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Can We Say Obsessed!

November 30, 2011

So I went to grab coffee with my dear friends Nester and Caroline a couple weeks ago. Caroline surprised Nester and I with a gift. First of all if you want to talk my love language, it is gifts! I let everyone know well in advanced when my birthday is (February 17th) and secretly LOVEEEE to get presents for Christmas even though I tell my love ones that we are trying to simplify and I don’t need anything! Any who I pulled this beauty out of the bag and almost had a heart attack!

Surely it had taken her days, months, years to make this beautiful knit wrap around necklace/scarf!?!? She must have stopped cooking and cleaning and taking care of her family in order to finish this amazing gift!?!? Right!?!?! I start firing questions at her, how did you make it, how long did it take, who taught you…….
She took a deep breathe and told me a little story about Finger Knitting.
This piece took her 1 hour! Yes, you read that right, 1 hour.

I literally went straight home and learned how to finger knit. It was soooooooo easy!!! I had this one complete before it was time to get the kids off the bus! I even taught my 9 year old daughter how to do it and she hasn’t been able to stop either. She is making lots of necklaces and headbands for her friends at school. Such a fun activity to do while spending hours in the car over the holidays!

I am having so much fun trying different colors and different types of yarn.

This one is sooooooo cozy!

I used a skein of yarn to make enough garland for the length of my staircase. Total time 1.5 hours!

I have been wearing these shorter ones as necklaces or even in my hair as headbands. They don’t hurt or give you a headache! These shorter ones only take about 10 minutes!