Finger knitting is done without needles. You can use chunky colorful yarn. You will need a large needle to sew with.
Steps: If you are right-handed, use your left hand to hold the yarn. Lay the yarn across your upturned palm with the tail of the yarn (the end) held between your thumb and forefinger. With the yarn end attached to the ball or skein, weave the yarn through your fingers. Wrap the yarn under your pinky finger, over your ring finger, under your middle finger and over the forefinger. Weave in the opposite direction. Wrap the yarn under your forefinger, over your middle finger, under your ring finger, and over your pinky. Wrap the yarn under all the fingers towards your thumb and over the top back towards the pinky. This should be the top yarn. Starting with the pinky finger, take the bottom woven yarn and pull it over the top (wrapped) yarn. Repeat with remaining three fingers. Repeat steps 4 through 6 until you have the desired length. Pull on the tail of the yarn to tighten the knitting periodically. To finish, cut the yarn, leaving several inches of extra yarn. Take the loops of your fingers. Pull the remaining yarn through the loops and make a knot. This is a good way to help kids learn to knit and it is lots of fun. You might want to try to do this first just so you get the hang of it before teaching the kids.
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