Finger Knitting Heart Ornament

In our house we LOVE LOVE LOVE to finger knit. Finger knitting is a great childhood craft, that can be done any place any time (great for long car journeys too!). Once you get the hang of it, it is really easy to do and there are lot of fun Finger Knitting Projects you can use it for. I also love Finger Knitting, as it helps concentration, pattern recognition and I find it has a calming effect on my kids. Today, we share some simple Finger Knitting Heart Ornaments.

They are easy and quick to make and I think they look really cute. Perfect as DIY Christmas Ornaments, but actually a great Easy Heart Craft for all year round or as a Valentine’s Day Decoration. One cute and easy Kids’ DIY, that you can use or make all year round really!!!!

Finger Knitting Heart Ornament – Materials:

• Wool (in desired color, but of course red is always nice) – the thicker the wool/ yarn the better
• A pipe cleaner or piece of wire (I used some red garden wire for our heart ornament)
• A little bell (optional)
• Your FINGERS!

Finger Knitting Heart Ornament – How To:

We love finger knitting! You have a choice of watching the full Finger Knitting Video How to (I find finger knitting best explained by video to be honest!) or check out the basic step by step guide to how to finger knit below – it just shows you how to finger knit, though the video shows you have to finish your knitting off and turn it into a cute Finger Knitted Heart ornament!

Step 1 : How to Finger Knit 

Are the basic finger knitting steps to remind you!

Hold the wool comfortably with your thumb.Wrap the wool behind your index finger and in front of your middle finger. Then behind your wedding finger and around your pinky. Then in front of your wedding finger, behind your middle finger and around your index finger.

You need to do it again. Wrap the wool in front of your middle finger. Behind your index finger. Then around your pinky. In front of your wedding finger, behind your middle finger and then around your index finger. So you have two loops on each finger.

Now you need to pull the bottom loop up and over the top loop. On all fingers So you’re left with one loop on each finger. Then start again. Keep repeating these steps until you have a long enough piece. Long enough to wrap around your head.

You can now watch the rest of the video here to put it all together:

What do you think? Aren’t they cute AND easy?! I do hope you have a go!!! And enjoy making these lovely little hearts! As mentioned before these can be made all year rounds, but I do think they are lovely as DIY Christmas Ornaments or for Valentine’s Day!!!

We have lots more Easy Heart Crafts for you here:

More DIY Christmas Ornaments here….

And if you are gearing up to Valentine’s Day, some lovely Valentine’s Day decorations here!

Oh and then of course… there are our full list of Finger Knitting Projects!!!