Why is very hard to find knit instructions for LEFT-handed people?

Question

I am an avid crochet queen! However, I wanted to go to the dark-side and lean to knit...I've been having a heck of a time learning. I have some idea and can get it a little...I though I would go ahead and learn right handed because the left-handed patterns and instructions are few and far between. I never had trouble crocheting left handed.

Answer 1

there is a book  for leftys. look at walmart in sewing supplies. ask clerk about  knitting learning kit. it should be close to the knitting needles/crochet hooks on the wall.look on the lower shelf. good luck shopping.

Answer 2

Find a Joann Fabrics and Crafts store in your area.  They have books for right and left handed people.

Answer 3

The patterns are the same for left and right handed. Learn to knit continental which is the best way for left handed.  If you find left handed instructions they are probably full of mistakes because there is really no such thing.  The knitting instructions that show left handed knitting is basically the same, and they use the same patterns.

Answer 4

Most people who knit are right handed.

http://www.theknittingsite.com/left-hand...

Answer 5

I know this sounds absurd, but my grandmother (who was left handed) taught me to knit right handed by setting up a small mirror in front of her project.  It reversed everything so I could see how to do the stitches etc. the right way around for me.  Worked like a charm.  I've been knitting for over 40 years.

Answer 6

well im right handed and i always thought they were the same(u could try going to ur nearest knitting/crocheting store for books or intructions)

Answer 7

Left Handers of the world - unite! We're all right!

Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Crochet has WONDERFUL instructions for us lefties - they're even on the left-hand side of the page. She wrote an Encyclopedia of Knitting as well. I don't have that book, but I'm betting there are instructions for lefties in there as well. You can check eBay for a cheap copy; you might also try Amazon or Half.com.

I've found that one can follow the instructions for any pattern written for righties; we just work from left to right instead of right to left. The finished product looks more or less the same - our stitches slant to the left instead of to the right,, and in the round I'm actually doing it "inside out", but in the end - does that really matter? When I recently made a vest, my "right" front turned out to be my left front, and vice versa. It turned out OK!

I knit as well, I'm self-taught - tho I taught myself to twist stitches! My knitting group buddie showed me that. I use a sort of backwards continental style; e-mail me if you have any specific knitting questions. Remember, there are no knitting police, so do what feels natural to you and looks good and don't worry about doing it "right"!

Answer 8

I've heard that one way to learn (this sounds really crazy but it's supposed to work) is to sit in front of a mirror with the needles in your hand, and when reading the patterns and doing the stitches look at the mirror (not down directly at your hands). By looking at the mirror, it looks backwards to you, but it is going in the same direction that a right-hander would knit.....

Did you try the library?  I work at one, and there aren't many left-handed pattern books out there, but they do exist.  We don't have any where I work, but we have interlibrary loaned them for a couple of people.  If you have trouble, let me know and I'll ask our reference librarian if she can get the titles for me