Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Discussion Forums - Crafting

Topic: Teaching a young lefty to knit- Help?

Club rule - Please, if you cannot be courteous and respectful, do not post in this forum.
  Unlock Forum posting with Annual Membership.
Generic Profile avatar
Subject: Teaching a young lefty to knit- Help?
Date Posted: 10/1/2008 10:28 AM ET
Member Since: 4/29/2008
Posts: 182
Back To Top

My niece- now 9- has being begging me to teach her to knit for awhile now.  I tried once a year or so ago, and she had the basics of the knit stitch, no where near perfect of course.  But then I sent her home with a pair of needles, some yarn and some instruction pages and she promptly lost the needles.  I figured that meant she wasn't really ready to learn.

Lately she's been begging again.  I think she may be ready, but I have to problems.  I have no idea how to teach a left handed knitter, and she lives about 300 miles away from me.  Any ideas on books or kits that I could put together to send to her?  (I don't think her mom will have time to help as she runs an in-home daycare and is not able to  knit herself)

Madeline avatar
Date Posted: 10/2/2008 10:11 AM ET
Member Since: 6/21/2005
Posts: 278
Back To Top

Try KnittingHelp.com & Youtube.com