Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[N.A. Neff]

Brilliant!!

Nancy
Connecticut, USA


> ...
> I`m sitting on a stool and have mirror in my lap, size about 20 x 30 cm
> (8 x 12 inch).
> I work in front of the mirror, so I look at my work from the right side,
> as I would normally work.
>
> My student is sitting vice versa of me, looking *in the mirror* (not on
> the left side of my work).
> She or he will see me working as I would be a left handed.
> ...

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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Ursula Mesnaric]

Hello

I most time only read your mails, because of my English is noch the best.

I want to tell you another trick I used to learn left handed students 
all of my textil techniques:

I`m sitting on a stool and have mirror in my lap, size about 20 x 30 cm 
(8 x 12 inch).
I work in front of the mirror, so I look at my work from the right side, 
as I would normally work.

My student is sitting vice versa of me, looking *in the mirror* (not on 
the left side of my work).
She or he will see me working as I would be a left handed.

I developed this, when my left handed son was a small child and wants to 
learn knitting and crochet.

This way I teached knitting, hand sewing, knotting, braiding, winding 
bobbins, every technique.
In my classes most time about 1/3 to 1/2 of the students were left handed.
And the method works.

I hope, my explanations are clear enough, that you can understand what I 
mean.

best regards, Ursula
from Germany, where is a very sunny day.






Am 26.02.2020 um 18:05 schrieb Beth Harpell:
> Elena,
>
> Great, so glad to help! Best of luck with all of your lefties!
>
> Beth
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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Elizabeth Pass]

The talk of problem hitches, left-handed winding, anti-clockwise etc. reminds 
me of the time that I used teach children on Saturday mornings. (I did it for 
sixteen and a half years).  One girl had great trouble winding clockwise, so I 
suggested that she look at the head of the bobbin and imagine that it was a 
clock face, then check with the electric wall clock.  The second hand would 
show the direction to wind the thread.  This proved to be a success - no more 
anti-clockwise and the hitch stayed put.  One day the hitch wouldn't stay, and 
the bobbin thread kept lengthening, the bobbin  had been wound anti-clockwise.  
I asked, "Did you look at the clock?"  "Yes," she answered.  I looked at the 
clock.  It was going backwards!

Liz Pass
In Poole, where it's gale force winds and wet.


> On 26 February 2020 at 23:46 Adele Shaak  wrote:
> 
> 
> Just to add a fun little wrinkle - something I didn’t know until last year 
> was that whether something is clockwise or counter-clockwise depends entirely 
> on your vantage point. Take a bobbin and start winding thread on clockwise as 
> you’re looking at the head of the bobbin. Then continue the same winding, but 
> look at the thread from the bottom of the bobbin - you are winding 
> counter-clockwise.
> 
> Which might explain why so many people have trouble when they’re told to wind 
> clockwise or counter-clockwise.
> 
> Whichever way you’re winding, hold the bobbin horizontally. If you’re 
> left-handed, you’ll be holding the bobbin with your right hand, and the head 
> of the bobbin will point to the left.
> 
> Extend the forefinger of the hand that is holding the bobbin, so it lies 
> along the thread shank, but not touching it. Now: If you are left-handed and 
> winding clockwise as you look down on the bobbin head,  the thread goes over 
> the top of the bobbin, towards you, and back away underneath the bobbin, then 
> continue winding the thread up between the finger and the bobbin, then pull 
> the thread away from you, around your finger, back up between the bobbin and 
> your finger, and over the shank towards you, making a figure 8. Put the tip 
> of your finger over the head of the bobbin and move the hitch down onto the 
> bobbin.
> 
> If you are a leftie winding counter-clockwise as you look down on the head of 
> the bobbin, extend the finger of your right hand (which is holding the 
> bobbin) as before. The thread will come under the bobbin shank towards you, 
> and up and over the shank, heading away from you. Wind the thread down 
> between the bobbin and your finger and then wrap around your finger from 
> bottom, up the back of your finger, and coming over the top towards you and 
> down between the bobbin and your finger. Tip the finger over the head of the 
> bobbin and move the hitch.
> 
> Either way, you make a Figure 8 with the thread. And, of course, it also 
> works for right-handers. Just remember to make the figure 8 and you won’t go 
> wrong.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Adele
> West Vancouver, BC
> (west coast of Canada)
> 
> 
> > On Feb 26, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Alice Howell  wrote:
> > 
> > When the student is holding the bobbin and winding the thread on, is the
> > thread winding clockwise or counterclockwise?
> 
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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Jean Leader]

I’ve only just caught up with this conversation but if you like diagrams of 
hitches done right- and left-handed I have some on my website a
 
https://www.jeanleader.net/techniques/hitching.html

and also an explanation of why it’s a good idea to wind the thread on the 
bobbin by turning the bobbin rather than wrapping the thread around the bobbin

https://www.jeanleader.net/techniques/winding.html

Jean in cold but dry Glasgow
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Jean Leader
www.jeanleader.net

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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Elena Kanagy-Loux]

>
> Thank you Alice and Adele for sharing your approaches! I'm going to try
> every explanation with my students and see what sticks.

I have also noticed that students interpret "clockwise" and
"counter-clockwise" differently when they are winding, so I've stopped
explaining things that way. It's funny how trying to be more clear can
complicate things further sometimes!

