Is there a gizmo on the market for knitters that keeps tension on the yarn for you as you knit?

Question

I am a beginner knitter and have a hard time staying consistant (which I realize comes with practice), and the yarn falls off my fingers and I have to constantly adjust and rewrap the yarn. I am a continental knitter thus far and am using the method of wrapping that the lady on knittinghelp.com uses (around the pinky, up under my ring and middle finger and then half a wrap around the index finger). I have a mental picture of a ring "gizmo" that fits over the index or middle finger that actually would hold the tension of the yarn for me without all of the wrapping of the pinky and other fingers. Does something like this exist? Side note: I did find knitting thimbles and yarn guides, but these seem to mainly be used to seperate the yarns when using multiple yarns at one time. Any help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi. You can certainly try to tension in different ways. I tend to tension by having my yarn go over my index and then under my other fingers and sometimes I grip the yarn with those fingers. I knit continental as well. Maybe someone has a different way that they can mention.

I know what you are talking about the gizmo. I don't know where you would get one though or if this idea just makes so much sense that I figure someone must have invented it. But this is something you can try. Get a regular ring that's too big - but still comfortable - for whichever finger you want it to go on, take the end of your yarn, wrap it once around the ring, slip the ring over your finger and you can try knitting like that. If you find that too grippy, try it with the yarn just running through the ring on your finger and not wrapped around it. (just so you know, I haven't tried this). For the second one, you could maybe use a ring that fits you. I'm not sure. be careful though, you might get a callous doing this.

good luck

Answer 2

This is the one thing you have to learn through practice. You might do a web search for ' devices for handicapped knitters'.You might find something. I'm sorry I can't give you any advice except to keep at it and to practice. It will eventually come naturally. Everyone has gone through this in the beginning.