When I was 10 a neighbor lady taught me how to throw knitting. It wasn’t until years later my sister-in-law says to me, why are you knitting backwards meaning left handed. I never realized that until she brought it to my attention. Tho I’m right handed, I just can’t teach myself to knit right handed. So thank you for these left handed videos.
Hi Rachel, LOL it's so funny to hear your story. Both of my parents are left-handed and so am I. When my right-handed sister learned to knit, she encountered the same problem! My advice is, if it works for you, stick with it. If not, try the "other" version. Happy knitting! 😀
@@nobleknits I just can't right hand knit, many times I've tried. Tho with crocheting no problem. That I was taught right hand. Lol Love your videos, thank u!
I am also right handed but the person who taught me to knit was left handed, and she tried to teach me to knit right handed, but I turned my head and well here I am still knitting left handed some 50 years later
I can't wait to practice the continental style. I am a leftie and I am a crocheter. There are times when I want to knit but it has always been so awkward and takes forever to finish a project. After watching your video, I feel so much more confident in mastering the skill of knitting. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the lefty video! I love your teaching style. This is the first time that I have truly understood how to knit left-handed without becoming frustrated and just quitting. Please make more!
Thank you for your kind words! I'm so happy to hear the video was helpful. If there is something you'd like to see as a lefty knitter, please let me know. 😀
@@nobleknits I'd like to see various cast ons and bind offs done left-handed. I especially want to learn the stretchy ones, and the right-handed videos are too frustrating for me to follow.
After 50 years of knitting right handed (though I am a lefty) with the "stake between my legs method" I am beyond thrilled to have finally learned how to knit left handed through your video. The continental method is amazingly easy and my work is so much better, thanks!
Hi Sue, Oh boy...I remember the "stake between the legs" method way too well! I felt so embarrassed and never wanted anyone to see me knit. I'm so happy to hear that you've found this video and are knitting Continental! 😀
You’re an angel! I learned to crochet from right handed tutorials, and I figured I could learn to knit that way too. It just wasn’t clicking, so I had to search for a left handed tutorial. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video. I took my granddaughters, one of which is a lefty, to a knitting class and the teacher didn't really want to teach her how to knit left handed. My Granddaughter was clearly struggling and getting frustrated. I kept asking the teacher to show her how to do it left handed and she just kept saying well you can go on TH-cam to learn it. After a few more comments like that and my Granddaughter almost in tears, I insisted that she start over and show her the left handed way. I paid good money for this class and wanted it to be a positive experience for my GKids. The teacher did finally show her and my she picked it up right away and was no longer frustrated. I felt like if I'm paying this kind of money, I want the teacher to teach!!! This will be a great video to show her for further reference.
Hi Debbie, I'm glad your granddaughter was able to learn to knit left-handed! I have often seen teachers push lefty students to knit right-handed because the teachers don't know how or feel confident enough to teach left-handed since everything is reversed. I do have a lefty knitting 101 course as well as a lefty 30-day growth course if she wants to learn more: www.nobleknitsu.com
I wish I could erase everything I ever learned about knitting and just start over. These left-handed videos are SO helpful and it makes a huge difference that you are actually left-handed and not just reversing the video like a lot of left-handed videos. You actually understand!
Hi Kelly, I agree...I had to unlearn right-handed knitting, which for me, was very embarrassing. I used to hold one of the needles like a stake between my knees and then use the other needle to make the stitches. Just keep going and after a while, you won't remember the old knitting style.
Thank you for sharing the continental method for lefties. Crocheting has always felt more intuitive to me, so your comment about this method feeling similar to that really resonated.
Thank you so so much. I have been knitting since I was four years old. My Grandmother and Mother taught me to knit via the throw method right handed. I tried your right handed continental video and purling was a nightmare. This video is a game changer for me! Flipping the needles was all I had to do! Lefties unite!
Thank you for this. As a leftie who was forced to do everything right handed, I never could pick this up bc I wasn’t being taught how to do this lett handed. I wanted a new hobby but I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do until I saw this.
I would love to see more beginning videos from you I got the casting on and pick that one up really quick but trying to get my first row started I’ve been struggling with that for almost 2 weeks now. It’s quite frustrating
Thank you SO MUCH! I bought yarn and needles yesterday in a whim and I already began knitting a plain scarf. It is so well explained and being lefty it is so har to find tutorials for left handed people. Thanks again! :*
I'm so glad you decided to take up knitting and are enjoying it! When you finish the scarf, you are ready to take my 30-Day Growth Course. There are 54 next step lessons to keep you growing as a LEFTY knitter. You can check it out here: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Thank you so much. I’m left handed and I’ve tried to learn to knit for about 50 years. After lessons it was so frustrated. Of course it was right handed and I was knitting so tightly that I couldn’t get the needles in and my neck hurt. I quits for years. Tried again, more frustration. I can crochet beautifully but I was self taught so then I tried to knit left handed. I could make it happen but it wasn’t relaxing. Then after decades a friend showed me continental and it clicked. Still I was self taught because I was left handed. I have always thought I did it backwards. Your video cleared things up beautifully. Even though I could make pretty stitches I have now learned that I was always knitting and pearling off of the back of the stitch. Woo hoo I can move onto a whole new level. Your video is so clear. Thank you again.
Thank you!! First time knitting, I'm a leftie. This video was phenomenal. I do crochet and I feel like that background does help with understanding tension and things, so that's a bonus. Thanks!
I learned American flicking when I was a child, and taught myself Continental. Found Entrelac (a pretty series of knitted square rotated 45 degrees -- so you finish about 8 stitched but if you knit back backwards, you don't have to turn the work) and taught myself how to knit backwards which is very similar to what you do except it is like Eastern Continental in that when you approach the stitches knitting backwards, the mount of the stitch is reversed. My dad died of Alzheimer's and a few years ago I was also having memory issues so I concentrated on knitting the most difficult things until they became easy, so it stimulated my brain to retrieve my memories again. I am not forgetting like before. So I am always delighted to learn another way to knit. It also is good to fight any stiffness in my fingers from arthritis that I have recovered from. Every knitting style uses the fingers in a different manner. So I am delighted for my brain health and that of my finger dexterity. Knitting is good for the health of our brain and it is a relaxing experience. I knit several hours daily. Happy to have found your channel. As a child when I broke my right arm, I learned to write left-handed and I am still adequate with my left hand.
