I have been kn itting almost 60 years , i learned the method of Throwing the thread , which my late mother and her friends called the `French way `, while the other way , holding thread in left hand , was called by them the `German way`. with time every method one uses becomes faster ,,, Nothing to do with the method !!!
20 years ago i saw [in an airport] how a lady from South America knitted with 2 colors, and she use both `methods`, every hand holding a different color , she showed me her `method` and thus i aquired the other method. I still preffer the throwing method , it is easy familiar and SUITS ME !!!! ONLY when i work with more that one color i use both methods !!!!You should choose the method you feel easy with , not the method others tell you about !!!! In every method PRACTICE makes for faster and nicer knitting !!! All the best mirjam