How to Knit with Fingers

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Knitting with your fingers is a fun and productive activity that you can do in your spare time. When you’re done knitting, you’ll have a beautiful wool cord that can be used for a variety of uses, such as keychains, hair ties, belts, or handbag straps. This activity is so fun and simple, anyone in the family can do it!

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Wrap wool

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Clip the yarn between the thumb and forefinger of the non-dominant hand, leaving a short strip of wool (the “tail” of the wool). Press your thumb firmly against the edge of your index finger to secure the yarn. Turn your palm toward your face.

Start wrapping the wool. With palm facing face, take the longer end, or “knitting tip”, of the yarn around the back of the index finger, over the middle finger, behind the ring finger, and over the little finger. While wrapping the yarn, be sure to hold the end between your thumb and index finger. ^{[1] X Research Source}

The loop turns around and continues to wrap. When wrapping to the little finger, you will loop the yarn around the little finger and continue to wrap it alternately. After wrapping the yarn around the little finger, loop the yarn over the ring finger, behind the middle finger, and over the index finger.

Repeat these operations. Wrap the yarn around your index finger and repeat the same steps as the first row: loop the yarn behind the index finger, wrap it around the middle finger, loop behind the ring finger, and wrap it around and around the little finger. When wrapped, there will be two circles on each finger. ^{[2] X Research Source}

Start knitting

Turn the bottom loop up. Starting with your index finger, you will hold the bottom circle and turn it over (the top ring) and pull away from your finger. When the flip is complete, the bottom circle will be behind the index finger. ^{[3] X Research Sources}

Repeat with the next three fingers. Turn the bottom ring over and pull away from the middle, ring, and pinky fingers. At the end, only one loop of wool remains on each finger.

Reposition the loops. Using your dominant hand (the one that isn’t wrapped in wool) pull the loops down so that they’re closer to the base of your finger and won’t come off easily.

Continue wrapping the yarn. You take the end of the yarn (which is sandwiched between your index and middle fingers) and wrap it around your middle finger, behind your ring finger, and around your little finger. Continue wrapping in the opposite direction by wrapping around your ring finger, behind your middle finger, and around your index finger. After finishing, on each finger there are two loops of wool. ^{[4] X Research Sources}

Repeat the bottom flip up. Like we did above, you’ll start with your index finger, flip the bottom ring up (the top ring) and pull away from your finger. Repeat with the remaining three fingers until only one ring remains on each finger.

Reposition the loops. Continue to use your dominant hand (free hand) to gently push the loops down so that they are closer to the base of your fingers and leave space to continue wrapping.

Repeat the above steps (wrap the yarn, turn the loops and reposition) as long as you want. A cord will form on the back of your hand, so you can easily measure the length of your product. Don’t be afraid to pull gently to tighten the rope as you knit.

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Stop wrapping wool. When the rope has reached the desired length, stop when there is a loop of yarn on each finger, as soon as you turn the loop underneath without continuing to wrap the yarn.

End index finger. You will pull the remaining loop of yarn off your index finger and insert it into your middle finger. Next, turn the loop under the middle finger to the back of your hand. ^{[5] X Research Sources}

Finish the middle finger. Pull the remaining loop of yarn off the middle finger and insert it into the ring finger. Next, turn the loop of yarn under your ring finger to the back of your hand.

Finish the ring finger. Pull the remaining loop of yarn off the ring finger and insert it into the little finger. Next, turn the loop of yarn under your little finger to the back of your hand. At the end, on the little finger will only be left with a loop of wool.

Pull the loop off your little finger. Be careful that the circle doesn’t tighten when you pull it out of your hand.

Cut the yarn, leaving a few centimeters from the loop. Remember to leave a section, do not cut close.

Pull the end of the yarn just cut through the circle. You can pull hard a few times so that the circle tightens around the yarn. ^{[6] X Research Sources}

Tighten the remaining yarn end (wool tail). Go back to find the tail at the beginning and pull it tight. If you want, you can tie a knot at this end just to be sure.

End. If you want the rope to form a circle (for bracelets, headbands, etc.), you can fasten the two ends together. If not, this step is done.

Advice

It is best to use large and soft wool yarn. If you use small wool, there will be large holes in the product because the “knitting needles” you use – the fingers – are quite large.
Wrap the yarn around your fingers a little loosely to make it easier to flip the loops over.
If you want to knit the rope thinner, faster, you can knit the same way, but using only three fingers, two fingers or even one finger will do. This article shows you how to do it more meticulously.
Get creative! You can use your fingers to knit a lot of things.
You can pull both ends of the yarn to tighten the rope after every few stitches.
When knitting to step four, you don’t have to intertwine your fingers anymore, pull the yarn over your palm and tuck it into your little finger, then turn the loops over as you normally would. This will save you a bit of time and look less confusing.
It is better to sit and knit in one go, otherwise it will be easy to lose the rhythm and not know where you are knitting. If you want to take a break from knitting, you can thread a pencil through the loops of yarn on your finger to mark where. ^{[7] X Research Sources}

Warning

Remember to knit loosely. Pulling the yarn around your fingers too tightly will affect blood circulation.
If you see a loop on the yarn that is too loose, do not cut it. If this loop is close to where you are knitting, remove the yarn there and knit again.
If you feel pain when knitting for a long time, remember to take regular breaks.

Things you need

Wool
Drag
Fingers

Steps

Wrap wool

Start knitting

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Advice

Warning

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