I love that a knitting technique could be considered "controversial".

@seseaghito

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, does anyone know what are they referring to, by "controversial"?

@katyjudd1061

3 жыл бұрын

@@seseaghito Some people knit ‘continental’ style, with the working yarn held in the left hand and they ‘pick’ up the yarn to form a stitch. Others knit what I know as English style, with the working yarn held in the right hand and stitches formed by ‘throwing’ the yarn round the needle. Of course whichever way you learn will seem the quickest to you, at first anyway, but there are some techniques that suit one knitting style a bit better than the other. I love knitting 😀

@seseaghito

3 жыл бұрын

@@katyjudd1061thanks! But why would it be controversial?

@katyjudd1061

3 жыл бұрын

@@seseaghito I think it’s different now we have KZread etc, and are more easily exposed to different styles and techniques but, years ago, if someone knitted differently, people would scoff and say they’re obviously doing it all wrong. Nowadays we think if you get the same end result it really doesn’t matter how you get there - neither is right or wrong. 🙂

@seseaghito

3 жыл бұрын

@@katyjudd1061 thanks !

Wait. Are you telling me we used to have televised knitting competitions? We need to bring this back pronto

@holaforistas

3 жыл бұрын

Yes , completely agree with you.

@fakeulove9440

3 жыл бұрын

One hundred percent

@Peyoteskye

3 жыл бұрын

seperate crochet competitions!!

@Casinogirl56

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I would watch that all day.

@denisespencer6550

Жыл бұрын

Well said

I knew shit was about to get serious when they all started powdering their hands!

@propheticvoiceofthenation5771

3 жыл бұрын

No Cap

And the winner was... Mrs. Mary Smith from Alice Springs!

@nikiTricoteuse

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I couldn't believe you didn't show the rest. Bad words were said!

I'm a 36 year old male disabled veteran. I served for over a decade in the Army. I can strip and assemble a weapon with the best of them. I'm an expert in close quarters combat. I've recently taken up knitting as a hobby and hells bells, I was not prepared!

@tammyt3434

Жыл бұрын

I got bored in Afghanistan and used discarded surgical tools and 550 cord to knit for a couple hours. Put it down to do something else and when I came back my commander was trying to figure out who'd done it. I don't think I ever saw a combat vet look so scared as my commander holding a bit of knitting. XD

@isabellairon8420

Жыл бұрын

@@tammyt3434 I’d be alarmed too if I saw two scalpels with rope tied around them at then end of some beautifully assembled mittens as well…

@carolphillips-wk7ws

Жыл бұрын

Takes practice just anything else. I bet it took you a long time to learn how to strip a gun.

@natty258

Жыл бұрын

Keep at it.. if you can strip a weapon you can certainly knit pearl your way to success!

@Itchytastyjillsandwich

7 ай бұрын

Good luck on your new hobby!!

In case anybody else wonders: The winner was NT's Mrs. Smith (according to ABC), the traditional English-style knitting cardigan and jumper specialist.

@morningdewdymond1083

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I was like so who won?? 😅 You saved me a lot of grief and anxiety.

Crazy to think that they asked in 1971 if knitting was "old fashioned". My mother was 3 years old in 1971, she is in her 50s now and this year she has taught me how to knit (I'm 18). I find it interesting that someone might've considered knitting outdated in the 70s but even today it's a skill that is being passed through generations. For example knitting in my family has been passed from my grandmother to my mother to myself and my eldest sister and most recently my 11 year old niece. I genuinely hope there is never a day where knitting is considered archaic or dead, I plan on teaching my future kids and grandkids how to knit one day :)

@cajuniky

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same. Im self taught through online tutorials and books. And wish I had more time to spend on the craft. I will be knitting my heart out in retirement one day 😆

@denisespencer6550

Жыл бұрын

They should have kept knitting and crocheting in schools. It seems like the lockdown got people to take an interest in the craft

@Jessie_03

Жыл бұрын

@@denisespencer6550 I don't even remember if mum offered to teach me or if I asked her to. I'm glad I learned though as it satisfies that urge to create something with my hands haha.

