I want to make arm warmers and fingerless gloves in knit or crochet, but I don't know how to make thumbholes. I want to make a tube sort of thing that goes about halfway up the thumb or just a hole. Thanks for your help!
2007-10-19 12:28:02 · 4 answers · asked by Lindsay 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
A long time ago I made my own pattern for mittens for my kids. When I got to the thumb part, instead of single or double crochet stitch, I did a free chain of a few stitches then skipped the same # before attatching back to the mitten. So the pattern may look like this:
sc in ch, ch8, sk 8 sc in next to end of row...
(the next row would be to sc in each ch to continue the pattern, and make the opening a little sturdier)
2007-10-20 06:18:52 · answer #1 · answered by ShyVyolett 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way is to leave a thumb slit. It's vertical. If the item was knit or crocheted flat, you'd seam the arm, leave a bit open for the thumb and then seam the last inch or so again.
When I'm knitting such things, I begin with the lower edge and knit back and forth for several inches and continue knitting in-the-round after the thumb area. I only have an inch or so to seam to finish later.
2007-10-19 14:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by h_brida 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to about.com under the heading knitting fingerless gloves or just type in on your computer in the box, knitting fingerless gloves
2007-10-20 05:06:12 · answer #3 · answered by snookiebelle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use the thumb from one of these patterns
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/mikado-gloves.html
http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/narnie/mitten.html
http://www.dimbleby.net/knitting/mypatt/gloves1/gloves1.html
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2007-10-19 13:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