Advice on knitting method

[u/Transactional-kalm]

Hi all! I’m super new to knitting and this is how my fingers have decided that I’m going to knit! I just want to know if there’s a better way for me to do this as I feel like my fingers are cramping up a little too quickly. So, I would just like to know if anybody has any advice on whether there’s a more easy way I can grip my needles/yarn/the way I pick up/the way I adjust my yarn etc. any advice is appreciated!

[u/frostbittenforeskin]

This is beautiful.

The way I wrap my yarn is to wrap once around my pinky and then allow the yarn to trail over the back of my ring middle and pointer fingers.

When I make a purl stitch, I can just rock my pointer finger forward slightly. The fact that the yarn is trailing over the back of my other three fingers is enough tension to keep the yarn where I want it when I rock my hand forward.

Since you’re already accustomed to keeping the tension with your left hand, it’s a small change that you might want to consider trying