Hi courag1, Thank you for sharing your knitting story. Knitting really does stimulate the brain. What I love about knitting is that you can keep learning something new your entire life and there will still be more to learn! Happy knitting! 😀
Thank you so much for this! I'm 23 and I learnt to knit when I was 8, but my grandma showed me the right-handed method because she's right-handed. For years I would knit and I loved it, but it was also a chore and I would struggle. I always thought I was just new and inefficient. After botching yet another project, I decided I would learn left-handed knitting first next time. I think the initial tutorials I found weren't very clear and I was fighting this "natural" right-handed method, and the whole thing felt bizarre so I left it. Cut to my 23rd birthday and a friend got me a pattern and some yarn, so it was the best possible excuse to try again. I just searched for a left-handed tutorial, yours was in the list so I clicked on it by chance, and I'm so so happy I did! You explain it all so well and so clearly! I've started knitting the pattern (it's a hat) and I definitely feel more empowered to try new and challenging patterns! I feel like I've unlocked a superpower, this hat is going so smoothly so far (fingers crossed it stays that way!) and I think a big part of that is because I'm now knitting in a way that's more natural to my body. Thank you so much for this. I have the joy of knitting back in my life, and better than before!
For those seeing this, checkout the "Video Flipper" extension for Chrome. It puts an icon at the bottom of the video near the gear. Click it and POOF, the video is flipped like in a mirror. You have to ignore the people talking and watch what they are doing.... but now ALL videos can be left handed!!! Warning, it is mirrored, so text is also flipped. Oh well.
Hi Lacey! I'm glad you found it helpful...I felt like giving up when I knitted right-handed as well. Let me know if you have any questions or need other leftie videos. 😀
I was taught how to knit by my left handed Mother. I am right handed. I watched this to freshen up my memory. And to relearn purl. I have been purling all this time thinking I was knitting. Thank you for the video.
Oh my! Well, your knitting is about to get a lot easier! 😀You may also want to check out my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Since covid-19 started, and schools stopped , I decided next time I come out of my house it would be with a few new skills. So I put a few things on my list like crochet, knitting, embroidery, and drawing styles that are different from my usuals. when it came to crochet and knitting I struggled so much with all the right handed tutorials, but finally I was able to find the correct vids! So thank you so much! I just started and my work is really messy but I'm getting the hang of it 💜
Hi Alma :D, I'm so happy to hear the video was helpful. If you want to learn more you can check out my knitting courses created just for lefties: nobleknits.thinkific.com/collections?category=left-handed-knitting
Thank you! Back when I was learning to crochet, I just couldn’t get it bc I was watching someone who was right handed and my brain could not flip it for some reason. Once I watched another leftie, I got it immediately. I can’t wait to get started.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Finally... I can actually knit and purl. Finally!!! And my fingers don't feel like they're fumbling about to get things in the right place. Golly: game changer indeed. My great thanks :)
Hi Meika-Macrina Hall, I'm so happy that left-handed knitting worked for you! You may want to check out my Lefty 30-Day Growth course. It covers a lot more left-handed knitting information and how-tos: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Your video is amazing! As a right handed knitter who is trying to help left-handed knitters I appreciated the clear and succinct style. We discovered my sister has been knitting twisted stitches all these years, which is why she always had trouble with her scarves, twirling and tension being frustrating. :-) clockwise only works as a direction if you’re thinking of the clock from the right angle!
Since she sees the world in reverse ‘clockwise’ depending on the perspective of the needle was being an issue to remember. Saying ‘between and around the back’ helped.
Thank you so much...is the first time ever I see someone teaching slowly and smoothly..God bless you..I have hope I'll do much better & easy in my learning experience.
Hi Ana, Thank you for your kind words! I am so glad to hear you found the video helpful. You may also enjoy my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course. You can check it out here: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
I am left handed as well. Been knitting for ten years. I tried Continental for a year and just couldn’t get the tension right. This has helped so much. I’m going to try this right away. Thank you so much.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you! ❤ My mom was right handed and she tried to teach me to knit. I didn't realize I was actually a lefty until years after she passed. I could never grasp the concept of knitting because of holding the needles and yarn in a right-handed method. This makes it so much easier!
@@nobleknits Thank you. Pardon my excitement but I'm 57 years old. I tried when I was young but always lost it after the cast on row. As a lefty, I could only catch on to crochet as kid mirror style
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 I'm so happy you are now a lefty knitter! Now that you've got the hang of it, you may also enjoy my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course. It teaches you all the next level knitting tips you need to know with projects along the way to test out your new skills: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
I know this video is old and so am I haha. I wanted to pic up knitting again after so many years but couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting the concept again. Well this tells me why. I am right handed I learned to crochet from my grandfather yes grandfather my pop. Well to make a long story short he was left handed hence I cast on backwards to my surprise. This video will be extremely helpful in starting over again and reliving old memories. Thank you for a great video.
Finally a lefty tutorial 🙏 loved it. As for continental! It’s taking a lot more time an effort to keep the yarn in my right hand and flipping it between K & P
Very helpful, thank you. I crochet a lot and have for years. I didn’t realize the difference in knitting styles and it looks much easier for me since I’m used to holding my yarn that way already! Thank you again!
I am so thankful there are actual videos of these. I know how to crochet and I always thought knitting was complicated so I never did it but now I'm willing to take that challenge to learn but it was 1000x Harder since I'm a lefty! Thank you for this video
I can not thank you enough for this video! I am so glad you didn’t show the continental style at first because I would have been lost. But by first understanding how the stitches come together, I can see how continental makes sense. Thank you!
