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MAKING THE PATTERN: SCHEMATIC

I.        TO MAKE A SCHEMATIC TRACE THE HAND OF THE PERSON THE GLOVES WILL BE FOR ON A PIECE OF PLAIN, WHITE PAPER [1]N

II.     WRITE ON THE PAPER, AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

A.      DATE

B.      PERSON THE GLOVES ARE FOR![2]N

C.     YARN USED

D.     NEEDLES USED

E.      GAUGE

III.   MEASURE THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF THE PERSON’S HAND AND ENTER THOSE NUMBERS ON THE SCHEMATIC:

A.      WRIST

B.      CIRCUMFERENCE OF HAND JUST BELOW THUMB

C.     CIRCUMFERENCE OF HAND ABOVE THUMB, BUT BELOW PINKY

D.     CIRCUMFERENCE OF EACH FINGER AND THUMB

IV.  MAKE A GAUGE SWATCH OF THE YARN DESIRED, USING THE APPROPRIATE NEEDLES. REMEMBER TO DO THE SWATCH “IN THE ROUND”, AND DON’T KNIT THE SWATCH TOO TIGHT!

V.     BEGIN TO FILL IN THE NUMBERS ON THE SCHEMATIC FROM THE TOP DOWN:

A.      MULTIPLY THE GAUGE BY THE FINGER CIRCUMFERENCE TO SEE HOW MANY STITCHES YOU WILL NEED FOR EACH FINGER. WRITE EACH NUMBER ON THE APPROPRIATE FINGER AND CIRCLE IT!

B.      DECIDE HOW MANY STITCHES YOU WILL NEED TO PICK UP BETWEEN EACH FINGER--IN THE  “CROTCH”. (THE USUAL NUMBER FOR A FINGERING TO SPORT YARN IS “2”. YOU MAY NEED ONLY ONE WITH A WORSTED. THE NUMBER PICKED UP AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB CAN VARY ACCORDING TO FIT AND YARN. FOR THE THUMB I HAVE USED AS FEW AS 1WITH A HEAVY YARN AND AS MANY AS 6 WITH A SMALL FINGERING YARN).

C.     AT THE BASE OF THE FINGER, ON THE SCHEMATIC, WRITE THE NUMBER OF STITCHES YOU WILL PICK UP OR CAST ON AT THE BASE OF THE FINGER, THEN THE NUMBER THAT YOU WILL NEED TO ADD TO THAT TO EQUAL THE TOTAL FINGER STITCHES (THE NUMBER CIRCLED).

EXAMPLE: IF YOU NEED A TOTAL OF 17 STITCHES FOR YOUR MIDDLE FINGER, YOU WILL BE PICKING UP 2 STITCHES FROM THE PREVIOUS FINGER, AND WILL BE CASTING ON 2 STITCHES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BASE OF THE FINGER, SO YOU WILL BE TAKING 13 STITCHES FROM THOSE AVAILABLE FOR MAKING FINGERS: “2 + 13 + 2” WILL BE WRITTEN AT THE BASE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER.

D.     TAKE THE NUMBER OF STITCHES FROM EACH FINGER THAT YOU WILL NEED – NOT COUNTING THE ONES PICKED UP OR CAST ON – FOR THE INDEX, MIDDLE, AND RING FINGERS-- AND ADD THEM UP TO GET THE NUMBER OF STITCHES NEEDED FOR THE HAND ABOVE THE PINKY.

E.      TAKE THE NUMBER OF PINKY STITCHES NEEDED – NOT COUNTING THE ONES YOU WILL BE PICKING UP AT THE CROTCH – AND ADD THAT TO THE NUMBER OF HAND STITCHES YOU HAVE (MINUS PINKY CROTCH STITCHES) TO GET THE NUMBER OF STITCHES YOU WILL NEED AFTER THE THUMB.

F.      TO FIGURE HOW MANY STITCHES YOU WILL NEED FOR THE WIDEST PART OF THE HAND, TAKE THE PREVIOUS NUMBER (MINUS THUMB CROTCH STITCHES) AND ADD IT TO THE THUMB STITCH NUMBER (MINUS CROTCH STITCHES).  THIS WILL BE THE NUMBER YOU ARE AIMING FOR WHEN YOU ARE MAKING YOUR GUSSET. (YOU WILL SUBTRACT YOUR AMOUNT OF WRIST STITCHES FROM THIS NUMBER TO SEE HOW MANY INCREASES YOU WILL NEED FOR YOUR GUSSET.)

VI.  WRIST:

A.      A CUFF CAN BE KNITTED WITH RIBBING, OR WITH A DECORATIVE STOCKINETTE STITCH.  HOWEVER YOU MAKE IT, IT SHOULD NOT BE TOO TIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR ENTIRE HAND THROUGH ITN! IF YOU MULTIPLY YOUR GAUGE BY YOUR WRIST MEASUREMENT, IT MAY BE TOO TIGHT, AS RIBBING PULLS IN! I USUALLY USE THE SAME AMOUNT OF STITCHES (OR CLOSE IF IT IS NOT A RIB-FRIENDLY EVEN NUMBER) THAT I HAVE FOR THE GLOVE ABOVE THE THUMB-- BELOW THE PINKY. 

