Free guide for a colourful finger knitted necklace

Here's a free guide to a creative project that you can make yourself or enjoy with your child or grandchild. The finger-knit necklace is ideal as a small hobby project during your holidays. The project can also be used as a cute homemade gift for Mother's Day, birthdays or as a Christmas present.

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You will need:

 

Sådan gør du:

1) Start by making a loop on one end of the yarn:

 

2) Put the loop on your left thumb (if you are right handed) or right thumb (if you are left handed):

3) Twist the yarn between your fingers from the thumb, on the inside of the index finger, on the outside of the middle finger, on the inside of the ring finger and behind the little finger:

4) Wind the yarn further around the little finger and the opposite way back: on the outside of the ring finger, on the inside of the middle finger and behind the index finger:

5) Wind all the way around your index finger and stretch the yarn straight across your palm from index finger to little finger:

 

6) Place the yarn over the stitches on your fingers. Now grab the loop on your index finger, bend your index finger and pass the stitch around the outside of your hand. Then do the same with your middle finger, ring finger and finally little finger. Now you have made the first row of stitches:

7) Repeat by winding the yarn one full round counter-clockwise around your hand, and knit in the same way as described before from index finger to little finger:

8) For each round you knit, pull in the yarn/project that is slowly getting longer on the back of your hand:

9) Now you can take the loop off the thumb and then continue with a new round of finger knitting as described before:

10) Continue knitting until you have approx. 9 metres of finger knit and until you have all the beautiful shades of the yarn in your project:

11) If you need to put the project down for a bit, do so by taking the stitches off your fingers and passing a pencil or other through the stitches until you are ready to continue knitting:

12) When you have completely finished knitting, cut the yarn and pass the yarn through your stitches:

13) Pull the yarn and tighten to "lock" the end. At the end you started with, just pull the loop you had on your thumb to "lock" it as well:

14) Now you have the 9 meters of finished finger knitting in a lot of great colors ready to be made into a neat necklace:

15) Put all the tree rings, or however many you want, on one end of your finger knit:

16) Bring the other end of your finger knit in from the other side of the tree rings and through them all:

17) Pull the end through so you have a loop that corresponds to how long you want your necklace. Here it is about a metre. Continue making loops until you've made 8-9 loops, or you've used up all your finger knitting. Here we have 9 loops:

18) Adjust your loops so they are roughly equal in length and tie the two ends together with a double knot, cut off the ends and then hide the knot under the tree rings:

Your project is now complete! Sew a nice fabric bag to wrap it in if it's for a gift. See our selection of fabrics here:

Have fun! :)

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