Hi Lori, I'm so happy to hear you found the lefty video helpful! You may want to check out my 30-day growth course made just for left-handed knitters: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
thank you so much for the video! I'm left handed and I crochet and I always found so unconfortable to knit because all the work we had to do with both hands, this continental style is amazing and it's so much like crochet! I think i can finally start to learn knitting efficiently
After months of trying... this video is finally what helped me understand how knitting works! The funny part is that I was pausing the video as I learned, but ended up automatically knitting continental style exactly BECAUSE I know how to crochet first and foremost!
Thank you 🩷✨ this video was so helpful! I've been crocheting since I was 7 yo, my grandma taught me, but I've had the hardest time trying to learn how to knit being a left handed. You explain in such a detail that now I'm inspired to try it!
I just decided to start learning to knit, and this is a lifesaver!! The very first videos I watched made literally no sense to me, I just had no idea how I was meant to orient my hands in any way that made sense! Looking forward to what I'm sure may be a new hobby of mine :)
I learned crochet from sitting across from my mother when I was 8. Same way you learned knitting. My great aunt taught me basics of knitting and purling when I was little and learned right-handed. She taught me the loop cast on. Yesterday at 60 yo, I learned the long tail cast-on! Guess old dogs can still learn! I am going to try to knit left-handed and see if I am any better at it or faster at it. 🤞🏻. My goal is to finally get the hang of it and maybe one day do cables!
Thank you so much for showing left continental knitting! I have tried it right handed many times, but could never do it, so I'm actually crying with joy right now!!
So glad I found your channel! I crochet left handed. I had been taught English style knitting right handed, but it somehow felt awkward. I finally figured out that I was comfortable holding the working yarn in my right hand, but the awkwardness came from trying to work as a right handed person. Now I’m trying left handed continental style knitting. The working yarn is in my right hand and I’m knitting left handed! YAY it makes sense! 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you so much, my past few attempts to knit on needles in the past always fell apart after setting the first row, I was finally able to knit a few rows of a little practice swatch thanks to this tutorial! I'm going to practice the purls know that I've got the rhythm of the knit for the first few rows!
Hi! I’m so happy to have found this video! I’m left handed and have been trying to find knitting resources for years. Thank you for this! I hope to see more left handed videos 🙏🏼
I was purling wrong! No wonder my stitches were always weird and twisted. THANK YOU. At first I thought I couldn't make my fingers coordinate properly to get the needle to grasp yarn brought down from above. Your calm voice helped me keep up the effort till I got it. It's still harder than the 'wrong' way, but I am confident that I can get this embedded in muscle memory.
Im a lefty, but crochet right handed. When i was about 8, one of my neighbors tried teaching me how to knit right, but I got nothing and had enough, haha. Now, at age 40 something, I not only do right handed crochet, but also play the guitar that way (poorly, but I can't change it to play with my left hand). I have some issues now with my left hand, so maybe just holding the yarn will be better for me. Thank you for putting this, much appreciated! ❤
I learned how to knit lefthanded years ago from a magazine that showed righthanded. I just turned it around in my head. But I did not use the continental style. Loved the way you showed it. I crochet too. Liked the way you put it when using continental. Thank you 😊
I had the only time with this video. I was yelling at the video to slow down and rewinding over and over. But all in all, I think you do a pretty great job at showing the basics. I'm gonna be practicing a lot more before I get anywhere but I'm semi-confident that I'll get it some day
Hi Briana, OMG, I'm glad you were able to get what you needed from the video. I have slowed down my pace since I created that video. In fact, you may want to check out my Lefty 30-Growth Course. It teaches a lot more than knitting and purling: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Hello I am so thankful for your video! I am ampodexstrious And knit right handed however my stepson is left handed and wants to learn to knit so bad so I am relearning to knit lefti after knitting right handed for 15 years! Thank you for all the help!
This has helped me so much, even though I am right handed I knit the left way and I have never been able to cast on properly. Thank you so much for this, I didn't even realise it was a thing, I was always just told I knit backwards.
Omg! I have been doing the continental knitting and did not know how it was coming up right! Now I’m trying to knit with the yarn on my left hand instead or on my right hand!
Wauw Thank u so much, a new world of knitting opened up thanks to you,i was tought right handed and that would not go out of my brain,thanks to you i am starting to learn it left handed,you show it so Nice and obvious,i am duch so its extra hard bult i get it .thx tnx
Thank you so much for this amazing video. Tried out knitting and it made no sense for me. Until I came across your video and I understood why I didn’t understand being left-handed! I have recently started knitting, not being very successful at it but at least I know how to do it! Time will tell! I do most things with my right hand except writing and knitting. Thank you for this video and I’m looking forward to this new journey! Greetings from Sweden, Kristian
Thank you so much 😭 when I was younger my mother would try to teach me how to knit because I had really wanted to learn, but I was having a really hard time since she was a righty and I was a lefty and eventually we just abandoned knitting but after watching a few videos my motivation got up and I learned how to knit from you! Thank you very much for this video ^^
Thank you so much for this video. Its my first time trying knit. The 1st video I tried the person was a righty a d I am lefty. That left me confused. So I typed in left handed knitting for beginners and boom you popped up. I have caught on already.
Hi Jacqueline, I'm so glad you discovered me! 😀When you're ready, you might enjoy my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Thank you. I am a right handed 77 year old love knitting but have shattered my right arm and shoulder so can't knit any more only been knitting about 72 years. After watching your video hope I can learn to knit left handed.
Ok thank you for the tutorial. I finally understand this and could make a simple square knit. That continental style is impossible for me, as I cannot comprehend how you do it, but at least I’m able to do something. Next step is to make a scarf or a hat!
Oh, Im so happy finding videos for lefties) our russian resources for lefties are so rare and boring, i thought i could never knit, but your videos inspired me))
Hi, your video really helped me try this, I have autism and its gets frustrating when I don't understand how. But your video really helped, it's slow and visible. Keep up the good work
Thanks for sharing this video lm also a lefty l have learned but never done much I had one set in front of me. To learn that was years ago. I didn’t learn this stitch Will try thanks for ones that are left handed as Understand us
Hi Kaz wazzy, I'm so glad it helped. I also have a LEFTY 30-Day growth course you may want to check out: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Thank you for this! This is huge for me. When I was learning how to knit, both my Mom and Grandma couldn't figure out how to teach me. Over time, I taught myself an interesting combination of right and left hand knitting. This worked out fine until I tried to knit socks. This is what brought me here. Perhaps there is a video on translating patterns to the left hand. I am also dyslexic.....
