Julie Measures

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finger knitting tutorial

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I’ve really enjoyed doing several finger knitting projects recently. (Here, here, and here to see a few.)

I figured it was time for me to share my own finger knitting tutorial!

Finger knitting does take some time, but it doesn’t require anything more than your fingers and some yarn. And you don’t have to count any stitches.

Most of my yarn is worsted weight, so I prefer to use two balls of yarn at once to make it a little bulkier.

My pictures and descriptions are based on me being right-handed. 

finger knitting tutorial
The first step for finger knitting is wrapping the yarn around your fingers.
Start with the tail of the yarn between your thumb and forefinger.
Then turn your hand around to face you (the tail of the yarn will be hanging off the back).
Weave the yarn over your forefinger, behind your middle finer, and in front of your ring finger.
Then wrap the yarn around the back of your ring finger, over your middle finger and behind your ring finger.
Then repeat so you have two rows on each finger.

finger knitting tutorial

The second step is to pull the bottom row up and over the top row.

Start with the ring finger, then the middle finger and forefinger.
Now you will have one row on each finger again.
Repeat the first step of wrapping the yarn so you have two rows again.
Then back to the second step of pulling the bottom row over the top row.

Keep repeating these two steps until your rope is as long as you want. When you are finished simply cut the yarn and bring the end through each of the loops.

Finger knitting is great because there are so many things you can use the rope for. Including accessories! With this white rope I looped it around several times and wore it as a scarf.

Comments

  6. How pretty. I’ve never heard of finger knitting before, I wonder if I could tackle it….
    Thanks for linking up to our Crafty Thursday Obsessions link up, hope to see you back this week 🙂

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  7. Oh this looks like so much fun!! I have to try it!

    Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer… From Dream To Reality! Can’t wait to see what you link up tomorrow!

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  9. We love this Finger Knitted Necklace and you can use old T-Shirts as yarn for these projects. This project is very simple and will make a lovely accessory for your favorite outfits.

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