@denisespencer6550

Жыл бұрын

@@Jessie_03 that's good to hear. They should have kept knitting and crocheting in schools

@gabrielaarosemena5208

Жыл бұрын

I also learned when I was 18 and I feel like it’s always going to have this “old lady” connotation until it becomes more mainstream knowledge that people are learning and knitting from before they were old 😂😂😂 I’m 36. There’s almost no representation of young knitters in the media 😂😂😂 I think Tom Daley really did something by knitting during the olympics 🤣

And here we are in 2018, with the fibre arts having a real renaissance. Knitting, spinning and weaving, even felting on the rise. This was a beautiful clip. Thank you so much for curating and sharing these old clips. Absolutely fascinating and a nice alternative from the depressing politics de jour.

@Admiral8Q

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. My brother liked knitting, but it was considered "gay". Gave it up. Sad. He was good at it.

@theyarnalist6416

3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen that little boy who is a crocheting and knitting genius? Sorry, can't remember his name, but if you can find some of his videos, you could encourage your brother. Before lockdown, a guy would come to the knitting group at my local yarn shop with his wife, so it isn't only gay men who knit.

@waiyisit

3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to add that the boy is called Jonah Larson.

@theyarnalist6416

3 жыл бұрын

@@waiyisit Yes, that's him! Thanks.

@CrystalRuizEnriquez

Жыл бұрын

And this comment was made pre-pandemic, fiber arts just boomed.

Jan 2021. This was interesting. My grandmother who is soon to be 90 is still to this day knitting for every baby born in our family. Even with her now arthritic hands she makes a point of it. She has 7 great great grandchildren, the last one born 3 months ago

@westminsterabbey.6916

3 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful thing. Kudos to her for still cracking on with it :)

@dayowl13

3 жыл бұрын

Love this grandmother made each of her 32 grandchildren an afghan!

@jestoverdavid5271

2 жыл бұрын

I wish good health and joyful days for her. She's a blessing truly

3:29 This judge is passively flexing her technical nous by wearing her award winning pullover.

This the cutest video I've seen in awhile but their speed is crazy! I like how some of them hold their needles as well.

I've started knitting and find it very relaxing . Love these ladies accents

@savvy2172

3 жыл бұрын

Australian accents and one Bavarian 😊👍

😂 isn’t it knitting old fashioned asking in 50’s 😁 2021 I’m millennial knitting right now a cardigan 😂

@holaforistas

3 жыл бұрын

Knitting 🧶 is therapeutic. According to studies, it can help with modern anxiety.

@theanimefan00

3 жыл бұрын

It really much can help! Crocheting also. If you learn it and get confy with it, it can elevate a lot of stress. Only knitting for 1 hour a day uninterrupted, maybe listenjng to music, educationsl stuff or some podcast while at it is a really relaxing and fun thing. As you count the stitches, it makes you feel collected and in control. The next day you'll be able to face your problems more collected and efficient. :)

@jmheirloom794

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what i was thinking everyone today saying its coming back i knit “vintage” patterns feom the time this video was released and they say then its coming back and now knitting from that age is considered vintage haha

I love how humble these older people are.

Look at the 1min 11 second point. The knitter is using the same technique as I discovered on a Shetland knitter video of the 1930s-1940s, wrapping the needle with first finger left hand. The Shetlander worked at over 3 stitches per second. This knitter is knitting over 1 stitch per second which is still pretty fast.

To knit is a talent. And for come down. And for a nice product at the end. I do knitting, since I am 10 years old, beginning with a pair of socks. Don't ask how they looked like. 🤣🤣🤣 But since this time I am in love with knitting, stitching, sewing, crochieting. I am now 61. 😁😁😁

If knitting Continental is "controversial" these people would go absolutely BONKERS if they saw me knitting in Portuguese style

@RogueAstro85

7 ай бұрын

Do they also knit Portuguese style in Brazil?

I can’t believe back then knitting was “old fashioned” when now I get called a granny for doing a craft that I adore

😭😭Did y’all come from the instagram reel too!?

