Monday, August 31, 2009

CraftWerk Project #1 Finger Knitting

Keeping your kids busy and engaged need not coast you an arm and a leg. Wonderful for car rides, trips to the market, at a restaurant, airplanes, or anytime you are waiting or sitting for a long time.

For this simple activity you will need:
1. Fingers
2. Yarn or string
3. A little patience if you are teaching children under 4 yrs.

Step one:
Take your ball or length of yarn/string and loosely drape over your thumb and pointer finger. Make sure you leave a "tail" end (the end not connected to the ball of yarn/string) so there is something to hold onto. 

Step Two:
Make a slip knot by crossing the tail over the string still connected to the ball.

Step Three:
Hold the tail with your pinky finger and with your thumb and pointer finger grab the string connected to the ball and pull through. 

Step Four:
Pull string to make the loop a little smaller and repeat steps one through four until your Finger Knitting is as long as desired.

To End:
 Simply cut the the string connected to your yarn and pull through.



Have fun!

xo,
The Spielwerk Crew

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We are new to the blogging world, but have seen so many wonderful and inspiring blogs that we thought we would try our hand and connect with our community online! The plan is to post some of our WerkShops in a DIY format, give product highlights, and general rants and raves when the mood hits. Oh, and events and sales too!

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xo,
The SpielWerk Crew