (the second one got eaten, sorry!) is one short clip:
- startinghedera.mov - here you get to see me knitting (English style, aka the “throw” method) a third of a round on my second Hedera sock. At some points it looks like I’m knitting kind of fast, and that’s because I chose the easiest part of the pattern repeat to film, hehe. The talking you here in the background is Christine’s Pointy Sticks podcast. And if you get bored, you can always stare at my stash in the background.
ok, I think I fixed my technical difficulties! The new file is semi-large (24.5 MB?), but hopefully it will play this time. Let me know if it still won’t play. Here is an alternate file; the same movie, but compressed. Less quality, but faster to download. phew!
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i see the bar thingie but i can’t see the movie part
that’s a very interesting idea.. posting movies of yourself knitting. 
Try right-clicking and saving it to your desktop. That should work but let me know if it doesn’t
I’m so happy you did this! I’m having the same problem Amy is though, I see the bar but no video or audio… so I downloaded it and it gives me an error that it is trying to find another file - probably what it was originally called? M-something.avi. Not sure, I’m new to all this video stuff! I thought maybe it was my FireFox, because I had some problems with it not viewing things properly, but I tried it in IE and the same thing is happening - and I want to seeeeee!
Thanks to you both for letting me know
I’m obviously new to this, too! ok, I converted it again, and it *should* work this time. Cross your fingers!
Yay! It worked! That was so cool. =D I am in awe of the right-handed-throwing thing… I just cannot grasp it! (no pun intended, hehe) The few people in my family who knit all knit left-handed like me. I’m going to have to watch it again, it just intrigues me! And um, yes, your stash is a little distracting!
Oh, and I listened to about half of her latest podcast last night - I am really starting to like listening to knitting podcasts because it is so fun for me to actually *hear* another human being talk about knitting instead of just reading about it, you know?
hurray!
That’s so funny because I’ve always been in awe of the continental method. Someday I will probably try to learn it…but then again, shouldn’t I master the method I currently use first? hehe. I know a lot of people say that the English way is slower, but I don’t think that’s necessarily true…it’s just preference.
This is random, but I saw something on TV about Julia Roberts…it was a clip from the play she’s in right now and she was knitting in one scene. I noticed she knits English, too!
Pointy Sticks is the second knitcast I’ve ever listened to
The first one was…um…oh yeah, KnitCast. That one is pretty cool, too. I know what you mean! I don’t have anyone to talk knitting with, so this is a nice substitute!
Awww… I’m always happy to talk about knitting with you!
When I’m on the computer with sound, I’ll have to watch your video!
I learned to knit English, then I taught myself Continental by watching a few Knitty Gritty episodes and videos online. It took me forever to learn how to purl Continental, and if I have a looooong row of purling to do, I normally go back to English for it. It seems to make my gauge a little better. I have just finally mastered long rows of purling Continental, and it has been a year since I first learned how to do it!
I definitely do the knit stitch much faster when I am doing it Continental. Purling takes about the same time either way for me.
Hey, just came over via the knitty board and saw your video. It’s always interesting to see people knitting. I have to admit that I’m intrigued - almost everyone I know who knits what we call English doesn’t actually throw - they simply guide the yarn with a finger, not taking their hand off the needles to make each stitch, and yet what I see on the internet being called English knitting ALWAYS involves throwing the yarn. When I first learned to knit I would throw the yarn and got told that it was a horrible habit and I should try to do it differently, and while everything I knit that way turned out fine I’ve found my tension is more even and I work quicker now that I don’t take my hand off the needles to make each stitch. Just an interesting thing I’ve noticed - perhaps what Americans call English knitting and what English (from magazines) and Australians (or at least the older ones) call English knitting are different - I wonder why that is.
Christine: If I do try to learn Continental, it will probably be from online videos too, in combination with books. I know that my LYS owner knits Continental; I could probably ask her to show me! And I listened to the first four Pointy Sticks podcasts yesterday while knitting.
Kate: I have tried doing the “pick” or “flick” English method, but couldn’t quite get the hang of it. The complete “throw” is what I learned from books, and I didn’t even know about the other way except from the Internet. And then there are people who are combination knitters, and I can’t even fathom what that entails!
man, i was hoping for a shot of YOU, not just your hands and forearms.
lol! You know I’m shy
something is wrong with me, i still can’t view it.. waaaaahh
it says the required compressor cannot be found, whatever that means. i tried saving both to my desktop. i can hear the sound, but no video. am i doing something wrong??
hmm…do you have Quicktime? Try opening it in that. It’s a .mov, so it should play there. Do you use IE or Firefox? That might have something to do with it, too…I’m not sure what else it could be! Let me know
i used IE. i just tried firefox now and it said that the required software needed to play it is not available on the quicktime server. so i don’t know.
yes i do have quicktime