Study Buddy Mitts Thumbhole – Row 2
In section 2 of the pattern you work 3 rows to create the thumbhole. On this page I provide photo tutorials of the different techniques used in Row 2 of this section. In step 3 you will be working the cable cast-on technique – for a video tutorial of this technique, click here.
Step 1:
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-KFB-1.png)
1. Work as instructed until 2 stitches before marker.
Step 2:
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-KFB-2.png)
2. Work a kfb in next stitch as follows: knit next stitch…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-KFB-3.png)
3. …But instead of sliding stitch off left needle…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-KFB-4.png)
4. …Twist work and insert right needle into the back of the same stitch…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-KFB-5.png)
5. …And knit the stitch again…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-KFB-6.png)
6. …And then slide stitch off the left needle.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-KFB-7.png)
7. An extra stitch has now been added.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpkfbo-1.png)
8. Then you’ll work a “sl1 pwise wyif” as follows: bring yarn to front and insert right needle into next stitch on left needle as if to purl, and then slide it onto the right needle.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpkfbo-2.png)
9. Insert left needle into 2nd-stitch-in on the right needle…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpkfbo-3.png)
10. …And lift it up and over the last stitch and off the right needle.
Step 3:
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-1.png)
1. Turn work so RS is facing you.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-2.png)
2. Slide marker from right needle to left needle.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-3.png)
3. Work the cable cast-on as follows: insert right needle in-between the first 2 stitches on the left needle.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-4.png)
4. Wrap yarn around right needle as if to knit…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-5.png)
5. …Bringing loop through…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-6.png)
6. …and then place loop back on the left needle.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-7.png)
7. Give the yarn a little tug (but don’t be too tight) – 1 stitch has now been cable cast-on.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-8.png)
8. To cable cast-on next stitch, insert right needle in-between 2 stitches on left needle, and then repeat steps 4-7.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-9.png)
9. Repeat until 7 (9) stitches have been cable cast-on (you can count from marker).
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COrow-cableCO-10.png)
10. Turn work so WS is facing you again.
Step 4:
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpCOo-1.png)
1. Work “sl1 pwise wyif” as follows: insert right needle into next stitch on left needle as if to purl and slide it onto the right needle.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpkfbo-2-1.png)
2. Insert left needle into 2nd-stitch-in on the right needle…
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpkfbo-3-1.png)
3. …And lift it up and over the last stitch and off the right needle.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpkfbo-4.png)
4. Give yarn a little tug to tighten up stitch.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORow-slpkfbo-4-2.png)
5. Bring yarn to back of work and place marker on right needle.