Earlier this month I was preparing for the third time for a student
who wanted to learn how to knit left-handed.
As I was about to set up my video camera to shoot some
instructional videos on how to cast on, knit and purl left-handed, I checked
out youtube first and found a goldmine of videos. As you can see from my photos left-handed knitting does not come easy to me (In the second picture I am holding the yarn in the wrong hand ).
So, why re-invent the wheel? I will add links in my knitting basics handout and after watching several videos I want to recommend the ones I deem
to be the best.
Long Tail Cast-on:
KNIT STITCH:
PURL STITCH:
For a list of "knit left-handed continental":
Among all the videos I watched I want to recommend "yarn
craft for lefties by Bill Souza". I found his videos to show the clearest instructions on a wide
range of stitches:
