Help with a pattern

You're supposed to knit 39 stitches before placing the first marker. I think you have it in the wrong place; it should be opposite the beginning of your round.

sue

"Jenn" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

if you knit 39 stitches after the beginning of the round, how did your beginning of the round marker get in the middle? it should be 39 stitches away (approx. opposite the thumb).

i'm afraid you need to frog back to the row before the increase & start again, placing the thumb marker after the

39th stitch. if you aren't sure where your end of row marker should be, you can trace up from the caston tail. good luck. lee

My end of round marker is after stitch 40 - as there are 40 stitches in the round.

I knitted to stitch 39. Placed a marker ( two before my end of round).

Increased in stitch 39, knitted stitch 40 - moved end of round marker over. Increased next stitch, placed second thumb marker.

Therefore, my end of round marker is between the two thumb markers.

I finished that round to my end of round marker (past the first thumb marker).

Jenn

enigma wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

oooooh, ok. bulky fingerless gloves... then what should be happening is that the end of round marker will stay in the middle of the thumb increases (although that's going to get weird when you finish the thumb. does it have you move the marker later?). the easiest thing to do is make your thumb markers a different color than your end of row marker, so you don't mix them up (well, it's something i've done, so...) so, you've done the first increase row & the next plain row to the EOR marker, right? does this pattern have a left & a right instructions? what i would do is stop working plain at the EOR marker & start the next increase row. it sounds like that would give you a better shaped thumb. where is the pattern from? i searched Google & Yahoo! and came up empty. i might have better ideas if i could read the pattern. lee

Enigma,

The pattern is from Mac & Me - when I google the company name - I think I actual search for Mac and Me knit patterns.

Turns out the designer read the email I sent her on this one, responded and after much reading and rereading, I finally understand.

The First thumb marker becomes my new beginning of round.

So do the increase row (increase on inside stitch of thumb markers, rest of rnd even), the work one round even (no increases), repeat till there are 13 stitches between the markers, finish on even round.

Take 13 stitches and place on holder. Cast on 3, join with rest of original round and work 40 stitch rnds till instructions say to stop. The Cast on 3 replaces the 3 I [stole] to start the thumb area.

For thumb, will go back and pick up 13 from holder and 3 from cast on and work in round till instructions as to stop.

There is no left right for this pattern. Both hands are worked the same. Should be > "Jenn" wrote in

Sounds like the way I do kids mittens -- should work fine. Judy