How to Knit : Left-Handed Knitting

Left-handed knitting simply requires reversing the knitting pattern directions to move from the left to the right. Practice knitting left-handed with a demonstration from an experienced knitting instructor in this free video on yarn crafts.

Expert: Mary Carol Jehn
Contact: www.thelambshoppe.com
Bio: Mary Carol Jehn owns TheLambShoppe.com in Denver, Colorado, which carries one of the largest selections of yarn in the United States.
Filmmaker: Paul Sampson

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• knitting
• crafts
• yarn crafts
• learn to knit
• knitting stitches
• knitting instructions
• purl stitch
• casting on
• casting off
• knitting needles
• knitting supplies
• knitting socks
• knitting a scarf
• knitting a hat

[lostinspaced]

that's not fair at all, 'Knit right handed' that's your advice?! WTF and the figure of 99% i think is a little off, 25% of the people in the world are left handed so 6 billion divided by 4 equals 1.5 billion now I'm sure all of these 1.5 billion knit but even so get a grip woman! embrace the lefty's

[MariaVana]

Maybe more people should publish left handed charts...

[andimarco52]

I knit left-handed. There is nothing I can't knit. Nothing. Get a grip lady, you are SO misguided.

[ZainaDancer]

I agree with everyone here...."knit right-handed" its the most ridiculous thing I've heard. You can't be that good a teacher with that attitude. You sound like my 2nd grade teacher who, upon finding out I was left-handed, told me to just switch hands and I'd be fine.

[sarahpurpleful]

I'm left-handed. I write with my left. How do you expect me to knit right handed?? I can try..but still its very difficult for loong hours. you cant force lefthanded people to change ok.

Perhaps you should try cutting with a scissors using your lefthand..maybe u understand the feeling :)

[MsDragonzRose]

Telling a person to "just knit right-handed" is not a teaching guide and I think this video needs to just be removed. She is an idiot and has no right to call herself a teacher in anyway. Before you mention something make sure the information is correct. Your a bumbling idiot and I recomend that you never post another video and waste peoples time again.

[mercedesyay]

YOU DONT KNOW MY LIFE!!!!

[MTarrats]

I'm left handed and I m going to continue knitting left

[bebopmom]

I'm left handed and I'll be darn if I gonna change my hand. I will learn to knit left handed whether she likes it or not! I don't care!

[tonksloopy]

Wow, what an awful video.

Trust me, I know I'm not the only one who first tried it doing it the "right" way and only ended up frustrated. It feels much more natural to me to have the needle on the left-hand doing the knitting and purling while I keep the needle on the right hand still. I felt clumsy and shaky when I first tried knitting as my mother showed me years ago. Just because it involves two hands does NOT mean that it will be easy for someone left handed. Hand dominance rules over-all.

[NerdyCanadian]

I thought "left-handed" knitting is Continental AKA picking AKA German knitting?! Incidentally, I'm right-handed and I am a picker (Continental) knitter, as my Mother is, and my Great-Grandmother was...

[queenraven]

Are you kidding me? This is lame and arrogant. You may think that knitting isn't a "handed" thing, but it very much is. It's quite awkward to hold my left hand still while I work with my right hand. I'm very clumsy and it feels completely unnatural. Now, when I hold my right hand still and move my left hand, I feel like I have a bit more control and it doesn't take me a full hour to do one line of knit. So, thanks but no thanks.