Holding yarn

Lyuf

I wrap my yarn around my pinky finger to tension in continental, and squeeze my ring and pinky together to adjust tension. It's still really dependent on weird things - like how dry my hands are! Practice makes perfect - good luck!

mardy

I wrap several times around my left index finger and unwrap or move my finger closer or farther for tension

soudabe82

the answers are interesting

ultimateduck13

Waiting for the answer too

fatima santos

very nice

cbninna

nice thx

htsear13

sounds interesting! following..

Justine77777

I hold my yarn behind my ring. It gives me the right amount of tension.

smarj

thank you for sharing

toomuchreading

If you've never seen them, there are items all over e-bay and amazon if you do a search for knitting tension ring.  They are rings that you can slip on your finger which can then hold the tension for your yarn where you want it.  Myself, I slip my yarn behind my wedding ring set which holds the tension pretty good.  When I can't be bothered to tension that way, I just literally just hold the yarn in my left hand with a couple of fingers, no wrapping.  Arnie & Carlos have a video of how they do it, and I'm similar when I'm lazy.  When I started knitting continental, I too had problems holding/maintaining tension in holding my yarn, but as I've practiced, it does get better.  I still can't do continental when not looking at my hands, but like the saying goes practice makes perfect.  (off to investigate some of those knitting tension rings I saw... :D  )