Omg, no, I don’t get this! You telling me i taught myself to knit right handed???? Love how you casted on. Keeping doing that for sure. Now this lefty is going to have to find a right handed tutorial 😮
I was so confused by other tutorials and honestly didn't even realize I would start on the wrong side when doing a stitch....My hands also felt so tense and unnatural, leading me to pull on the yarn too tight. This tutorial makes it easier to follow for me as a lefty with bad eye-hand coordination.
Thank you so much for this video! I decided I wanted to learn how to knit recently and I didn't realize being left-handed might be an issue until I began trying to follow right-handed tutorials. I guess once you learn to knit you can kinda "reverse" things but as a beginner it's really confusing to figure out how to follow something but with the opposite hands. Anyway, this video was great! I'm gonna practice my knitting now. :)
I struggled with casting on but then got used to it quickly, but then came wrapping the clockwise that’s where I’m stuck right now! Hopefully I can get the hang of it
Ok so I do got it right, I'll pull out my knitting needles and try again. I'm left handed, was trying to knit right handed and got con fuddled, couldn't understand why it wasn't working. Now I know, thank you. Will be watching more when I find my needles
Love your video. It has helped me to knit left handed with confidence. I’m having a lot of fun. I’d like to learn how to do the Crisss cross stitch left handed continental stitch but can’t find a video for lefties. Can you do a video of the Criss cross stitch for lefties? Thank you!
My Aunt taught me to knit right handed, 50 yrs ago, being left handed I taught myself how to flip it, she didnt teach me to pearl tho, yrs later a lady from another Aunts sewing club offered to show me how to pearl, turns out she knit right handed (she was in her 70s and she learned backwards) as she was left handed. So I learned and taught myself to swap it as well, I do the throw knitting and since I am slow and a perfectionist I have only completed baby hats and hand warmers on do needles. Ivbeen hoping to find some one who knits contenetial style so I can try a little bigger project, thanksfor this video
Dear Mam Like being left handed I knit in knitting I full rows that I have casted. Now I need to purl on opposite side full rows how to do? Reply Soon Thanks Rims1
When I was 10 a neighbor lady taught me how to throw knitting. It wasn’t until years later my sister-in-law says to me, why are you knitting backwards meaning left handed. I never realized that until she brought it to my attention. Tho I’m right handed, I just can’t teach myself to knit right handed. So thank you for these left handed videos.
Hi Rachel, LOL it's so funny to hear your story. Both of my parents are left-handed and so am I. When my right-handed sister learned to knit, she encountered the same problem! My advice is, if it works for you, stick with it. If not, try the "other" version. Happy knitting! 😀
@@nobleknits I just can't right hand knit, many times I've tried.
Tho with crocheting no problem. That I was taught right hand.
Lol
Love your videos, thank u!
I am also right handed but the person who taught me to knit was left handed, and she tried to teach me to knit right handed, but I turned my head and well here I am still knitting left handed some 50 years later
I am left-handed, I knit left-handed, but I crochet right-handed😂~Katie
@@ewingsharp8916 I'm reverse-knit right handed, crochet left.
I can't wait to practice the continental style. I am a leftie and I am a crocheter. There are times when I want to knit but it has always been so awkward and takes forever to finish a project. After watching your video, I feel so much more confident in mastering the skill of knitting. Thank you so much!
I'm a lefty who both knits and crochets too. I originally learned to knit right-handed English/American. I find Continental to be much faster for me.
Exactly! I just got a set of knitting stuff for Christmas and I just sat down and said “I have to do this right now or I am never going to”
Thank you for the lefty video! I love your teaching style. This is the first time that I have truly understood how to knit left-handed without becoming frustrated and just quitting. Please make more!
Thank you for your kind words! I'm so happy to hear the video was helpful. If there is something you'd like to see as a lefty knitter, please let me know. 😀
Truth!
@@nobleknits I'd like to see various cast ons and bind offs done left-handed. I especially want to learn the stretchy ones, and the right-handed videos are too frustrating for me to follow.
After 50 years of knitting right handed (though I am a lefty) with the "stake between my legs method" I am beyond thrilled to have finally learned how to knit left handed through your video. The continental method is amazingly easy and my work is so much better, thanks!
Hi Sue, Oh boy...I remember the "stake between the legs" method way too well! I felt so embarrassed and never wanted anyone to see me knit. I'm so happy to hear that you've found this video and are knitting Continental! 😀
So true! I am on the last few rows of a project doing it right handed with the stake..lol I can’t wait to finish and start a new way! Thank you!
And you are in for a HUGE disappointment later. Good for you!!
You’re an angel! I learned to crochet from right handed tutorials, and I figured I could learn to knit that way too. It just wasn’t clicking, so I had to search for a left handed tutorial. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video. I took my granddaughters, one of which is a lefty, to a knitting class and the teacher didn't really want to teach her how to knit left handed. My Granddaughter was clearly struggling and getting frustrated. I kept asking the teacher to show her how to do it left handed and she just kept saying well you can go on TH-cam to learn it. After a few more comments like that and my Granddaughter almost in tears, I insisted that she start over and show her the left handed way. I paid good money for this class and wanted it to be a positive experience for my GKids. The teacher did finally show her and my she picked it up right away and was no longer frustrated. I felt like if I'm paying this kind of money, I want the teacher to teach!!! This will be a great video to show her for further reference.
Hi Debbie, I'm glad your granddaughter was able to learn to knit left-handed! I have often seen teachers push lefty students to knit right-handed because the teachers don't know how or feel confident enough to teach left-handed since everything is reversed. I do have a lefty knitting 101 course as well as a lefty 30-day growth course if she wants to learn more: www.nobleknitsu.com
I wish I could erase everything I ever learned about knitting and just start over. These left-handed videos are SO helpful and it makes a huge difference that you are actually left-handed and not just reversing the video like a lot of left-handed videos. You actually understand!
