Left handed dd-how do I teach her to knit?

[Familydilemma]

I'm right handed and can't get my head round teaching 6 year old dd to knit. How should I get her to hold needles? And how on earth do I demonstrate given that I'm not ambidextrous?

My right handed mother taught me, her left handed daughter, to knit right handed and I still do to this day. Patterns are written for right handers, too. We left handers form the habit of just fitting with right handed tools, gadgets etc because there is rarely any alternative, often to the point where we can only do a task the right handed way, for example, every computer I have ever sat at has the mouse on the right and I can now only use a mouse right handed. Just go with the usual way and she'll be fine. Don't over think it!

Thank you drseuss! Especially the not over thinking!

I am left handed and my gran taught me when I was a teenager by sitting opposite me so our opposite hands did the same thing. Not that I can remember how to do it now though...

I feel annoyed because I was taught the right handed way and it is now too late to change.

Clever gran! Generally, I'm not aware of stuff that could be an issue for dd-but sometimes worry that I haven't considered her needs. Like scissors-we've not really done lh ones and she cuts well, as does lh ds but I wondered the other day whether it was awkward. I know from teaching that she should prob sit on left of a rightie. But never really did anything special so guess I haven't for my dc. Hope that's right! Dh says he's looking forward to the huge advantage it gives them in tennis and cricket. Alas I feel our sporting ineptitude might outweigh the benefit!

Yes, what drseuss said. Knit in the standard way. Don't think of it as being right handed as such. You use both hands anyway! I taught myself and never considered doing it the other way round.

In general I have found the best thing to do as a leftie is try the standard way and only resort to a left handed implement or technique if it's impossible for me. Didn't stop me doing much. The most annoying thing is lecture theatres with individual table things that fold out. Always right handed.

Oh, and I use my mouse left handed so am pretty left dominant. Life makes you become ambidextrous!

Just teach her! Shell cope fine. In theory continental kmitting ( yarn o
In left hand) might be easier. There are lots of u tube videos of this.

BUT I'm a left handed prolific knitter who knit right handed in a conventional fashion. It's what I earned as a kid and to do differently is hard lol.

( mind you I taught myself crochet ad that is very odd composited to others!)

Idrillis continental knitting could be go you- go look it up!

But please buy the scissors. And a left handed ruler and a dual handed tin opener :)

Have made a mental list! Thanks!

I am right handed and I have taught my two left handed nieces to knit. I just showed them, they followed the right handed way, and that was that.