Morning All Ok.... so, some people have suggested using a mirror to 'teach' left-handers how to knit/sew/crochet/tat etc....
If you look on the 'net' there are a veritable wealth of videos showing just exactly how to do all of these using either right or left hands!!!! Alex says that she taught herself how to tat and crochet right handed so that she can teach it.... and that if the person was left handed then she struggles.... When we're making lace do we think which hand to pick up the pin? which hand to use the pricker in? No!! Most people who are left handed adapt very readily to a right hand world... I taught myself to crochet, and tat.... why?? because I'm left handed! Over the years I've found that most left handers are very adept at 'swapping' around when they see how to do something shown by a right handed person. they have to be, after all they don't teach you separately in school to write because you're left handed do they?? Before you all write in and share your experiences of being made to sit on your left hand and use the 'wrong' one to write with.... we know about those... LOL. However, we can write, we can read, bake, sew on a button.... Please don't forget that we've been adapting for years with scissors, tin openers, doors (it annoys my family that the 'handle' on our lounge door is 'left handed' and they catch their knuckles when closing it.... VBG), we don't complain that much because we accept it! So, if someone really wants to 'learn' they will!! Oh, and, I knit northern english method, with the right hand needle under my arm, and wool in right hand, continentals don't have a problem with wool in left hand, so if someone struggles to learn one method, learn the other!! I crochet left handed, and tat left handed, pins are picked up with the left for bobbin lace, as is the pricker, scissors etc.... And yes, I use a fork in my left hand and a knife in my right! after all, you use the fork more than you do the knife.... do right handers struggle with that?? Back down off soapbox!! Sue in East Yorkshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
