How do you hold your knitting needles?

[oggsfrog]

I've not been knitting for long and last night started a dishcloth on shorter than usual needles.

I've realised that I usually hold the right needle under my arm for stability and ease - it's also good for when changing the yarn from back to front in say moss/seed stitch.

In the end I switched to larger needles as I just couldn't cope with dropping the needle again and again and trying to stabilise it against my leg.

I've only now realised that I'll have the same problem when I come to use circular or dpns (I'm planning a shawl on circulars).

How should I be holding the needles?

Ohhhh. I took the plunge and started nosing around Ravelry. It's addicitive isnt it?

I've spent hours looking up projects for all the odd balls I've bought on a whim.
One of my problems is that I'll see a yarn I like but only have enough money for the one. I'm then stuck with loads and loads of odd balls. There are only so many scarves a person can make.

Miamla, come on in. The waters lovely .

oggsfrog - some of the Kafe Facet patterns are ideal for that. I collected lots of different yarns and made large jacket - basically chunky weight, but often made up with 2 different yarns at the same time, sometimes one of them mohair. And as its one of the interlocking designs, you're carrying the other colour yarn over at the back - so its a really warm jacket!

A bit late to this thread - but funnily enough, I always thought that putting both needles under your arms was the correct way to do it - my mum and gran always used to laugh that I look like I'm about to take off when I knit because I flap my needles about so much! And I'm from Yorkshire (originally) so it adds weight to the theory. Having said that, when I hosted a knit-in for the oxfam blanket earlier this year I noticed that everyone there knitted with both needles under their arms, so maybe a Highland thing too?

And ravelry is fab isn't it? Feel free to add me as a friend on there, I'm Miaou on there too . I love looking through other people's favourites!!

Ooh, thank you Miaou. You'll be my first friend . Haven't actually filled any projects etc in yet though - my connection is so slow it can take upwards of half an hour to load a picture.

Mistlethrush, I'll have a look but I think an interlocking jacket

what's your rav name?

got gp appt this afternoon, will tell you after! (hoping to come off ads, ds better but still crap sleeper)

I grip them both in one hand, points facing away from me.

I don't knit, I just use them for stabbing.

Cadelaide.

My Ravelry name is oggsfrog Bellabear (if it was indeed me you were asking)

it was and I friended you!

Why, thank you .

I don't hold either needle under my arms but this is considered unorthodox by my mum!

do put me on your friends too on rav I'm the same name

Havent read the whole of this thread so not sure if someone said this already. I hold mine like pens but then when I wrap yarn round put both in my left hand and use right hand to wrap.

However is comfy for you is best way forward I would say.