Yes, we’re still accepting glomitts. We have enough for Sgt. Wall’s unit, but have others to whom we can send supplies. Thanks for your interest!

Just wanted to be sure you were still accepting the glomitts. Although I signed up for the KAL, I had such a busy summer, I didn’t get a chance to make them yet. I’m going to try to get going on a pair if you’re still sending them out?

Thanks
Donna S.

So far we’ve received 15 pairs of glomitts — and I know there are more on the way. Over 150 people have registered for the knitalong on line, and our instore display has generated a lot of interest among our regular customers and visitors — we’ve had to reprint the pattern! Several people have told us that their spinning and knitting groups have taken on the project.

We originally set the completion date as October 1st — BUT PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING!! We will continue to collect glomitts and gauntlets throughout the fall and into the holiday season.

Sgt Wall’s mother, Malta Phelps, expressed her thanks in a recent posting. Everyone here at Halcyon Yarn joins her in thanking you for your contribution.

Beth Q

It can be confusing, especially if you’ve not knit mittens for a while. What you are doing by slipping the 16 sts onto a holder is reserving those sts for the thumb. (The 16sts are a P st, 14 K sts, and another P) Once you have completed the mitten part, you will go back & use those 16 saved stitches to finish the thumb.

After slipping the 16 thumb sts to the holder cast on 4 stitches in their place. The best cast-ons for this are the cable cast-on, the knitted cast-on, or even the backward loop cast-on. Once those 4 sts are cast on above the holder with the 16 thumb sts, you can join them to the 12 sts remaining on that needle, and just continue knitting. This will bring the total # of stitches back to 48, (16 sts on each of 3 double ptd needles), the same number you cast on at the very beginning of the mitt — and you can continue knitting the rounds until the next step.

I hope this helps. If not, let me know … Good luck!

Welcome! Thanks for joining us. In answer to your question, you should have 2 Purl stitches in the thumb gusset — one on either side of the gusset itself. Since the rest of the thumb gusset is all K sts, the P sts mark the beginning & end of the gusset. If you look closely at the pattern photo, you’ll be able to see the little line at the edge of the thumb which is formed by the P’s.