For reasons that I cannot go into right now (I promise to tell as soon as I can) my task over the last few weeks has been to knit a fingerless glove. Not just any fingerless glove. A fingerless zombie glove. The kind of glove that looks like it could be worn by someone fresh from the grave and feeling a bit parky.
I have never ever knit a glove before, let along a zombie one. Since I have no knitting fear (unless it is a lace pattern – aaaaargghhh!), I decided to dive right in to knit and modify a simple pattern I found on this useful little site.
Knitting a glove was easier than I thought. It was all about the double-pointed needles, keeping your stitch marker in place, and remembering which stitch holder is which.
Basically you knit the rib bit of the glove first. Then move up to the bottom of the hand. This bit is simple once you get the hang of knitting on DPNs (double pointed needles).
Next you put all the stitches onto holders except for the ones you are using to knit the thumb, then cast on a couple more to make the thumb the right size, and lastly join and knit the thumb. It is like magic watching the thumb appear. It is hard not to put it on immediately at this point and wave it at people. Which I did for a bit...
From here you knit a bit of the palm (the fingers are higher up the glove than the thumb obviously).
Then you go from little finger to pointing finger, picking up two stitches at the bottom of the last finger you knit as you go (so you join them all up), and leaving the rest of the stitches on holders.
Learning how to pick up was a new thing, but my trusty Knitting for Dummies sorted that one out. Before you know it you have four fingers and a thumb, and you are done.
Expect to feel rather proud at this point. You have knitted an entire glove. Now how to zombie it up? Watch this space.
