Have you encountered problems with knitting thumbs while knitting gloves or mittens?  In today’s video tutorial, I’m going to go through the steps of knitting a thumb!  These technique will apply to both fingerless and full coverage thumbs.  From placing the thumb stitches on a holder, to casting on stitches for the fourchette, then coming back to pick up stitches for the thumb and knitting it in the round, I’ll be covering all of the important and sometimes tricky steps.  Please do keep in mind that these are the techniques I use in my Girly Knits patterns, and not all thumbs will be constructed exactly the same with patterns from other designers.  If you have a glove or mitten pattern from me however, these techniques will apply!   I hope you find this video helpful, and that you have fun knitting your gloves and mittens!

 

Here are the Girly Knits patterns that use the techniques I went over if you would like to give thumbs a try!