A close friend of mine posted an article on hand knitting, so I had to give it a try. For this project you need two ‘chunky’ bundles of yarn, a pair of scissors and two arms 🙂

Unwind some of your yarn and put the two ends side by side. You will need a long tail (about four feet). Next you will need to ‘Cast on’ this video best explains how to do this  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT3gdc44Lp8 I cast on using 10 stitches.

Now that you have 10 loops on your arm you are ready to knit. It is best to watch the video that I have linked to. To make your stitches, you need to grab your two lengths of yarn, tuck them through your cast on loops and put this new loop on your other arm, then let the other loop drop off your cast on arm (clear as mud?).

Once you are happy with your length, ‘Cast off’ (see video again) and join your two ends together.

A big THANK YOU to my photographer.