Finger Knitting Obsession

Okay, I think I've created 3 montsters - knitting monsters . . . YAY.  My three kiddos (ages 5, 7, and 8) woke me up this morning at 6:30am so I could help "start them" on their finger knitting.  I've tried to teach full needle knitting before, but I have discovered they haven't much perseverance for it.  I should have remembered - start SIMPLE (didn't I just post about that?) So, I was actually thrilled at the early morning wake-up.  Here they are knitting in pjs, not far from bed . . .

Here's how it happened . . . It was the strangest thing, I was going along the other day minding my own business (okay, I was doing the mountains of laundry that I can't seem to get through - why is always my business?)  and I had a blast  out of nowhere.   I think. you can knit. on your hand. simply. . . . a vague thought - ack - how do you do it?  I couldn't picture it at all.  I can't even say that I remember doing it as a kiddo myself.   Still, I picked up a skein of yarn with vague notion in my head.  Before I even thought about it, I proceeded to whip out a long chain. I think I must have done it a lot as a kiddo, lots of muscle memory there.   I did YouTube it so if you want to learn how, go here.

First, I taught my middle guy, who loves to just hang out together.  We sat side by side in his bed, I knitting a gorgeous cowl from Quince & Co on my needles; he a scarf on his fingers.  

"Mom," he asked, "Can we have a knitting night every Sunday?"  

Oh, any night, my boy, any night!  

Then, the other one wanted to learn, and then, the third.  They picked it up in a breeze and haven't stopped since.  Baillie, below, finger knit three long strands and braided them together.  "Mom!  This is going to blow the girls away!"  I love it!  My daughter did a sweet little scarf and embellished it with a bow.  What a sweet and organic surprise this turned out to be.  Happy times.

 

Thanks for reading. 

Anne Weil