Fingerless gloves! I've knitted a few of these as gifts and have kind of stumbled upon a pattern that is nice and easy to modify, as well as a quick knit and not too complex. That's a list of all good things. You can choose the yarn - use the needle size suggested and cast on however many stitches it takes to make the wrist (a diameter of about 6 inches for small to medium sized hands). I suggest yarn that takes a size 8 needle, those knit up really quickly.

If you knit these please share with me how the pattern below worked (or didn't work) for you. Knit, knit!

My materials for this pair: 

• Berroco Ultra Alpaca. 50% Alpaca, 50% Wool. (100g, 215 yds, this is good for 2 pairs of gloves)
• US 8 (5mm) needles, 4 double pointed ones

And the pattern I've concocted: 

Gauge: 5 stiches make an inch in stocknette stitch

The Wrist

• CO 30 stitches (or something that makes about a 6" diameter)
• Divide the stitches evenly between 4 needles, then join in the round. PM to mark the beginning of the round.
• K 10 rows (Or choose the stitch pattern you'd like to knit in. A rib pattern, seed stitch, etc. Just make sure you contine in that fashion throughout. You may also choose to do a slight decrease and then increase back to your original CO stitche number to make a shaped wrist.)

Starting the Thumb

• K until the last 5 (or last inch), PM M1R K1 M1L PM, knit to the end.
• K 2 rounds
• *K to the marker, slide it over to your right needle, M1R K1 M1L, slide the marker over.
• K 2 rounds*
• Repeat the last two steps (* to *) 3 more times.
• K to the first marker and place the stitches between the markers onto waste yarn.

The Rest of the Glove

• CO 3 stitches
• K in the round for 19-20 (or more, or less) rounds.
• BO

Thumb

• Put the stitches divided evenly between 4 needles.
• Pick up 4 stitches from the glove
• K in the round 2-3 rounds
• BO