2 Skeins Wool
4 Steel Needles No. 14
Cast on 48 stitches, 16 on each of three needles. Knit 2, purl 2, for 25
rounds. This makes the wrist.
_For the Hand._ Knit plain for 5 rounds. 6th round: knit 2 stitches into
the first stitch (1 stitch in the front and 1 stitch in the back of the
stitch, thus increasing 1 stitch without making a hole), knit 1, knit 2
into the next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain.
10th round: knit 2 into 1st stitch, knit 3, knit 2 into the next stitch,
knit plain to the end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 14th round: knit 2
into the 1st stitch, knit 5, knit 2 into the next stitch, knit plain to
end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 18th round: knit 2 into 1st stitch,
knit 7, knit 2 into next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 3
rounds plain. 22nd round: knit 2 into 1st stitch, knit 9, knit 2 into
next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 26th
round: knit 2 into 1st stitch, knit 11, knit 2 into next stitch, knit
plain to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. Cast on 3 stitches, slip the
first 15 stitches for the thumb on to a piece of thread, and knit plain
to the end of the round. There should now be 48 stitches in the round.
Knit 14 rounds plain. * Knit 6, knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of
round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 5, knit 2 together, repeat from * to
end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 4, knit 2 together, repeat
from * to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 3, knit 2 together,
repeat from * to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 2, knit 2
together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 1 round plain. * Knit 1,
knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 2 together, until
you have decreased to 6 stitches, slip them off on to a thread, and
fasten securely on the wrong side.
_To make the Thumb_—Slip the 15 stitches on the thread off on to 3
needles, pick up the 3 stitches cast on: there will now be 18 stitches
in the round. Knit 12 rounds plain. Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1,
knit 2 together, and continue decreasing until there are 12 stitches in
the round. Knit 1 row plain. Knit 2 together until you have decreased to
6 stitches, draw a thread through these stitches and fasten securely on
the wrong side.