THEY ARE SO METAL

Adorable grandmas flexing their knitting game. Everyone like that.

“Controversial continental knitting technique” - the rebel!!! 🤣😂 And Im going to need televised knitting competitions to make a comeback!

@lauraandrews1676

3 жыл бұрын

I knit stranded colorwork with one color in each hand. If my continental knitting wasn't so tight with just one color, I would probably do it as my regular technique :)

@megconnell823

2 жыл бұрын

@@lauraandrews1676 mine is tighter on tension with one colour too! I can’t swap methods during a project because it shows!

I love stuff like this

I like how they talk to each other, instead of them being stank to each other

I wish knitting competitions still exist nowadays 😌😄 ! at least we got Video game competitions 🕹🎮 !

With so much stress it takes the fun out of knitting ...

I need a video edit that adds "Eye of the Tiger". I knew when she broke out the powder for her needles that it was going down.

I never thought of powdering my knitting needles and hands. Excellent idea.

Fantastic I say it never die I love knitting my mum taught me its fab.

Great bit of history!!! LOL my knitting tension would increase if I tried a competition!! Fascinating different types of knitting all quite fast.

Need this in my life

Love to see this knitting competition.

0:56 and 4:15 Good shots of lever knitting there! ... Not sure what the controversial European style is -- looks like continental to me, but could be talking about the Norwegian purl?

@NinaKeilin

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like continental to me. Funny it would be called controversial.

@theyarnalist6416

3 жыл бұрын

I think the lever knitter was the controversial one.

This is fantastic!! Those ladies are speedy!

this is so intense

Thank you so much!!!!

Very good

I knit English style. I can't get on with continental or other methods. Funny to hear them say in 1971 that knitting was old fashioned. A lot of my mother's friends don't knit - baby boomer generation don't knit that much so they probably thought it was old fashioned when they saw these older ladies doing it.

@tammyt3434

Жыл бұрын

I think it was because knitting rapidly fell out of favor during second wave feminism and the US Vietnam war. Knitting was associated with WWII and girls raised to be idle homemakers.

@Miniver765

10 ай бұрын

​@@tammyt3434When infact homemakers were anything but idle. The work of keeping a home comfortable and functioning never ends.

Aww these women are all so humble and sweet. They've been doing this for almost their entire lives and all of them are like "Well I'm okay, I'm just doing my best"

Isn't it interesting that so many of these ladies hold their right-hand needle with the pen method rather than the knife method? That's pretty rare nowadays.

@Artemis3133

3 жыл бұрын

That's me! But that's probably because I learned my knitting from that generation of Australian knitters.

@bella-bee

3 жыл бұрын

I knit like that too, more than 2 sts a second when I get going, don’t move my hand much, just my forefinger comes forward to wrap the yarn. My Granny taught me in the late 60s. We used to race across the rows, trying to out do one another, sat on the back step, I remember. I’m in the U.K.

@quiltfabriccom

2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard it called knife or pen, but I knew what you were talking about! I learned pen from my mother in the early 60s and didn't know it was rare now. Thank you. I've been trying different methods to get faster, but I may just go back to "pen".

It makes it sound like the noisiest event ever. Not possible!

@nikiTricoteuse

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's really a pity someone thought that adding that dreadful ticking was a good idea. The clack of the needles would have been so much nicer.

How fun

This is very interesting, I've been looking for something like this for a while but I couldn't find anything in Spanish, but I found it in English

Naturally intense, just because that is what a competition is about! Every lady humble n kind. They didnt need all the silly drama.

@Miniver765

10 ай бұрын

That generation were raised properly. They weren't obsessed with being the centre of attention.

@snokful

2 күн бұрын

@Miniver765 What, as opposed to the men? They certainly were accustomed to being the centre of attention and the women to give it to them. Do you really think that's so laudable?

Oh, to be able to watch each one in slow motion.

@laceandbits

3 жыл бұрын

Click on the KZread settings button/playback speed and choose 75%, 50% or 25% speeds.

@lindachandler2293

3 жыл бұрын

@@laceandbits Thank you!

