by Lina Smalinske (Author)

Most knitting patterns are written from a right-handed point of view, leaving left-handed knitters to adapt instructions that were never designed for them.

Knitting Against the Grain: Left-handed Knitting examines long-standing assumptions about handedness in knitting how it has shaped knitting language, teaching, and pattern writing. Drawing on the idea of inclusivity and a hand-neutral language, this book shows how describing stitches by their structure and movement - rather than by which hand performs them - can make knitting clearer and more accessible for everyone.

In this book you will find practical advice how to read right-handed knitting patterns, however it is not a comprehensive knitting manual. It is a guide for left-handed knitters to navigate standard knitting patterns, and an invitation for pattern designers, teachers, and guilds to reconsider how knitting is communicated. Small shifts in language can remove barriers and change how knitting is experienced by crafters.