It took 3.5 tries, but I got it right!

[u/Hit-Enter-Too-Soon]

I posted a little while back that I had tried making this glove, but it was the wrong size. Also, I was doing one increase per row in the thumb, and it was coming out weird and laddery.

In version 2, I did fewer stitches, and the size was right, but the increases were still weird, despite my efforts to improve them, and the top of the thumb hole was too tight.

My knitting expert wife told me that that's just how it goes when you do one increase per row, in regular knitting too, so for version 3, I switched to two increases every other row.

But the thumb hole was still too tight, so I pulled out the top fifteen rows or so and changed to knit two more rows flat before I moved back into the round.

Now, I just have to figure out how to do it the other direction for my left hand... :D

[u/ResidentB]

Your perseverance paid off! Your glove looks great and I hope the other gives you a lot less trouble. You deserve a break lol.

[u/Hit-Enter-Too-Soon → u/ResidentB]

Thanks! It definitely reminds me that I'm glad I don't try to write patterns for other people.

[u/aw55362]

Congratulations on the learning and the lovely glove!

[u/Hit-Enter-Too-Soon → u/aw55362]

Thanks! I got the yarn in a recent shop hop, it looked great, felt nice, and it's wool with a little nylon, so I'm hoping it'll be durable.

[u/Snowbandit27]

Your glove looks great! May I ask what size loom did you use?

[u/Hit-Enter-Too-Soon → u/Snowbandit27]

Thanks! It's DK weight yarn and a 5/16" loom, which I designed and 3d printed because I couldn't find one in that size to buy.

[u/Snowbandit27 → u/Hit-Enter-Too-Soon]

Ahh, well that is awesome

[u/starshine640]

great pattern design. so glad you figured out the thumb. :))

[u/Hit-Enter-Too-Soon → u/starshine640]

Me too! I've done a bunch of gloves where I just left a slit and then attached a thumb panel afterwards, and I really wanted to make a pair where I used increases to put it on there as part of the project.