I'm in the CWA. I'm wondering if this is still run. I would love to see it in real life if possible.

@laceandbits

3 жыл бұрын

60 years later, if it is I'm sure you'd have heard about it.

@patriciaa3462

3 жыл бұрын

@@laceandbits , your maths is not good. You need good maths in knitting.

@miaj5118

Жыл бұрын

​@@patriciaa3462 haha

That background clattering noise sounds like an automatic weaving loom - NOT anything to do with knitting! Great knitters. I wish this showed the entire competition, though, as simply showing short snippets is NOT NEARLY LONG ENOUGH!

Not one sentence was started with "so"!! Lovely to hear people speaking so articulately.

@agnescleary2312

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I thought I was the only person bothered by that!

@XatxiFly

7 ай бұрын

They used "oh" and "er" much the way some people today might use "so." Filler words are normal, they don't make someone less "articulate."

...get it, get it...nice job ladies! :-)

hopefully these ladies passed on their vast knowledge to someone else♥

Notice, Mrs. Smith who seems to have been declared fastest is not knitting continental. One hears so often that 'continental is faster' as if that is inherently so.

The lady from WA had cauliflower ears 😭

Umm that’s awesome!

_I’ve made mistakes. Unforgivable mistakes._ This is in the context of a knitting competition, but she sounds like she’s killed before.

@deb1120

7 ай бұрын

🤣😂😂🤣😂

Ostras, qué estres. Yo no podría

All these years later and I knit the same way….don’t let anyone tell you English style is slower than continental..it’s a lot faster

@Miniver765

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! I find it faster and MUCH less clumsy. It's also better at keeping your tension even.

I wish the Bavarian lady could have won (representing my home state) but this is great nonetheless!

"controversial European technique"? How is that controversial? 😂 It's continental knitting, isn't it? I knit continental as well.

@snikrdoodls14

3 жыл бұрын

Don't quote me on this but I believe the lever technique was more common as it was known to be faster and more efficient than continental style which was I guess classed as more leisurely.

@coldfusionmusical

3 жыл бұрын

@@snikrdoodls14 I see, so because it was less common that they classed it as controversial? Lol 🤣

@CatBloom42

3 жыл бұрын

After WWII, continental knitting became very unfashionable in English speaking countries and the Netherlands (but interestingly enough not in Eastern Europe), because it was the way Germans knitted . I'm not sure if that sentiment lasted into the '70ies, but it might have something to do with it. Also, from my own experience, a lot of English style knitters, especially the older generation, had no idea continental knitting even existed en were very confused by it. And this was in the '90ies. Although I still get surprised looks from elderly ladies now and then. I'm an Eastern European immigrant in the Netherlands, by the way.

@coldfusionmusical

3 жыл бұрын

@@CatBloom42 wow, that sounds serious, people don't know that continental knitting existed, that's strange. I vaguely recall somewhere that perhaps the abandoning of continental knitting was due to WW1 like you've just mentioned, people not wanting to be associated with the Germans. Didn't know it was that serious though. As for Eastern Europe and also Scandinavia, perhaps the continental styles are a bit different from the German continental style, that's why they remain in use.

@nikiTricoteuse

3 жыл бұрын

@@coldfusionmusical I'm from New Zealand and only learned about it in the 80s. I was travelling across Europe on a train and noticed 2 German women laughing at how l knitted. By gesture l asked them why it was funny and they showed me how they knitted. Then the 3 of us spent the next hour or so laughing about how shocked we were about how each other knitted. They managed to teach me how to do it, more or less. Although l continued to knit how I had first learned, because l was so much quicker at it, when my hands got too sore to knit English style l taught myself combination knitting and now l can knit without my hands cramping.

who won?

@halimahsharonparsons8010

5 жыл бұрын

I would love to know the answer to that to Louise, hehe

@abcnewsaustralia

5 жыл бұрын

We're still trying to find out!

@narelle4868

4 жыл бұрын

And the winner was... Mrs. Mary Smith from Alice Springs!

O come on so win

Wait...all that and you don't tell us WHO WON?????

Who won?