VII.            BEFORE GOING ON TO FIGURE THE INCREASES FOR THE GUSSET, FIGURE SOME LENGTH MEASUREMENTS. THESE YOU CAN GET FROM THE SCHEMATIC.  /YOU DON’T WANT TO GET ANY “CIRCUMFERENCE” MEASUREMENTS FROM THE SCHEMATIC (ANYTHING THREE-DIMENSIONALLY ROUNDISH), IT WON’T WORK – IT’S A GEOMETRY THING!! BUT YOU CAN GET LENGTH MEASUREMENTS, SUCH AS FINGER AND HAND LENGTH.

A.      DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS THE SCHEMATIC HAND WHERE THE WRIST AND HAND MEET – BASE OF HAND.

B.      DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS THE HAND ABOVE THE THUMB CROTCH, PARALLEL WITH THE PREVIOUS LINE.

C.     DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS THE HAND AT THE BASE OF THE PINKY ACROSS, AGAIN, PARALLEL WITH THE PREVIOUS LINES.

D.     DRAW ONE MORE LINE ACROSS THE BASE OF THE REMAINING THREE FINGERS. (NNOTE: MOST HANDS – NOT ALL, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND – WILL HAVE BASE OF THE PINKY A BIT LOWER THAN THE BASE OF THE REMAINING FINGERS. BY WORKING THE PINKY, THEN KNITTING A FEW MORE ROWS BEFORE WORKING THE REMAINING FINGERS, YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER FITTING GLOVE AND ELIMINATE A “WEBBED” HAND FEELING! AHHHH – CUSTOM FITTINGN!)

E.      MEASURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE LINES. NOW YOU WILL KNOW HOW FAR YOU WILL NEED TO GO BETWEEN EACH STEP OF GLOVE MAKING.  IF YOU KNOW YOUR ROW GAUGE, YOU CAN DETERMINE HOW MANY ROUNDS YOU WILL NEED TO WORK BETWEEN EACH STEP, OR YOU CAN JUST MEASURE AS YOU GO.

VIII.         MEASURE THE LENGTH OF EACH FINGER AND THE THUMB.  WRITE THESE NUMBERS IN ON YOUR SCHEMATIC, ALONG THE SIDE OF THE FINGER.

IX.  BACK TO THE GUSSET:

A.      TAKE THE INCH MEASUREMENT FROM THE BASE OF THE HAND TO THE CROTCH OF THE THUMB AND MULTIPLY IT BY YOUR ROW  GAUGE (HOW MANY ROWS PER INCH, NOT STITCHES PER INCH!!!).  THIS WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY ROWS YOU WILL HAVE TO KNIT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE YOUR GUSSET SHAPING.

B.      SUBTRACT THE WRIST NUMBER OF STITCHES FROM THE NUMBER OF STITCHES BEFORE DOING THE THUMB – THE LARGEST PART OF THE HAND. THIS IS HOW MANY STITCHES YOU WILL INCREASE ON YOUR GUSSET.

C.     DIVIDE THIS NUMBER BY 2. THIS IS HOW MANY INCREASE ROWS YOU WILL MAKE IN YOUR GUSSET (YOU ADD 2 STITCHES TO YOUR GUSSET ON EACH INCREASE ROW THAT YOU WORK).

D.      DIVIDE THE AMOUNT OF ROWS YOU HAVE TO MAKE FOR YOUR GUSSET (in A) BY HOW MANY INCREASE ROWS YOU WILL NEED (as in C).  THIS IS HOW OFTEN YOU WILL WORK YOUR INCREASE ROW.

EXAMPLE:  20 GUSSET ROWS DIVIDED BY 5 INCREASE ROWS NEEDED = 4.  SO YOU WILL INCREASE EVERY 4^TH ROW 5 TIMES, ADDING 10 STITCHES IN 20 ROWS!  WRITE THIS INFORMATION ON YOUR SCHEMATIC PAGE BETWEEN THE WRIST AND THE BASE OF THE THUMB.

GO OVER ALL THE NUMBERS ON YOUR SCHEMATIC A COUPLE OF TIMES SO THAT YOU ARE SURE THEY ALL ADD UP RIGHT. YOU MAY HAVE TO ADD OR SUBTRACT A STITCH TO MAKE THE MATH WORK.  ONE STITCH HERE OR THERE WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SIZE, BUT IT MAY MAKE THE NUMBERS CRUNCH WELL. 

IT IS A GOOD IDEA, ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE SCHEMATIC, TO MAKE A COPY OF IT AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE IMPORTANT, JUST INCASE YOU LEAVE YOUR ORIGINAL COPY ON THE SUBWAY OR AT THE LAUNDROMAT! [3] /

 NOW YOU ARE READY TO START YOUR GLOVES!!! NNNNN