---- alexstillw...@talktalk.net wrote: Unfortunately, although I can knit and have done fairisle, the wrong hand is dominant and I feel like I am fighting myself. Like you, the experience means I hate it.
Interesting result! I'm a lefty and my mother's righty. She taught me most things for lefties, but I wasn't able to get the hang of knitting from her. I figured it out in my late 20's, right-handed. It doesn't bother me to knit "wrong-handed". I chose to learn guitar right-handed, too. But tatting? I can barely do it left-handed but right-handed is a lot worse. -----I have taught myself to crochet and tat right handed and can teach them successfully to right handers. When I teach a left-hander I feel confused about what to say regarding the words left and right and end up just working slowly saying âdo thisâ. It works but it would be better if I could add the commentary. This would be because the movements are no longer properly associated with the words. It's like seeing a three of hearts playing card with the little hearts painted black. People will, when faced with this, often call it a three of spades. Some get so disoriented by the discrepency that they can't even get the number right. For many years I wore my watch on my left hand so I could wind the stem. I got tired of it getting in the way when I reached for something and put it on my right wrist. I didn't notice the relationship at first, but I did notice I was having a lot of trouble touch typing. I got tired of looking at the wrong wrist to tell the time, and put my watch back on the left and this time I noticed that my typing was back to normal--my brain unconsciously associated the feel of the watch with left/right hand. When cues are out of synch, your brain gets confused. When I took a knotted needlelace workshop from Gretchen Allegier, lefties were in the majority--8 of 11 students! She did great 'switching gears' for us lefties, but then had trouble teaching the righties. We'd gotten her all turned around and right-handed work looked "somehow wrong" to her. (Don't worry, she got straightened out after class!) Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - 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/
