True Love!

[Kano]

Kano, I'm a lefty knitter, too. A friend taught me to knit Norwegian style, and that solved all my tension and twist-stitch problems. I can even do pretty cables! (I was twist-stitching on the knits, purls were ok)

Is there a yarn shop where you can ask someone to watch you knit and help you fine-tune your technique?

Thank you, Knotted. I'm finding a couple of references online and want to get the video to show for me at one of them, dang it! The text/graphic illustrations aren't doing the job for me -- I want to see this norwegian thing in action!

I have recently started attending classes and talked with the teaching staff about learning the cables and bobbles and such. At this point I seem to have thrown them-who-I've-found for a bit of a loop with my left handedness -- and maybe even my desire to use texture in my knitting! I think sometimes stuff has to be done in reverse or something to make the patterns come out the way they're supposed to. I may have to find some other teachers too, but what I think might need is like "lefty conversions" or something on that order!

Karen in Boise

[mimitabby]

I'm lefty too, what's the problem? everything's just backwards, isn't it?

(in crochet, i guess it doesn't matter)

[Kano]

I'm lefty too, what's the problem? everything's just backwards, isn't it?

(in crochet, i guess it doesn't matter)

It's been a long time since I bothered trying anything other than the really basic stuff, Mimi -- when cables come out upside down, backwards, and who knows what else, it's a little discouraging!

I want to try again, but I want to have some hope of success...

Karen in Boise