My first knitting pattern (for lilttle hands)

As usual, the cold weather has resparked my (k)need to knit.

Usually I think that a successful knitting project is just a sign that a person is good at following directions. So when I wanted to make fingerless gloves last week, my first reaction was to search for a pattern that I liked online.

No luck. I didn´t want a cable stitch because I was planning to use a self striping yarn and thought a simple pattern would look better. All the simple patterns were approximately twice the size of my child-sized hands.

So I tried combining two patterns I had seen with intuition to make my first Kristen-sized fingerless glove pattern.



My pattern:

Cast on 27 stitches in the round on size 5 or 6 double pointed needles

Knit 6 rounds in seed stitch

Knit 18 rounds in stockinette stitch



To set up for Gusset, Knit around until 2 stitches from the end of round. Place stitch marker. SM. M1. K1. M1. Place a second marker. SM. K1. You should be at the end of the round.

For Gusset:
Round 1 - K around
Round 2 - K around
Round 3 - K to first marker. SM. M1. K to next marker. M1. SM. Knit to end of round.

Repeat Gusset rounds 1-3 until there are 15 stitches between the stitch markers. K one more round, slipping these 15 stitches onto a stitch holder or safety pin.

Knit 10 more rounds in stockinette.

Knit 8 rounds in seed stitch. Cast off.


For Thumb:
Slip stitches from stitch holder onto 3 double pointed needles. K one round and pick up two stitches across the thumb.

Knit around and knit the two picked up stitches together.

Knit 6 more rounds in stockinette (knit in the round). Cast off. Weave in ends of yarn.



Here´s what they look like: