Last summer, during my investigation into Waldorf homeschooling, I was intrigued by the concept of finger knitting for young children. While I don't ascribe to Rudolph Steiner's philosophy or the esoteric reasons for introducing fingerknitting, the handcraft itself sounded like a whole lot of fun in its own right.
In hopes of teaching Mary to fingerknit while the rest of us used needles, I bought the book Finger Knitting by Katsuno Suzuki. I expected to find directions for teaching children to make some simple projects. There are a couple simple projects but most of those in Suzuki's book are downright complicated even for an adult!
Needless to say, my Mary is still making single crocheted chains with her fingers. We haven't progressed past that yet and I am not sure we will any time soon. She has made several leashes for her stuffed dogs, some reins for her horses and lots of pretty belts and headbands for her mommy. :)
Today we began to make some garland for the tree. I brought out the red and green yarn and the kids had much fun making chains. I was inspired to do so from these posts over at Soule Mama.
Even Annie got in on the act, trying to finger knit with her chubby little hands.
When we finish the garlands, I will post some photos for you to see.
Have a beautiful day and thanks for visiting. :)
Update: How to Finger Knit video clip here.
