Monday, 24 February 2014

Learn to finger knit in 5 mins

Step 1: get some wool
Step 2: place the end at the back of your hand and hold it with your thumb.

Step 3: weave the wool over your index finger, under your middle finger, over your ring finger and around your little finger, under your ring finger, over your middle finger and around your index finger, under your middle finger, over your ring finger and around your little finger, under your ring finger, over your middle finger and under your index finger.
Step 4: take the bottom loop on your little finger off your finger over the top loop.
Step 5: repeat for your other fingers.
Step 6: continue steps 3-5 until the wool is the desired length. It should look something like this from the back.

Step 7: transfer the loop on your little finger to your ring finger, then take the bottom loop on your ring finger off your finger over the loop you just put on.
Step 8: transfer the loop on your ring finger to the middle finger and repeat.
Step 9: transfer the loop on your middle finger to your index finger and repeat.
Step 10: slide the last loop off your finger and cut the wool you were weaving with so there is just a couple of centimeters.

Step 11: feed the tiny end of wool through the loop and pull.
Step 12: pull the other end of wool too.

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