The BSMittens; where to start the mitten shell? (updated)

#1

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/PATTbroadstreet.html

I am knitting a pair of these (I hope), present for the man in my life. Usually I can understand Knitty.com patterns easy… but I cant figure out where to start the Mitten Shell.
I read in the pattern…

Pick up 30 stitches across the knuckle of the glove…

I dont know where the knuckle is…

I look at the picture of the mittens, and I think it is about the top of the 10 stitch thumb gusset???

Can anybody please guide me in the english language and the anatomy of a hand?

In advance thanks!

#2

I would guess it should be a few rows before the fingers start. I doubt it’s crucial to get it just the right spot, or else they’d be specific.

Hold your hand in a fist and look at where your knuckles are. Just guesstimate where that would be on the glove and start there. :slight_smile:

#3

The knuckle side is the back of the hand. Knuckles are the bumps when you make a fist, for translation sake. It looks like you pick up stitches along there and create the mitten top so it’s connected at the back of the hand. I hope that helps. It appears that you pick them up wherever you think the knuckles would be.

#4

Thanks!!!
And good point about the crucial thing… Silver!
Knuckles is called almost the same in norwegian, so I guess I have the right “location”!!!

#5

:frog: I have now knitted the first mitten… and I dont like it. It is too huge in the hand, and the cuff is too small… and the fingers are ok… and when I put it on my hand… it looks, what shall I say… homemade?
I dont like it, I dont like it. I cant decide if I want to rip it back… :frog: