Fingerless glove help!!

Hi,
I’m not very experienced when it comes to knitting and tend to learn as I go with YouTube videos. I thought I’d give this pattern a try


It’s knitted on straight needles with the seem up the palm.
But have just got to the “middle finger” part and am so confused. It says:
*Middle finger

Using 4mm needles and RS facing, pick up and k 2 cast-on sts from index finger working from row-end edge inwards. Work p2, k1, p1 from LH needle and turn, leaving rem sts unworked. (6 sts)
Cont working with 4mm needles only, taking stitches from LH 4.5mm needle as required.

Next row: [K1, p2, k1] three times, cast on 1 st and turn. (13sts)

I think I have done the first part correctly (or at least I have currently got 6 stitches on my 4mm needle) however I cannot work out how to get from 6 to 13 as it tells me to turn so I can’t just keep knitting them from the LH needle, and even if I did, that wouldn’t leave enough on the LH needle for the rest of the finger?

Any advice would be hugely appreciated! It’s been actually going so well so far, I’d hate to have to give up or make a mess!
Thanks

Welcome to KH!
When you start the middle finger there should still be sts on the right hand needle that weren’t used for the index finger (8sts). Most of the unworked sts are on the left hand needle. With a new end of yarn, pick up 2sts from the cast on at the index finger and work 4 more sts from the left hand needle.
OK, now turn to work back across those 6sts and work 6 more sts from the 8sts that are now on the left hand needle. Cast on one stitch and that’s the 13sts for the middle finger.

Might not help with this project, but my go to fingerless mitts are Sheep & Stitch. They are super simple.

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Nice pattern which avoids the complication of fingers. Working fingers or half-fingers is not an easy project.
@DaylilyDawn Can you help with the original poster’s question?

Nice pattern YarnPlease, it is “fingerless” for a reason :grin:. This way you can curl fingers inside for warmth if needed.

I make quite a few for a friend that has bad circulation in one hand, made lots of plain ones, but others I duplicate stitch on. She wears one all the time, so she has different ones to match occasions/outfits :laughing:
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/SheenaStoneKnits/jackies-mitt-collection

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What a lovely gift for your friend!

I think you should take the number of stitches from the needle and put them on waste yarn to act as stitch holders. That is what I do when I knit gloves. But I knit my gloves on a circular needle using Magic loop.

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