Who won!?! this isn't funny! I must know!!!

@TheJannaR

5 жыл бұрын

From a post closer top the top: Ariel 5 days ago The news station made an appeal on Facebook to find the winner, and current members of Australia's CWA looked through their archives and found the name of the winner - it was the wielder of the fastest needles in the Northern Territory, Mrs. Mary Smith, from Alice Springs. (You may see her winning temperament for yourself at 1:58)

@snokful

2 күн бұрын

Yes, she's very calm and resolute isn't she!

We never did find out who won the competition!!!!!

But, who won!?

Who won??

Who won???

Oh so they’re just straight up not gonna tell us who won???

Why didn't this show the winner?!?

The Bavarian born lady is so prim and proper! Now, sadly that sort of attitude is very rare amongst women.

So-- who won?

@nikiTricoteuse

3 жыл бұрын

Mrs Mary Smith from Alice Springs.

really you didnt tell us who won! good grief!

Why are the comments for all these old videos always so cancerous?

@ngdukic

5 жыл бұрын

They're not.

@Broxine

5 жыл бұрын

Vectoreenio they are???

@laceandbits

3 жыл бұрын

Define what you mean by cancerous. I can't read anything offensive in these comments.

All this nostalgia... It's not like anything important or interesting is happening in Australia and the world at the moment...

@OldBoothy

5 жыл бұрын

Yes because this is the only video the ABC has put out today and there's no space on the interwebs for more than one video.

@looloo4029

3 жыл бұрын

Just you wait for 2020.....you’ll be sorry 😢

@seseaghito

3 жыл бұрын

@@looloo4029 ahahhahahahahahah ♡

@christelgrimmer4478

3 жыл бұрын

Are you serious, not everybody wants to have a phone or other similar device in their hand. To make something with your own hands is extremely satisfying and also has a positive impact.

@snokful

2 күн бұрын

What? What a weird comment. It's so apropos of nothing I can only assume sexism is the motivator.

1) Faster knitting doesn't make you a BETTER KNITTER. 2) there is NO right way to knit or Wrong way to knit. That is not true. 3) this obsession with knitting FASTER is so irrelevant, just enjoy knitting at any damn pace you want and MAKE sure at all costs that you don't get /suffer REPETITIVE STRAIN Injury from trying to knit fast and abusing your hands . 4) depending on the stitching you're doing, cables, lace etc, YOU will have to slow down so you don't make errors etc. You can get away with faster knitting if its straight stockinette. I believe people who knit often can and do knit faster than the average, but I've been knitting for years and do not knit like this, and no thanks. I got repetitive strain injury 2 years ago...still have issues with it sometimes and I cannot abuse my hands. 5)This Isn't a race people - no way!!

@Miniver765

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could like your comment 1,000,000,000 times! There's NO point in knitting faster if knitting faster is only going to result in mistakes (dropped stitches, split stitches, uneven tension) and hand/wrist strain. You eventually build your own natural pace the more experienced you become with knitting, and as you correctly said, some styles of knitting like lace and stranded colorwork require a slower, more calculated rate of speed.

@mikerope5785

2 жыл бұрын

While I agree with your PSA that knitters should be mindful of not aiming for speed at the sacrifice of your joint health, in this case it was actually a race between needle athletes. If you listen to the judge section again, you can hear them giving penalties for errors and poor form. These ladies were not getting RSI, because they were relaxed. It's no less valid to build up your speed knitting than it is to build up your speed playing piano or guitar, totally valid and a personal choice as long as you are loosy goosey and give your joints time to heal :D And eat bananas.

@tammyt3434

Жыл бұрын

Everything is a competition if you've got the spirit for it. Are hand injuries any worse than a vocalist destroying their vocal cords or an athlete blowing out their ACL?

@Cyndi159

Жыл бұрын

To each their own, personally I watch every stitch so I’m going to be slower. I enjoy watching every stitch. It’s the part that keeps me engaged. I also enjoy watching others knit really fast. There’s no wrong way.

@snokful

2 күн бұрын

This is literally a race. Did you miss that? It's for fun.

Who won?