Left Handed Stitchers
Just curious as to how many left handed embroiderers are out there in the stitching world. Leave a comment if that's you!
I used to only be able to use my left hand for all things but now I crochet right handed but I don't hold the hook the usual way. I did (do) play the piano and type using both hands but that's about it. I used to crochet left handed and then one day decided to do it with my right hand. When I was taking Brazilian embroidery classes I had to do some of the stitches using my right hand.
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Permalink Reply by Susan on -
I am a lefthanded everything, I had to teach myself in my own way to stitch and have not let anyone change my way of doing things. Its difficult at times but have overcome all obsticles in my own way. Am a proud left handed person.
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Permalink Reply by Elmsley Rose on -
I'm LH,....and do Elizabethan embroidery. Some of the twirly wirly loop in and under gold metal thread surface stitching just *kills* me trying to get it right!
Since I'm here, it's not what you're asking, but I know of a brilliant, brilliant, wonderful LH embroidery book - The LH'ers Embroidery Companion by Yvette Stanton. It has well over 100 stitches, all photo illustrated step by step. I honestly don't know what I'd do without it! It's chock full of tips as well.
http://www.vettycreations.com.au/left-handed-book.htmlIt's not particularly cheap, especially with shipping from Australia, but believe me, it's my standard go-to reference and one of the best investments I've ever made!
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Permalink Reply by Noelle Ferry on -
Elmsley, thanks for the book info, I ordered it from Amazon.com. Amazon offered several bookstore that has this book for purchase.
I am left handed, can switch to my right hand when the left one tires. Will be nice to have a book on hand with LH stitching instructions. Noelle
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Permalink Reply by Elmsley Rose on
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Um, do I sound enthusiastic enough in my last post? I struggled to find LH instructions for the simplest stitches, and we are SO unloved! Then this book came out about 3 years ago, and it's been a total life saver. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Susan on
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O yes I understand what you are saying but because I have had to adapt early in life with being a lefthanded person it just seems easier for me to adapt the stitching to my own way of getting it right and well if its not perfect its mine. Yes its not popular being left but I am sure we are all very special thats why we are lefthanded.
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Permalink Reply by Rose Kauhane on -
I[ve seen that book and would love to get it. I think you can get it on Amazon a little less expensive at least eliminate the shipping. It's on my list of books to get. I've tried to follow the advice of other's about using a mirror, flipping the picture using a graphics program, etc. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
Elmsley Rose said:Um, do I sound enthusiastic enough in my last post? I struggled to find LH instructions for the simplest stitches, and we are SO unloved! Then this book came out about 3 years ago, and it's been a total life saver. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne Lalande on
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Hi there. I am a new member and I am A LEFTIE! As a youth, I played all my sports using my right-hand. I find as I age (ungracefully), I am losing the ability to transpose right-handed things into a left-handed understanding. So, I find myself looking in the mirror to teach myself some stitches or turning the book upside down. I learned to knit right-handed. My mother said it would be easier to learn this because back then all patterns were for right-handed people. When I knit I looked a bit clumsy, but I got the tension alright and things turned out okay. I never did learn to crochet, though.
Well, that's it for this leftie. I hope we can speak again. Suzanne Lalande
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Permalink Reply by Rose Kauhane on
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Hi Suzanne,
I tried for a long time to learn to knit from books. My mother didn't know how and she tried to find someone who could teach me but to no avail. I was maybe 12 at the time. Finally one night I have a dream and saw how the stitches were formed. When I woke up I "knew" how to knit. I could not hold the needles the way the book showed however. So I tuck one under my right arm and hold the other in my left hand. I learned later that this was a way of knitting by the Scottish (I think?). I'm part Scot and part Irish among other things.
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Permalink Reply by Mieke van Abswoude on -
That´s also the Dutch way to knit and how my mother learned it to me.
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Permalink Reply by MariaInez L.ribeiro dos Santos on -
I am also left handed and have already bought Yvette Stanton's book. I'm waiting to be delivered in Brazil.
MariaInez
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Permalink Reply by Tania Grüning on -
I do stuff that needs fine motor control with my left hand (sewing, writing, embroidery... ), but everything else can be done righthanded (stirring, grating, using a trovel).
On a frame, I have my left on top and the right under the frame.
Tania
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