How does a righty (me) teach a lefty (my sis) to crochet
Wonderful question. I (a lefty), have been teaching my son (a righty) how to crochet, so I guess it’s basically the same. :)
I’m going to assume your sister is old enough and excited enough to be willing to be patient enough to learn.
Some general points for any beginner:
-Don’t start with too small or large of a hook size.
-Yarn that frays or splits easy is maddening.
-Starting is the hardest part.
Here are some options. Let me know if you’d like help with any of them:
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Can she just mirror you? The easiest and first thing to try. It’s how I learned. I watched right-handed beginner tutorials on YouTube, and realized I just had to mirror everything. Videos are nice because I could slow it down, rewind, and the good ones are very clear to see the stitches. Worth a try.
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You can learn to crochet left-handed, then can demonstrate easier, and help start pieces for her. This is what I’ve been working on with my son. It’s very slow going for me, but I know what my hands are supposed to do, and so I know when the result is looking wonky. It also was encouragement to my son when he started being able to do sc faster than me, so it gave early encouragement.
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You can see if she’d be fine crocheting right-handed. There are a decent number of crocheters who actually crochet with their non-dominant hand, as it’s just the way they picked it up initially.
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Left-handed tutorial videos. I haven’t used them myself, but I’ve heard of them on another thread about lefty tutorials. I’ll try to find it and link the thread in a later comment.
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Here is the thread by @Hamsters about left-handed tutorials.
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