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
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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
Dear Clay, et al,
That is not what was said. The point is that many women whose minds are
mathematically, etc. inclined are drawn to lacemaking. That is, of course, not
the only group drawn to the craft, but there seems to be a fairly large number
of such math, etc. types who are drawn.
Just a note that when we label people or try to slot folks into a groove,
there is always the exception. while it makes good fodder, we usually are
narrow minded ourselves to think that only certain capabilities create
certain things.
last was the folks who lurk now it is mathmatically inclined.
I dont know about lacemaking but when my daughter was about eight I
volunteered to teach some children to crochet and I sat around a circular
table with several girls helping each one to get the hang of how to make it
work, even managing to change hands and do it left handed for one little
: [lace] Lace and math, was Teaching children
I dont know about lacemaking but when my daughter was about eight I
volunteered to teach some children to crochet and I sat around a circular
table with several girls helping each one to get the hang of how to make it
work, even managing to change hands
I knew there was a way but not on that day.
Sue T
Hi Sue and fellow Arachnids,
Have you tried showing a left-hander a technique in the mirror. It works for
some though not for all.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, in sunny East Sussex.
I dont know about lacemaking but when my daughter was about
