Finger Knitting Fun: 28 Cute, Clever, and Creative Projects for Kids

I teach elementary school and have a Craft Club after school. Finger knitting is a huge hit with boys and girls, and this book gave us some great project ideas. Very simple to follow directions and lots of good illustrations. Even my Second graders could read and follow the directions on their own...and then they taught some Kindergarten's and First graders! It's pretty cool to see a 6-year old very seriously making a scarf for his Mom :-)

My kids got it along with a bunch of small yarn balls in many colors and started making crafts from the book which they took to school which other kids saw .. which then bought the book.. which then started making the crafts and it became a craze.. It was so much fun! GREAT book and great gift that most importantly offers a child something else then just being stuck to the screen!

My son wanted to learn to finger knit. This book had simple instructions for him to understand. He loved it.

At one of our Maker Mania days this past summer we had a finger knitting station. I had purchased this book for the kiddos to use for inspiration. There are few projects in the book that they could complete, unfortunately the projects took longer than the time we had and still give them time to visit the other stations. Finger knitting is a lot of fun for the kids and the projects in this book are ones kids can complete, some may require a little adult help. I will be adding this book to our school library and may place it in my Maker Space with some yarn.

This book is just okay--not as exciting or straightforward as I had hoped. My daughter loves to craft and loves making wearable items, so I thought this would be great. The projects are really pretty limited, though, and most of them require special materials. The wearable products, for example, require leather lacing, suede lacing, paracord, wool yarn, velveteen ribbon, ruffle yarn... Only a few of them call for run-of-the-mill, midweight yarn. I was expecting a book that my daughter pick up and do any project using simple yarn from around the house. In addition, most of the projects are very similar--especially in the third section, "Use It, Love It." Basically, you can make a finger-knit rope and...use it for a clothesline, or hang little lanterns from it, or use it for a jump rope, or sew it onto a pillow in a swirl design, or... I guess I was hoping for more variety. As for the wearables, they really didn't appeal to my daughter. Maybe at 5 one of the four varieties of finger-knit necklace (or three bracelets, differing only in material) would have been exciting, but at 7 they were not enticing. The one project she has really loved from this book is the little snakes--she made one for each of her cousins. On the plus side, the first, how-to section of the book is well done. The pictures and text very clearly illustrate finger knitting with two, three, or four fingers, as well as two ways to tie off your project and additional skills like attaching a new color or stitching knit pieces together. And the book itself is good quality, well-organized, and attractive.

This book delivered, it had way more patterns in it then I expected from online previews. My daughter is looking forward to raiding my yarn stash and making lots of snakes to give as gifts to neighborhood friends. Vickie as always has an excellent eye for whats adorable, fun and modern! Also perfect for when you need projects to knit as gifts. I remember finger knitting with cotton loops when I was a child and making a long chain that literally all around my house. We would sit outside in the sun all summer long making the chain and giggling while we chatted about school and other silly things. I have no idea what ever happened to that chain but I know every moment sitting in the sun with my friends was a priceless thing. Hoping my daughter can have the same experience with this book as her guid and my endless stash as fuel!

i like this book. any way you can learn something is great. i get adult books as well as kids books to learn from. sometimes the kids books are easier to learn from than the adults books. this is easy to learn from and fun. easy things to make. goods for kids and adults

Our granddaughter know and this gives her many ideas for projects.

This will be a Christmas gift so too early to rate

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