Patent ID: 7147009

Claim:
A method for hands only weaving comprising the steps of: (a) providing a strand of weaving material; (b) attaching a first end of the weaving material to a pinky finger of a user's first hand; (c) creating, without a manufactured shuttle, a first run of weaving material by directing the weaving material from the pinky finger under a ring finger of the user's first hand, over a middle finger of the user's first hand, under an index finger of the user's first hand and over a thumb of the user's first hand all without a manufactured shuttle; (d) creating a second run of weaving material by directing the weaving material under the thumb, over the index finger, under the middle finger, over the ring finger and under the pinky finger all without a manufactured shuttle; (e) creating a third run of weaving material by directing the weaving material over the pinky finger, under the ring finger, over the middle finger, under the index finger and over the thumb all without a manufactured shuttle; (f) creating a fourth run of weaving material by directing the weaving material under the thumb, over the index finger, under the middle finger, over the ring finger all without a manufactured shuttle to yield two runs of strands across a palm side and two runs of strands across a back side of the fingers of the user's first hand; (g) lifting the first run and the second run over the third run and fourth run and off of each finger and thumb of the user's first hand to generate a weave on a palm side of the user's first hand; and (h) directing the weaving material under the pinky finger and then over the pinky finger continuing with a manufactured shuttle free weave by repeating steps (c) and (f) as necessary.