What is a thumb gusset knitting?

“Gusset” is a tailoring term, and it specifically means a triangular piece of fabric that’s used to shape or size a piece of clothing. In this case, the gusset is the little triangle that fits around the heel of your hand below the thumb.

What is a thumb gusset?

How many stitches does a thumb gusset have?

The body of your mitten will proceed as follows: You will be knitting the 3 stitches that will become the thumb gusset, keeping the ribbed section as set (the k1, p1 part) and purling all the rest of your stitches.

Do you pick up stitches at the base of the thumb?

If your pattern tells you to cast on any extra stitches at the base of the thumb, I suggest the backward loop cast on. Put the held thumb stitches on the needle again. Pick up stitches at the base of the thumb, as instructed by the pattern.

How to pick up stitches in a gap?

Like you did with the first gap, pick up a stitch by inserting your needle tip into stitch 1 from front to back, but this time pick up the left leg on to your needle and pull a loop of yarn through to make a stitch. Skip stitch 2 and pick up and knit a stitch in stitch 3 as you did with stitch 1.

How to pick up stitches above waste yarn?

With a double pointed needle (dpn), carefully pick up the right leg of each stitch in the row BELOW your waste yarn. 3. With another dpn, pick up the right leg of each stitch in the row ABOVE your waste yarn. There are now 5 stitches on your lower needle, and 5 stitches on your top needle. 4. Very carefully, remove the waste yarn stitch by stitch.

How do you pick up stitches in a DPN?

With a new dpn, insert the needle tip into stitch 1 from front to back, picking up the right leg of the stitch onto your needle and pull a loop of working yarn through to make a new stitch. Skip over stitch 2, and insert needle tip in to stitch 3 and pick up one stitch as you did before with stitch 1.