dpns and lefties

[KatyKoolkat]

Ok folks, a doozy of a question for you....my lys couldn't help!!
I am a leftie english knitter-knitting what a rightie would, but its a mirror image (oh lordie i hope this is making sense!!).

Anyway, I tried dpns today and love them, except that I can't seem to knit on the outside. I am holding the needles so that i am knitting on the inside, and that isn't working, and i can't seem to turn it around so that i am knitting on the outside. So far I am purling on the inside, and that is giving me the st stitch i want, but what happens when I want to garter stitch?

PLS help!!
Katy