Europeans knit backward from the way it's taught in the U.S. I do both
-- when doing two color work, I hold one color in each hand, and knit it off with the side the color is on. It reduces a lot of "swinging" of the yarn. For one color, I hold the yarn in my left hand. But since I started machine knitting, I don't do any of that!
There are extra-long double-point needles especially for knitting in the round with one needle fixed. The only source I know of is Schoolhouse Press
Joy Beeson
Oh, too bad! I don't knit much anymore, my hands just can't take the weight, but maybe with double-pointed needles I could give it a try again. The last big knitting project I did was for DGD when she was a baby, and she's turning 13 soon !!! I made a white blanket and booties:
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