Hi Kelly, I agree...I had to unlearn right-handed knitting, which for me, was very embarrassing. I used to hold one of the needles like a stake between my knees and then use the other needle to make the stitches. Just keep going and after a while, you won't remember the old knitting style.
Thank you for sharing the continental method for lefties. Crocheting has always felt more intuitive to me, so your comment about this method feeling similar to that really resonated.
Glad it was helpful! 😀
thank you so much. You are clear and easy to understand.
Thank you so much, Patricia! 😍
Thank you so so much. I have been knitting since I was four years old. My Grandmother and Mother taught me to knit via the throw method right handed. I tried your right handed continental video and purling was a nightmare. This video is a game changer for me! Flipping the needles was all I had to do! Lefties unite!
Wonderful! I'm so glad it worked for you! 😀
Thank you for this. As a leftie who was forced to do everything right handed, I never could pick this up bc I wasn’t being taught how to do this lett handed. I wanted a new hobby but I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do until I saw this.
Yay! I'm so glad you are going to give it a try - Let me know how it goes and if you have any other "lefty" knitting questions. 😀
I would love to see more beginning videos from you I got the casting on and pick that one up really quick but trying to get my first row started I’ve been struggling with that for almost 2 weeks now. It’s quite frustrating
Thank you SO MUCH! I bought yarn and needles yesterday in a whim and I already began knitting a plain scarf. It is so well explained and being lefty it is so har to find tutorials for left handed people. Thanks again! :*
I'm so glad you decided to take up knitting and are enjoying it! When you finish the scarf, you are ready to take my 30-Day Growth Course. There are 54 next step lessons to keep you growing as a LEFTY knitter. You can check it out here: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Thank you so much. I’m left handed and I’ve tried to learn to knit for about 50 years. After lessons it was so frustrated. Of course it was right handed and I was knitting so tightly that I couldn’t get the needles in and my neck hurt. I quits for years. Tried again, more frustration. I can crochet beautifully but I was self taught so then I tried to knit left handed. I could make it happen but it wasn’t relaxing. Then after decades a friend showed me continental and it clicked. Still I was self taught because I was left handed. I have always thought I did it backwards. Your video cleared things up beautifully. Even though I could make pretty stitches I have now learned that I was always knitting and pearling off of the back of the stitch. Woo hoo I can move onto a whole new level. Your video is so clear. Thank you again.
Hi Kay, You're welcome! I'm so happy to hear the video helped - now you'll be knitting up a storm! 😀
Thank you!! First time knitting, I'm a leftie. This video was phenomenal. I do crochet and I feel like that background does help with understanding tension and things, so that's a bonus. Thanks!
Hi Melissa, I'm so happy you found the video helpful. Being a crocheter first, knitting this way is like you are crocheting with two needles. 😀
I learned American flicking when I was a child, and taught myself Continental. Found Entrelac (a pretty series of knitted square rotated 45 degrees -- so you finish about 8 stitched but if you knit back backwards, you don't have to turn the work) and taught myself how to knit backwards which is very similar to what you do except it is like Eastern Continental in that when you approach the stitches knitting backwards, the mount of the stitch is reversed.
My dad died of Alzheimer's and a few years ago I was also having memory issues so I concentrated on knitting the most difficult things until they became easy, so it stimulated my brain to retrieve my memories again. I am not forgetting like before. So I am always delighted to learn another way to knit. It also is good to fight any stiffness in my fingers from arthritis that I have recovered from. Every knitting style uses the fingers in a different manner. So I am delighted for my brain health and that of my finger dexterity. Knitting is good for the health of our brain and it is a relaxing experience. I knit several hours daily.
Happy to have found your channel. As a child when I broke my right arm, I learned to write left-handed and I am still adequate with my left hand.
Hi courag1, Thank you for sharing your knitting story. Knitting really does stimulate the brain. What I love about knitting is that you can keep learning something new your entire life and there will still be more to learn! Happy knitting! 😀
Thank you so much for this! I'm 23 and I learnt to knit when I was 8, but my grandma showed me the right-handed method because she's right-handed. For years I would knit and I loved it, but it was also a chore and I would struggle. I always thought I was just new and inefficient. After botching yet another project, I decided I would learn left-handed knitting first next time. I think the initial tutorials I found weren't very clear and I was fighting this "natural" right-handed method, and the whole thing felt bizarre so I left it.
Cut to my 23rd birthday and a friend got me a pattern and some yarn, so it was the best possible excuse to try again. I just searched for a left-handed tutorial, yours was in the list so I clicked on it by chance, and I'm so so happy I did! You explain it all so well and so clearly!
I've started knitting the pattern (it's a hat) and I definitely feel more empowered to try new and challenging patterns! I feel like I've unlocked a superpower, this hat is going so smoothly so far (fingers crossed it stays that way!) and I think a big part of that is because I'm now knitting in a way that's more natural to my body. Thank you so much for this. I have the joy of knitting back in my life, and better than before!
OMG, you made my day! Your lefty learning challenge is so similar to mine...I'm happy to hear it all makes sense now. You can knit anything! 😀
You are a Godsend!
This is the best video out there for lefties looking to get started. Thank you so much!
Hi Mary, Thank you for your kind words! I'm so happy to hear you found it helpful. 😀
Finally a tutorial for lefties I have been looking for these and I finally found it could you do more of these and you have been such an inspiration 😄
Hi Grace, I'm so happy you found it helpful! What other lefty videos would you like to see?
@@nobleknits I'd love to see how to interpret a sweater pattern for lefties. Thank you for your tutorials!
@@alexandrawalker8242 That's a great idea! I'll add it to my list of videos to create! 😀
For those seeing this, checkout the "Video Flipper" extension for Chrome. It puts an icon at the bottom of the video near the gear. Click it and POOF, the video is flipped like in a mirror. You have to ignore the people talking and watch what they are doing.... but now ALL videos can be left handed!!! Warning, it is mirrored, so text is also flipped. Oh well.
