Fingerless Gloves

My fingerless gloves

Well I finally got these finished, and I'm pretty happy with them, yay!
My Grandmother had asked me to make her some fingerless gloves for Christmas, as she goes walking every week and finds normal gloves make things really awkward, but its too cold to wear no gloves what so ever, she wanted something that would cover her forearms, but not go too high as that would be faffy under her clothes. These will hopefully do the trick perfectly.

What you'll need:

1 ball of Sidar Crofter DK in Hound Dog (50g)
1 pair 4.50mm circular needles
1 pair 5.50mm circular needles
2 stitch markers

How:

Cast on 32 stitches using the larger needles,
Place stitch marker and join in the round
Rib in k1p1 for 12 rounds

Switch to smaller needles and knit for 3 inches
knit for 16 stitches and place second marker, make one and knit to end
knit the next round
knit for 16 stitches, make 1, k1, m1, k to end
knit the next round
knit for 16 stitches, make 1, k3, m1, k to end
knit the next round
knit for 16 stitches, make 1, k5, m1, k to end
knit the next round
knit for 16 stitches, make 1, k7, m1, k to end

continue increases until you have 51 sts
knit the next round

slip 16 stitches onto spare needle (or yarn/wool)

work 15 stitches

slip remaining stitches onto the spare needle (or yarn/wool)

knit the 15 stitches you have on your needles, joining to work in the round (this is your thumb)

knit for 3 rounds

Rib k1,p1 for 3 rounds and bind off with stretchy cast off.

That's your thiub done, now return to the hand, using the unbroken yarn, continue knitting the hand. pull the yarn tightly when you join across the thumb gap.

Continue knitting for 5 rounds (or more if you have long fingers or want longer gloves)
switch to your larger needles and rib in k1,p1 for 3 rounds

BO using stretchy cast off

Weave in all your ends, you may also need to use a few small stitches to close the hole left at the base of the thumb.

And you're done, now simply repeat for the other hand and Voila, you are done!