Finger Knitting

Finger knitting was begun in the Native American cultures. It is like loom knitting but with only two stitches in width.

TO BEGIN
Take the end of your yarn, still connected to the yarn ball, and put it between your thumb and pointer, leaving around four inches draping down the back of your hand. This is your tail.

Then take you working yarn, or yarn strand still attached to the yarn ball and wrap it between your pointer and middle. Go behind the middle and over your ring finger. Back behind your pinky and all the way around. Then wrap the yarn between your pinky and ring finger. Front, back, front pattern until your have two stitches on the front of each finger. When with happens, your yarn should be on the thumb direction of your pointer. Let it drape down your palm.

MAKING YOUR FIRST STITCH
Starting with your pinky, take the BOTTOM stitch, pull it up over the top stitch and off of your finger. Let it go. It is okay if it is loose.

Now do the same with your ring finger, and middle. When you get to your pointer, your tail is your bottom stitch. Pull it up and over and let it go over the yarn in between your pointer and middle.

SECOND STITCH
Now you take the working yarn and "reload" the stitch. Now your previously top stitch becomes your bottom stitch. When you get back to the pointer with your working yarn, let it drape down your palm again.

Do the same as before. Now you use the bottom stitch on your pointer to go over instead of a tail. You continue normally until you reach your desired length, like for a scarf, bracelet, or necklace.

TYING OFF
This time you are not going to reload. You have one stitch on each finger. Take the pinky's stitch and put it onto the ring finger. Pull the bottom stitch of the ring finger up and over the top stitch and let it go. Take its top stitch (the pinky's loop that was put onto the ring finger) and put it onto the middle. Repeat the above. Put the loop onto the pointer and do the above. Hold onto the pinky's loop and cut your yarn about three to four inches and put the previously working yarn through the pinky's loop and pul until tight. You can tie a knot now, or wait (if you are tying it to be a bracelet or necklace).

You can pull the tail until tight to 'make it pretty.'

If you are doing a bracelet or necklace, tie the tail and working yarn together at the right length.

TA-DA!!! Good job!

Pictures to come! :)