@@seanperry3667 Thanks for letting us know 😀
After doing left hand crochet for the past 13 years (i am 25), i finally am learning how to knit left handed. Thank you so much for this video
I'm just a kid and I just stared to learn how to knit a few days ago as a beginner and I find it fun! oh I'm also left handed so this is easier for me
Hi Stormdragon, I'm glad to hear you are learning to knit! Let me know if you have any questions about lefty knitting 😀
Thanks NobleKnits!! Got so sick of struggling right handed. Great tutorial, easy to follow!
Yay! I'm so happy it helped you! 😀
You have the easiest tutorial ever! Thank you! I was about to give up
Hi Lacey! I'm glad you found it helpful...I felt like giving up when I knitted right-handed as well. Let me know if you have any questions or need other leftie videos. 😀
I was taught how to knit by my left handed Mother. I am right handed. I watched this to freshen up my memory. And to relearn purl. I have been purling all this time thinking I was knitting. Thank you for the video.
Oh my! Well, your knitting is about to get a lot easier! 😀You may also want to check out my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Since covid-19 started, and schools stopped , I decided next time I come out of my house it would be with a few new skills. So I put a few things on my list like crochet, knitting, embroidery, and drawing styles that are different from my usuals. when it came to crochet and knitting I struggled so much with all the right handed tutorials, but finally I was able to find the correct vids! So thank you so much! I just started and my work is really messy but I'm getting the hang of it 💜
Hi Alma :D, I'm so happy to hear the video was helpful. If you want to learn more you can check out my knitting courses created just for lefties: nobleknits.thinkific.com/collections?category=left-handed-knitting
Thank you! Back when I was learning to crochet, I just couldn’t get it bc I was watching someone who was right handed and my brain could not flip it for some reason. Once I watched another leftie, I got it immediately.
I can’t wait to get started.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Finally... I can actually knit and purl. Finally!!! And my fingers don't feel like they're fumbling about to get things in the right place. Golly: game changer indeed. My great thanks :)
Hi Meika-Macrina Hall, I'm so happy that left-handed knitting worked for you! You may want to check out my Lefty 30-Day Growth course. It covers a lot more left-handed knitting information and how-tos: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Your video is amazing! As a right handed knitter who is trying to help left-handed knitters I appreciated the clear and succinct style. We discovered my sister has been knitting twisted stitches all these years, which is why she always had trouble with her scarves, twirling and tension being frustrating. :-) clockwise only works as a direction if you’re thinking of the clock from the right angle!
Since she sees the world in reverse ‘clockwise’ depending on the perspective of the needle was being an issue to remember. Saying ‘between and around the back’ helped.
Thank you so much...is the first time ever I see someone teaching slowly and smoothly..God bless you..I have hope I'll do much better & easy in my learning experience.
Hi Ana, Thank you for your kind words! I am so glad to hear you found the video helpful. You may also enjoy my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course. You can check it out here: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
I am left handed as well. Been knitting for ten years. I tried Continental for a year and just couldn’t get the tension right. This has helped so much. I’m going to try this right away. Thank you so much.
Hi Heather, I hope this helps with your tension! Keep me posted on your progress 😀
@@nobleknits it absolutely helped and I can now knit as fast as I could before. About a stitch a second.
@@Yaya3.7 That's awesome! 🥳
Thank you thank you thank you thank you! ❤ My mom was right handed and she tried to teach me to knit. I didn't realize I was actually a lefty until years after she passed. I could never grasp the concept of knitting because of holding the needles and yarn in a right-handed method. This makes it so much easier!
Thank you! I'm left-handed too and found Continental suits me best. I'm so glad I found this video!
Yay!!! I got to row 2!!! I'll be back after Shabbat!!!.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!
Good job, Janis! Have a relaxing Shabbat! 😀
@@nobleknits Thank you. Pardon my excitement but I'm 57 years old. I tried when I was young but always lost it after the cast on row. As a lefty, I could only catch on to crochet as kid mirror style
@@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975 I'm so happy you are now a lefty knitter! Now that you've got the hang of it, you may also enjoy my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course. It teaches you all the next level knitting tips you need to know with projects along the way to test out your new skills: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
I know this video is old and so am I haha. I wanted to pic up knitting again after so many years but couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting the concept again. Well this tells me why. I am right handed I learned to crochet from my grandfather yes grandfather my pop. Well to make a long story short he was left handed hence I cast on backwards to my surprise. This video will be extremely helpful in starting over again and reliving old memories. Thank you for a great video.
Finally a lefty tutorial 🙏 loved it. As for continental! It’s taking a lot more time an effort to keep the yarn in my right hand and flipping it between K & P
Very helpful, thank you. I crochet a lot and have for years. I didn’t realize the difference in knitting styles and it looks much easier for me since I’m used to holding my yarn that way already! Thank you again!
I am so thankful there are actual videos of these. I know how to crochet and I always thought knitting was complicated so I never did it but now I'm willing to take that challenge to learn but it was 1000x Harder since I'm a lefty! Thank you for this video
I can not thank you enough for this video! I am so glad you didn’t show the continental style at first because I would have been lost. But by first understanding how the stitches come together, I can see how continental makes sense. Thank you!
Hi Lori, I'm so happy to hear you found the lefty video helpful! You may want to check out my 30-day growth course made just for left-handed knitters: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
thank you so much for the video! I'm left handed and I crochet and I always found so unconfortable to knit because all the work we had to do with both hands, this continental style is amazing and it's so much like crochet! I think i can finally start to learn knitting efficiently
You were thorough and clear, I will try to follow your tutorial. Thanks
After months of trying... this video is finally what helped me understand how knitting works! The funny part is that I was pausing the video as I learned, but ended up automatically knitting continental style exactly BECAUSE I know how to crochet first and foremost!
Thank you 🩷✨ this video was so helpful! I've been crocheting since I was 7 yo, my grandma taught me, but I've had the hardest time trying to learn how to knit being a left handed. You explain in such a detail that now I'm inspired to try it!
