Easiest for who? As a left hander, this kind of idea (that all a right hander needed to do was sit opposite and let me mirror image) is part of what caused me to hate crochet. My mother, a right hander, tried to teach me to crochet for years, not realizing that my brain didn't see things like her brain did. It led to years of frustration, and finally had us both give up on it.
When I was in high school, the school I went to had a "hand crafts" course in it's Home Economics department. I took the class, and crochet was the first craft taught. I was ready to get an "F" in the class because of how bad I'd done with my mother. It turns out, the teacher was actually left-handed and had taught herself how to do everything right handed to teach the right handed teens. However, she taught me how to do it left handed, and I had no problems with learning. I did so well, I received an "A" for that module. I absolutely *hate* crochet still, and I am now 46 years old. In all the fiber arts I can do, I will never crochet because my mother made me hate it so much by her attempts to teach me and her inability to understand that it's not as simple or easy as just sitting across from a lefty and having them mirror image a righty. Bronwen On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:42 AM, David C COLLYER <dccoll...@ncable.net.au>wrote: > Dear friends, >> >> Have you tried showing a left-hander a technique in the mirror. It works >> for some though not for all. >> > > Sometimes it's easiest just to sit opposite and let the other person > mirror your image. > David in Ballarat, AUS > > - > 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/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/> > -- Per pale argent and purpure, two phoenixes counterchanged sable and argent each rising from flames proper. "It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength." - May Sarton "Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living."- Albert Einstein "Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau - 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/
