Tension

There are many ways of doing most things. Finding what works best for you is usually a series of trials and errors. I have been knitting with fingering weight yarn the same way I knit with thicker yarn, but have been having trouble keeping even tension because the thinner yarn slips through my fingers more. I tried wrapping it three times around my pinkie, but it had more tendency to bind. I recently tried a new finger wrapping method, going clockwise around my pinkie, the counterclockwise around my ring finger. Bingo. I have more control of the yarn without binding or excessive yarn drop.

Photo description: In process knitting photo showing the working yarn wrapped around the fingers of my left hand.
Photo description: view of yarn wrapping from the top of my hand.

This little change helped increase my knitting speed as well as reduced frustration with what seemed to be uncooperative yarn.