I'm very happy with the video. I'm going to buy the needles and watch the video to begin to knit.
Thank you for the instructions. They were easy to follow. I'm struggling with the Continental, but I will keep going until I get it.
I just decided to start learning to knit, and this is a lifesaver!! The very first videos I watched made literally no sense to me, I just had no idea how I was meant to orient my hands in any way that made sense! Looking forward to what I'm sure may be a new hobby of mine :)
I learned crochet from sitting across from my mother when I was 8. Same way you learned knitting. My great aunt taught me basics of knitting and purling when I was little and learned right-handed. She taught me the loop cast on. Yesterday at 60 yo, I learned the long tail cast-on! Guess old dogs can still learn! I am going to try to knit left-handed and see if I am any better at it or faster at it. 🤞🏻. My goal is to finally get the hang of it and maybe one day do cables!
this is my favourite video. i have to keep voming back to check after brain tumours i have memory problems remembering. thankyou
Thank you so much! I'm happy I can help you! 😀
Thank you so much for showing left continental knitting! I have tried it right handed many times, but could never do it, so I'm actually crying with joy right now!!
OMG! You have saved me so much frustration, and in a way that is so simple to understand! Thank you so much!
Thank you SO much for this video! I crochet, and once you showed continental style, I understand right away!
So glad I found your channel! I crochet left handed. I had been taught English style knitting right handed, but it somehow felt awkward. I finally figured out that I was comfortable holding the working yarn in my right hand, but the awkwardness came from trying to work as a right handed person. Now I’m trying left handed continental style knitting. The working yarn is in my right hand and I’m knitting left handed! YAY it makes sense! 🥳🥳🥳
Hi D, I'm so happy it all makes sense now! Happy crocheting AND knitting! 😀
Thank you so much, my past few attempts to knit on needles in the past always fell apart after setting the first row, I was finally able to knit a few rows of a little practice swatch thanks to this tutorial! I'm going to practice the purls know that I've got the rhythm of the knit for the first few rows!
Hi! I’m so happy to have found this video! I’m left handed and have been trying to find knitting resources for years. Thank you for this! I hope to see more left handed videos 🙏🏼
Hi, I'm so glad you found the video helpful! Let me know what other types of lefty videos you'd like to see. 😀
NobleKnits The basics, how to read knitting patterns, how to make a sweater are some things I could think of. Thank you again!
I was purling wrong! No wonder my stitches were always weird and twisted. THANK YOU. At first I thought I couldn't make my fingers coordinate properly to get the needle to grasp yarn brought down from above. Your calm voice helped me keep up the effort till I got it. It's still harder than the 'wrong' way, but I am confident that I can get this embedded in muscle memory.
Im a lefty, but crochet right handed. When i was about 8, one of my neighbors tried teaching me how to knit right, but I got nothing and had enough, haha.
Now, at age 40 something, I not only do right handed crochet, but also play the guitar that way (poorly, but I can't change it to play with my left hand).
I have some issues now with my left hand, so maybe just holding the yarn will be better for me.
Thank you for putting this, much appreciated! ❤
I learned how to knit lefthanded years ago from a magazine that showed righthanded. I just turned it around in my head. But I did not use the continental style. Loved the way you showed it. I crochet too. Liked the way you put it when using continental. Thank you 😊
I had the only time with this video. I was yelling at the video to slow down and rewinding over and over. But all in all, I think you do a pretty great job at showing the basics. I'm gonna be practicing a lot more before I get anywhere but I'm semi-confident that I'll get it some day
Hi Briana, OMG, I'm glad you were able to get what you needed from the video. I have slowed down my pace since I created that video. In fact, you may want to check out my Lefty 30-Growth Course. It teaches a lot more than knitting and purling: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Amazing video!! Really helped me and the instructions were very clear so thank you 🙏
This is Maria! Thank you! This is so helpful! I am learning how to knit and i am left handed!
Hello I am so thankful for your video! I am ampodexstrious And knit right handed however my stepson is left handed and wants to learn to knit so bad so I am relearning to knit lefti after knitting right handed for 15 years! Thank you for all the help!
Thank you so much! Teaching my left-handed daughter to knit!
This has helped me so much, even though I am right handed I knit the left way and I have never been able to cast on properly. Thank you so much for this, I didn't even realise it was a thing, I was always just told I knit backwards.
Finally I learn how to knit thank you SOOOO much
Hi Cerys, I'm so happy to hear you are knitting! Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to learn in knitting. 😀
Thank you so much for making this video! It really helped me get going.
Omg! I have been doing the continental knitting and did not know how it was coming up right! Now I’m trying to knit with the yarn on my left hand instead or on my right hand!
Wauw Thank u so much, a new world of knitting opened up thanks to you,i was tought right handed and that would not go out of my brain,thanks to you i am starting to learn it left handed,you show it so Nice and obvious,i am duch so its extra hard bult i get it .thx tnx
Thanks! I'm left handed and I'll try it.
Love from Brazil 💚😇
Great, Rapha! Keep me posted on your progress! 😀
This makes so much more sense viewed by a left-handed knitter!!!
Thank you so much for this amazing video. Tried out knitting and it made no sense for me. Until I came across your video and I understood why I didn’t understand being left-handed! I have recently started knitting, not being very successful at it but at least I know how to do it! Time will tell! I do most things with my right hand except writing and knitting. Thank you for this video and I’m looking forward to this new journey! Greetings from Sweden, Kristian
Hi Kristian, I'm so happy you found the video helpful. Please keep me posted on your knitting progress! 😀
25 years and your video made e realise I had mixed up knit and purl! I've ways just looked at right hand videos and reversed everything.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm 70yrs old and am left handed I've been knitting and crocheting since I was 10 I love it
Thank you so much 😭 when I was younger my mother would try to teach me how to knit because I had really wanted to learn, but I was having a really hard time since she was a righty and I was a lefty and eventually we just abandoned knitting but after watching a few videos my motivation got up and I learned how to knit from you! Thank you very much for this video ^^
Hi Hanaburo, I'm so happy to hear that you are back to knitting! Let me know if you need any other lefty how-to videos. 💕
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Alma :D yes happy anniversary!!
