Dustin’s Easy Fingerless Gloves
Modification of Knitting at Noon’s Fingerless Mitts. This adds a seamless thumb gusset and changes the thumb border. It also clarifies some things I found confusing.
Size: Adult
Materials:
Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran in Plum. Worsted weight yarn. Gauge 20 x 26 per 4″.
4-5x DPN in size 6.
Stitch holder or another DPN.
Increase rounds: Knit to marker, kfb of stitch after marker, knit to last st before second marker, kfb, slip marker, knit to end of round.
CO 36 stitches. Divide between needles (12 per) and join in the round.
Round 1: Purl
2: Knit.
3: Purl.
4-9: Knit
10: Increase round. (For 10, you will kfb both stitches between the markers, no knit between).
11-13, 15-17, 19-21, 23-25: Knit.
14, 18, 22, 26: Increase round. By 26, you should have 12 stitches between the markers.
27: Knit.
28: Knit to marker, place the next 12 stitches on another needle, CO 2 stitches, knit to end of round.
Next round: Knit to marker, place next 12 sts on a small stitch holder, cast on 2 sts, knit to end of round.
29-39: Knit.
40: Purl
41: Knit
42: Purl
BO loosely in knit.
Thumb: With another needle, pick up two stitches from the edges and 6-8 from the glove itself. When picking up stitches, pick up the same you’d use for make one stitches. This is kind of a weird one, so if you have trouble picking up all 8, 6 is fine – you can stitch it together later. Divide onto 3 needles.
Knit four rows. Purl one row, knit one row, purl one row. Bind off loosely in knit. Take any extra yarn left from BO and use to cover holes, if necessary.
