Simple Exercises for Knitters and Crocheters

Turn your hands clockwise, with your fingers interacted. Now turn your hands counterclockwise. Repeat this movement 10 times in each direction.

Open and stretch out your fingers, separating them with force for 10 seconds. Then, close them and tighten your fingers for another 10 seconds.

Stretch your arms and put your hands out in front of you, turning your wrists with your thumbs outside for 5 seconds. Repeat the movement 2 times.

Stretch out your left arm, putting the right arm under and grabbing the outside of your left hand. Turn your hands upwards carefully for 5 seconds. Repeat this movement 2 times with each arm.

Let your arms hand loose at your side, relax your shoulders, and shake your hands for 10 seconds. Repeat 2 times.

Put your hands together, as if you pray, and push with a bit of pressure (not hard!) for 10 seconds. Repeat this exercise 2 times.

1. Wrist Extension: Relax hand over a rolled towel with palm facing down. Extend wrist up as much as possible and hold for 5-10 seconds, release slowly.

2. Wrist Flexion: Relax hand over a rolled towel with palm facing up. Flex wrist with fingers extended and hold for 5-10 seconds, release slowly.

3. Wrist Deviations: Relax hand over a rolled towel with palm sideways. Lift hand and hold for 5-10 seconds, release slowly.

4. Wrist Pronation & Supination: Pronate (rotate palm down) the hand as much as possible and hold. Reverse direction by supinating (rotate palm up) the hand as much as possible and hold for 5-10 seconds.

5. Finger Flexion & Extension: Flex fingers in by making a strong fist with thumb outside of fingers, squeeze and hold for 5 seconds. Next, extend fingers as much as possible and hold 5 seconds. Repeat up to 10x.

6. Prayer with towel: Press hands together with elbows out and shoulders retracted and depressed and hold for 5-10 seconds.

Repeat each exercise up to 3 times.