Throwin' and Pickin'

Recalling images in videos of knitters in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Scotland knitting fair isle with strands of different colours in both left and right hands, it suddenly occurred to me, while slowly plodding along, that I needed to change my technique if I was ever going to finish this pillow (and hopefully complete the second one) by the time the Olympic flame was extinguished. So, I put the black in my right hand, the pink in my left, and WOW: it happened. I was knitting faster, and looser. The picking part(left hand) has helped me to knit looser with each stitch as I go. This results in the stitches moving more smoothly along the circular needle - they don't bunch up as much. It's like a life-changing moment. Well, maybe that's taking it too far, but I learned something new, and that makes me happy. Thank you, Kaffe Fassett.