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Lieberkim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kimberly
Sunnyside
WASHINGTON
USA
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 Posted - Dec 15 2011 : 11:35:01 AM
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I have tried to learn knitting so many times with no success. Once I even had a friend who could knit ANYTHING teach me. This lady is GOOD and I still can't do it. Then my Mom came up with an idea. I'm right handed but I do somethings left handed or with either hand. She suggested that the next time I try to learn how to knit sit across from the person so that I'm doing things left handed to their right handed.
Does this sound reasonable? Is there a difference in knitting if you are right handed or left handed? I crochet and when I do I would say I'm right handed to do it.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2011 : 11:43:55 AM
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Hmmm...I'm the same as you, Kim, but I'm left handed and do a lot of things right handed. I knit the "continental" style and that's been really easy for me. I am a very visual person, so I have to have the thing in my hand and watch someone "do the stitch" and then try to replicate it.
My "working" needle is always in my right hand.
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mamalindalu
Farmgirl in Training
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Linda
Priest River
Id.
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2011 : 3:20:23 PM
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Hi Kimberly.
I have been knitting for 50 + years.
My needles have been in several places. Since knitting and perling are the two main stiches, and they are the oppsite of eachother, there isn't any reason you couldn't learn to do it right handed. Knitting is yarn and needle behind and perling is needle and yarn in front. You are holding needles in each hand, and using the yarn in the right hand is very "learnable". Don't stop trying if this is something you wish to learn! I have met several people who were left handed knitting righthanded, including men!
Good luck.
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
TX
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2011 : 8:01:31 PM
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I knit with the yarn in the right hand. I tried doing it with the left but I had a harder time with stitches/patterns turning out correctly. I watch a LOT of Youtube videos to learn stitches. Some even go in slow motion. Sometimes they are better than watching an actual person because you can repeat it and it's EXACTLY same as the time before. Don't give up!
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
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Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Dec 16 2011 : 06:29:21 AM
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Left handed here too but do a lot of thing right handed......I also knit continental style and carry the yarn in my left hand--so the stitches go from the left needle to the right needle as you work them but you don't have to throw the yarn over like you do with carrying the yarn in your right hand....I can so control the tension so much better this way....plus, my arms don't get so tired -- keep at it and you will succeed!
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
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Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
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Posted - Dec 16 2011 : 1:09:21 PM
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YES, YES, YES. Sit directly across from a right-handed person and copy their motions. I have done this with two different people and it worked fabulously.
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