Challenge No 8: Use the other hand
Dec. 17th, 2017 05:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitThis was a challenge suggested by Okapi and I finally got round to trying it out yesterday. I'm right-handed, so I attempted to do things with my left hand, with varying degress of success. I can brush my hair left-handed, but the tangles seem more resistant. I can clean my teeth left-handed, but I went over them again with my right hand. Some things it just depends which hand is available - carrying stuff downstairs, drinking tea (probably unsurprisingly I can use a mug in either hand - nothing is going to keep me from my tea).
I ate my porridge with a spoon in my left hand. I slowly buttered bread with my left hand. I used the normal hands for eating dinner, because swapping knife and fork would have been too much for my brain. I washed up with my left hand. I tried to pour tea with my left hand, but the teapot handle was hot so I reverted to the right for the sake of safety.
Some things are clearly easier to do if your dominant hand is your right hand. I touch type so writing fic was no different. I use a mouse with my right hand by preference, but I forced myself to use the left hand for one simple game.
It was an interesting challenge and quite a fun one. Just remembering to use the other hand was at times a challenge of itself.
I didn't try to crochet with my left hand - it's hard enough with the right one. However, Holmes' coat is now finished:
I lost some stitches as I went along, but I've given up worrying. Anyway, Holmes put the coat on, and here he is modelling it for you:
I found out crochet was a suggestion bybunn , so I hope you like the outcome so far!
I ate my porridge with a spoon in my left hand. I slowly buttered bread with my left hand. I used the normal hands for eating dinner, because swapping knife and fork would have been too much for my brain. I washed up with my left hand. I tried to pour tea with my left hand, but the teapot handle was hot so I reverted to the right for the sake of safety.
Some things are clearly easier to do if your dominant hand is your right hand. I touch type so writing fic was no different. I use a mouse with my right hand by preference, but I forced myself to use the left hand for one simple game.
It was an interesting challenge and quite a fun one. Just remembering to use the other hand was at times a challenge of itself.
I didn't try to crochet with my left hand - it's hard enough with the right one. However, Holmes' coat is now finished:
I lost some stitches as I went along, but I've given up worrying. Anyway, Holmes put the coat on, and here he is modelling it for you:
I found out crochet was a suggestion by
bunn , so I hope you like the outcome so far!
