Enjoyed the post about learning to crochet. My mom was very patient but couldn't teach me to crochet left handed and after many days of trying, she told me if I wanted to learn to crochet I needed to get that hook in my right hand. I now crochet right handed. It was really awkward at first. I decided I wanted to learn to knit and took lessons. The teacher tried mirrors, sitting directly in front of me, and finally told me to take the book and try it however I could make it work. I do lots of knitting but hold the right needle between my legs, manuver the yarn in my right hand and hold the project in my left. Looks goofy but works for me. I use a rotary cutter that you just turn it upside down for leftie cutting. Don't even need to change the blade to the other side. Where there's a will, there's a way!