BOB knits RIGHT-HANDED -
When BOB was a kid -
And asked her mother to teach her -
How to knit -
Her mother said that she would be damned -
If she was going to try to figure out -
How to do it LEFT-HANDED -
So that she could show BOB how -
So if BOB wanted to learn how to knit -
She would teach her -
RIGHT-HANDED -
Or not at all -
BOB's little sister - bob -
blind old bat -
On the other hand -
Never learned to knit -
At all -
Even though bob is/was -
RIGHT-HANDED -
Because she didn't want to -
And she didn't have to -
Because -
BOB's mother did it -
For her -
BOB did it herself -
BOB also taught herself -
How to crochet -
LEFT-HANDED - ;))
But then again - it's probably just me.
6 comments:
hahaha I have a feeling that you and bob were nothing alike. ;o)
hehehe - not alike then - not alike now - ;))
I like the small caps for sister bob. Made me giggle anyway.
I am a knitter from way back--when I was 12 it finally took as my mom was pregnant with the last one that summer and had no patience for helping me with my goof ups. A couple years later she thought me how to crochet as well but I still prefer knitting more. Thankfully, no problems with left or rightie instructions for us.
Really though, I think lefties tend to be more ambidextrous---probably out of necessity? One of out of 6 of us kids is a leftie. Not sure how many of the grands are.
I learned to knit when I was a kid. I begged my spinster sister babysitters to teach me. One of them did... using pencils as knitting needles... and left-handed! I am right-handed, but I still knit that way today, only using real knitting needles! :)
I've heard of lefties teaching righties to knit (or was it crochet) by sitting across from the teacher and mirroring everything they do...each gets to use their dominant hand! But I suppose it's too late for that now... :)
The "mirror" method is the "standard" way of teaching lefties most things - sometimes it works - sometimes it doesn't.
To me - the "best" way for a Lefty to learn how to do something is to be shown how to do it by another Lefty and that's why A Left-Handed Quilter writes a Left-Handed Quilting blog - ;))
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