Thank you so much for this video. Its my first time trying knit. The 1st video I tried the person was a righty a d I am lefty. That left me confused. So I typed in left handed knitting for beginners and boom you popped up. I have caught on already.
Hi Jacqueline, I'm so glad you discovered me! 😀When you're ready, you might enjoy my Lefty 30-Day Growth Course: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Thank you. I am a right handed 77 year old love knitting but have shattered my right arm and shoulder so can't knit any more only been knitting about 72 years. After watching your video hope I can learn to knit left handed.
Oh no! I'm so glad to hear you are going to try and knit left-handed. Take it slow and keep me posted on your progress 😀
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, THIS WAS SO HELPFUL AND I FINALLY FEEL ACCOMPLISHED
I Si, I'm so happy I can help! 😀
Thank you so much! This was a great lefty video! I did my first gauge swatch ever bc of this thank you!
Thank you for this video! I started by crocheting and im left handed and just do what crocheters do but i couldnt figure knitting out
Ok thank you for the tutorial. I finally understand this and could make a simple square knit. That continental style is impossible for me, as I cannot comprehend how you do it, but at least I’m able to do something. Next step is to make a scarf or a hat!
Oh, Im so happy finding videos for lefties) our russian resources for lefties are so rare and boring, i thought i could never knit, but your videos inspired me))
I'm so happy to hear that - let me know how it goes! 😀
I cannot thank you enough, as a lefty I have never understood knitting. Please keep up the good work!
Hi Renee, your comment made my day! Let me know if there are other any specific lefty techniques you need to see!
PERfect! I have injured right arm/shoulder/wrist - in midst of a 5-sweater Xmas project . . . THANK YOU!!!!
Hi, your video really helped me try this, I have autism and its gets frustrating when I don't understand how. But your video really helped, it's slow and visible. Keep up the good work
Thanks for sharing this video lm also a lefty l have learned but never done much I had one set in front of me.
To learn that was years ago. I didn’t learn this stitch Will try thanks for ones that are left handed as
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Thank you so much! My grandma and I really wanted to learn how to knit but never could get it to work!
Im lefty and this helped so much! Thank you!😄
Hi Kaz wazzy, I'm so glad it helped. I also have a LEFTY 30-Day growth course you may want to check out: www.nobleknitsu.com/courses/lefty-30-days-to-become-a-better-knitter
Thankyou. Judt about to start learning bring left handed has made it hard in past to learn knotting crochey thank you so much
Good luck knitting left-handed! 😀
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Thank you for this! This is huge for me. When I was learning how to knit, both my Mom and Grandma couldn't figure out how to teach me. Over time, I taught myself an interesting combination of right and left hand knitting. This worked out fine until I tried to knit socks. This is what brought me here. Perhaps there is a video on translating patterns to the left hand. I am also dyslexic.....
You are adorable! I love you hair and darling glasses. Also thank you for your help. 😇
Omg, no, I don’t get this! You telling me i taught myself to knit right handed???? Love how you casted on. Keeping doing that for sure. Now this lefty is going to have to find a right handed tutorial 😮
I was so confused by other tutorials and honestly didn't even realize I would start on the wrong side when doing a stitch....My hands also felt so tense and unnatural, leading me to pull on the yarn too tight. This tutorial makes it easier to follow for me as a lefty with bad eye-hand coordination.
Thanks for your channel!!! It's hard to learn things when you're a leftie!!!! 😊
You're welcome! Let me know if there are any other lefty knitting videos you'd like to see. 😀
Great tutorial! Thank you. I need to purchase knitting needles asap
Now is a great time to learn to knit! Keep me posted on your progress. 😀
Thank you so much for this video! I decided I wanted to learn how to knit recently and I didn't realize being left-handed might be an issue until I began trying to follow right-handed tutorials. I guess once you learn to knit you can kinda "reverse" things but as a beginner it's really confusing to figure out how to follow something but with the opposite hands. Anyway, this video was great! I'm gonna practice my knitting now. :)
Hi Gangaji, I'm so glad you found the video helpful! Keep me posted on your knitting progress. 😀
I struggled with casting on but then got used to it quickly, but then came wrapping the clockwise that’s where I’m stuck right now! Hopefully I can get the hang of it
Ok so I do got it right, I'll pull out my knitting needles and try again. I'm left handed, was trying to knit right handed and got con fuddled, couldn't understand why it wasn't working. Now I know, thank you. Will be watching more when I find my needles
Great! Keep me posted on your progress! I also have a 30-Day Knitting Growth Course for Lefties: www.nancyqueen.com/30-day-growth-course
I found the needles, give me a week, or two, just got second shot, don't feel like doing anything.
Love your video. It has helped me to knit left handed with confidence. I’m having a lot of fun. I’d like to learn how to do the Crisss cross stitch left handed continental stitch but can’t find a video for lefties. Can you do a video of the Criss cross stitch for lefties? Thank you!
My Aunt taught me to knit right handed, 50 yrs ago, being left handed I taught myself how to flip it, she didnt teach me to pearl tho, yrs later a lady from another Aunts sewing club offered to show me how to pearl, turns out she knit right handed (she was in her 70s and she learned backwards) as she was left handed. So I learned and taught myself to swap it as well, I do the throw knitting and since I am slow and a perfectionist I have only completed baby hats and hand warmers on do needles. Ivbeen hoping to find some one who knits contenetial style so I can try a little bigger project, thanksfor this video
You're welcome and thank you for sharing your knitting story! 😀
Just found this video. I will say long stitch cast on is the only thing I CAN do lol. But thank you for having this video!!
Dear Mam
Like being left handed I knit in knitting I full rows that I have casted.
Now I need to purl on opposite side full rows how to do?
Reply
Soon
Thanks
Rims1
I've got you, Rupali! How to purl left-handed is in this video. You can find purling beginning at 8:29. 😀
Dear Mam
Pls teach me how to knit your own gloveswi with left handed.
Thanks
Rupali.
Thank you - complete beginner and this has really helped