OK, off topic, but it's fetching related, so not really. :) I actually just posted this on Knitty's board, then remembered we'd just discussed the pattern. Any thoughts?

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I'm on the first glove of my second pair, and while I love the pattern, I'm having the same issue that I did with my first pair - when I pick up the two stitches on either side of the thumb to form the thumb tube, I end up with gaping holes.

On the first pair, I closed the holes by weaving in yarn ends through them, thinking maybe it was a gauge issue (the pair ended up a bit looser than I wanted). For the second pair, I both tightened my knitting and went down a needle size, but while the glove itself turned out well, I still have the holes where I picked up the stitches (which I did by picking up the outside loop of each of the two stitches closest to the thumb). Pulling tightly almost seemed to make the holes worse.

I can certainly 'fix' the holes as I did on the first pair, but I'd obviously like to figure out the proper way to knit them. My LYS owner suggested twisting the stitches, but is that what others do to avoid the problem? Am I incorrect in assuming I should only pick up one side (the outside loop) of the stitch?