Thank you all again. I hope that my left-handed students will all benefit
from your advice!
Best Wishes,
Elena

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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Adele Shaak]

Just to add a fun little wrinkle - something I didn’t know until last year was 
that whether something is clockwise or counter-clockwise depends entirely on 
your vantage point. Take a bobbin and start winding thread on clockwise as 
you’re looking at the head of the bobbin. Then continue the same winding, but 
look at the thread from the bottom of the bobbin - you are winding 
counter-clockwise.

Which might explain why so many people have trouble when they’re told to wind 
clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Whichever way you’re winding, hold the bobbin horizontally. If you’re 
left-handed, you’ll be holding the bobbin with your right hand, and the head of 
the bobbin will point to the left.

Extend the forefinger of the hand that is holding the bobbin, so it lies along 
the thread shank, but not touching it. Now: If you are left-handed and winding 
clockwise as you look down on the bobbin head,  the thread goes over the top of 
the bobbin, towards you, and back away underneath the bobbin, then continue 
winding the thread up between the finger and the bobbin, then pull the thread 
away from you, around your finger, back up between the bobbin and your finger, 
and over the shank towards you, making a figure 8. Put the tip of your finger 
over the head of the bobbin and move the hitch down onto the bobbin.

If you are a leftie winding counter-clockwise as you look down on the head of 
the bobbin, extend the finger of your right hand (which is holding the bobbin) 
as before. The thread will come under the bobbin shank towards you, and up and 
over the shank, heading away from you. Wind the thread down between the bobbin 
and your finger and then wrap around your finger from bottom, up the back of 
your finger, and coming over the top towards you and down between the bobbin 
and your finger. Tip the finger over the head of the bobbin and move the hitch.

Either way, you make a Figure 8 with the thread. And, of course, it also works 
for right-handers. Just remember to make the figure 8 and you won’t go wrong.

Hope this helps.

Adele
West Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)


> On Feb 26, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Alice Howell  wrote:
> 
> When the student is holding the bobbin and winding the thread on, is the
> thread winding clockwise or counterclockwise?

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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Alice Howell]

 When the student is holding the bobbin and winding the thread on, is the
thread winding clockwise or counterclockwise?
Actually, I think I can explain a hitch so it works either way with either
hand.

When the bobbin is wound, lay the thumb along side the thread on the bobbin.
Continue winding the thread so it goes around the thumb once.  Tip the thumb
so it touches the top of the bobbin.  Slide the thread off the thumb and down
on the bobbin.  You have your hitch.
As long as the thread continues it's same winding direction around the thumb,
the tipped-over loop should form a hitch that works no matter which hand is
winding or which direction the bobbin is rotating.

Alice in Oregon
On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 5:15:51 AM PST, Elena Kanagy-Loux
 wrote:

 Good morning Arachne!

I have a question for you all. I have been teaching beginning bobbin
lacemaking for four years now, and have probably taught around 400 people,
so I feel very comfortable with it.

However, in every class I have at least a couple of left-handed people, who
sometimes struggle with the winding and hitching process. I managed to
figure out how to teach left-handed winding fairly easily, so now that is
no longer a problem. However, hitching has still been a challenge, because
I myself struggle to hitch bobbins the left-handed way so it is hard for me
to teach.

Can any left-handed bobbin lacemakers on here point me to a video of
left-handed hitching that I can practice from? Or perhaps walk me through
your steps? I don't want my left-handed students to fall behind!

Thanks so much.
Best WIshes,
Elena

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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Beth Harpell]

Elena,

Great, so glad to help! Best of luck with all of your lefties!

Beth

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Re: [lace] Left handed tricks?

[Beth Harpell]

Hi Elena,

Letslace has a video for winding on in the left-handed manner that shows her 
making a double hitch. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FxVBSv5RhNo

I do it a different way. When I was just beginning, neither my teacher, nor I 
realized I was winding on differently than she was, so I was winding 
left-handed, but hitching right-handed.  I went to a convention class and the 
teacher saw the issue immediately. She told me to hold the bobbin in my right 
hand with the thread hanging off to the left, and then with my left hand palm 
up, do a motion as if I’m telling a bad little boy to “come here”.  Catch 
the thread in the “crook” of that finger, and then just twist that hand in 
a clockwise direction so the back of the hand is then up and facing the 
ceiling.  It creates a loop in the thread, which you put the head of the bobbin 
into from “behind” or from the “far side”.  If you’ve done it 
correctly, there should be a thread in a U-shape with thread coming out from 
under it.

Hopefully this helps. I find that the left-handed “come here little boy” 
visual is very helpful.

Beth Harpell




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[lace] Left handed tricks?

[Elena Kanagy-Loux]

Good morning Arachne!

I have a question for you all. I have been teaching beginning bobbin
lacemaking for four years now, and have probably taught around 400 people,
so I feel very comfortable with it.

However, in every class I have at least a couple of left-handed people, who
sometimes struggle with the winding and hitching process. I managed to
figure out how to teach left-handed winding fairly easily, so now that is
no longer a problem. However, hitching has still been a challenge, because
I myself struggle to hitch bobbins the left-handed way so it is hard for me
to teach.

Can any left-handed bobbin lacemakers on here point me to a video of
left-handed hitching that I can practice from? Or perhaps walk me through
your steps? I don't want my left-handed students to fall behind!

Thanks so much.
Best WIshes,
Elena

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