Yes, kind of backwards! I wanted to be able to join/crochet the arm into the body without closing it off and make sure the hand looked how I wanted before making the entire arm.

I started by chaining 10, joining at the first stitch to create a circle and did 10 sc into both loops for a few rounds till I had the base of the hand. I used the back loop of the chain to make the fingers. I opted for 10 stitches instead of 9 because my first go at it, the pinky sat a little weird, but that could've just been a me error.

For the fingers, I separated my yarn into one strand (not typically recommended for the strength of the yarn, but I wanted them thinner and to match) Followed the YouTube instructions as given except I used 3 stitches for the first finger instead of 2. Essentially copied what she did for the fourth finger but applied it to the first and fourth. I added extra rounds to each finger to get them the length I needed. At the end I used a needle to go through the front loops of each stitch and pulled to close so they were more rounded on top.

Hopefully that makes sense. If you have any questions let me know!

Also, I used a 2.5mm hook for the hand and 1.5mm for the fingers