Finger-knit festive wear and décor with kids in less than an hour

Did you know there’s a type of knitting that lets you complete an entire Christmas hat or scarf in less than an hour? Guaranteed to be a fun festive activity for all ages, finger knitting, which requires no tools and only yarn – will give you cloud-like pieces, super soft to the touch. Not only will it ensure a lovely session of tactile play for your little ones, you will also have Christmas décor and hats ready for the family in a jiffy.

Santa hat

Materials required:

These materials are locally available. 

Method

Before you start, there are actually two ways to knit this hat. You can either start from the pointy hat top or measure your head’s circumference using the puffy yarn thread, make a knot and start knitting from the bottom. The following is method 1, as shown in the video: 

Adding the white rim

Making Pom-pom bolls (optional)

Method II

Christmas Muffler 

Materials required

Method

Muffler edges 

Here’s a small bonus – if you’d like to make a jellyfish or an octopus for a fun unique décor, especially for kids, you can just combine the methods to make the red hat, and the muffler threads!

Use the counts of 4 loops initially, double looped for two further layers to make 8 loops and 16 loops. This is for a more rounded shape. Then, just extend the height of the piece by doing single loop layers, and finally closing the edge. You can add tentacles by adding 8 white threads using the muffler edge technique.