LEFT HANDED KNITTER AND CROCHETERS

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Comment by Harrison's mom on January 1, 2012 at 8:41am

Left handed people definately use their right hands more than righties use their left. I guess we have all had to be good at adapting when different equipment is or isn't available/invented. Not only are we left handed but we are also incredibly good at adapting.

Jeni

Comment by EVELYN kilvington on September 8, 2011 at 12:56am

Any UK members of this group, I am willing to take any squares sent to me in to the York branch of Jigsaw. My address is on the UK group xx

Comment by Linda Maltby on June 24, 2011 at 9:00am

Maybe the reason I don't like knitting is because I was taught to do it by a right handed person ?  I should look into doing it left-handed.....there must be a youtube video for it.   Paula, any suggestions would be appreciated !

Comment by Christine Johnson on June 24, 2011 at 8:14am

Right-hand needle to left-hand needle? Congratulations - I think that means you are a real leftie.

Comment by Paula Wylie on June 24, 2011 at 7:09am

Most of my family are right-handed, including my 3 children.  Both my parents were right-handed too.  Where did it come from?  My knitting is right to left, am I doing it backwards?  Very confusing.

Comment by Debbie Posmontier on June 23, 2011 at 12:37pm

I do most things left-handed...writing, cutting, sewing, cooking, etc. I used to play golf and bat a ball right-handed (lack of lefty golf clubs!) but played tennis left-handed. I haven't played any sports for some years now...content to walk on the treadmill and ride a bike. It has come in handy when I've taught writing...who else can help a lefty?? I knit in the conventional way...left to right and crochet with my left hand. My husband and one of my two sons are lefties so 3/4 of this family is left-handed while in the rest of the population it is only 10% lefty, 90% righty. Interesting!

Comment by Linda Maltby on June 23, 2011 at 8:34am

I think left-handed people have to learn to use both hands or we wouldn't survive in this right-handed world.  I tried golf and wasn't very good at it as I couldn't figure out which way to swing. The club didn't feel comfortable in either hand.  The problem might also be because I'm not exactly athletic :-)

I can use the computer mouse with either hand.  It was a bit of a challenge for the right hand at first.

When I started school, the teacher asked my parents if they wanted me changed to a right handed writer.  Fortunately my parents said no and they showed me how to angle the paper so I wasn't writing and dragging my hand across the paper. 

I found a pair of scissors that can be used with either hand !  What a bonus.  I find I switch from left to right depending upon the skill needed to cut.  Any fine work with sewing, etc I use my left hand.

 

Comment by Christine Johnson on June 23, 2011 at 1:19am

Sports come into the crochet category for me - don't feel right in either hand which is what I blame for not being good at any of them.

Comment by Paula Wylie on June 23, 2011 at 1:17am

Tennis, bowling, right-handed too.  Left-handed doesn't feel right for those things and bad results in bowling too, can't keep the ball out of the gutter.  Very strange.

Comment by Christine Johnson on June 23, 2011 at 1:15am

Me too. Writing and sewing left-handed, painting (as in decorating) either, and knitting,crochet, knives and  scissors right-handed. How many people in this group are completely left-handed?

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