Elias shows you how to single-handedly tackle a simple take on knitting (without a needle in sight)…

Like any new craft we are about to tackle, we went to town collecting yarn and needles in anticipation of all the creative knitting projects we had on the brain. Then we realized that it takes forever to accomplish even the simplest knitting project (let alone the fuchsia mohair onesie we had planned), and after dropping our thousandth stitch, we abandoned traditional knitting for good.

That did leave us with a surplus of beautiful yarns, and truly, there were only so many reindeer heads we could wrap before it started to get creepy.

Thank goodness, then, for finger knitting. We were so surprised not to have come across it sooner, and even more surprised that more of our friends were equally unaware of what a fab five-finger funniest finger knitting truly is! So here, friends, is our two minute guide to using up that yarn!