Finger Knit a Christmas Garland and Wreath

Christmas crafts are fun and frugal ways to decorate. There is no time of year that is best for crafting and no time of year that limits the type of craft being created. Finger knitting a Christmas garland in August is just right. No hurry. No rushing to complete the project. If you have used the finger knitting technique before you will be ready to begin these projects as soon as you find your yarn; if you are new to finger knitting you may want to view the tutorials and practice first.

Finger knitting is just what it says creating knit stitches on your fingers using only yarn. A cord of knit stitches forms. The same knit cord may be created using a spool with nails/prongs on top and pulling the cord through the middle of the spool. Both techniques are easy and fast. These links show the directions for finger knitting and spool knitting.

Materials:

1 skein each of:

Wool-Ease Thick&Quick, green

Red Heart Spark-a-Doodle, red

Scissors

Ruler

Yarn needle

Knitting spool optional

Garland with leaves and berries:

Make a 12 foot length of cord with the green yarn. Secure both ends of the cord by tying them off or making several small stitches.

Make 12 or more small cords 5 or 6 inches long from the green yarn to use for leaves. Secure the ends of the cords.

Attach the leaves/small cords to the long garland by sewing them or tying them securely spaced every foot along the garland. Stitch or tie the leaves to the garland in the middle of the small cord to form two leaves.

Attach decorative berries to the garland and leaves if desired. Cut the red pom-pom yarn so that there is enough yarn to tie the pom-pom to the green garland.

Christmas wreath with bow:

Make three 20 inch long cords from the green yarn. Tie the beginning single yarn lengths together with and over-hand knot. Braid the three cords. Tie the end lengths of yarn with an over-hand knot. Tie the two ends together to form a loop. Decorate the loop/wreath with red pom-poms as desired.

To make the bow finger knit a 20 inch cord over only two fingers. The cord for the bow will be thinner than the cord for the wreath. The bow in the picture is made from the same green yarn; using another color and yarn would add more interest.

Tip:

The yarn used will determine the quality of the cord produced: a wool blend, craft or bulky yarn will create a thicker cord with more body while an acrylic yarn will create a much thinner cord with less body.

One skein of green Wool-Ease Thick&Quick will allow you to create both the garland and wreath.

You may want to use red buttons instead of the pom-poms.