Knitting with yarn on your hands, referred to as hand knitting, primarily involves using your fingers to manipulate the yarn and create stitches instead of using knitting needles.
Based on the provided reference, the core action in this type of knitting is described as follows:
Understanding the Basic Hand Knitting Process
The fundamental action involves creating loops or "chains" and then pulling new yarn through those existing loops using your hands and fingers.
According to the reference, a key part of this process includes:
- Utilizing your thumb as you work.
- Taking the working yarn (the strand of yarn coming from the yarn ball).
- Pulling that working yarn through each chain that you have already created.
- Repeating this pulling action for the entire project to build your knitted piece.
The reference explicitly identifies this technique, where you "use your thumb and pull that working yarn through each chain that you've made", as hand knitting. This creates a continuous line of connected loops, forming a simple knitted structure using only your hands as tools.
