holes in thumb gussets

[to_love_a_rose]

It seems like every time I knit a pair of mittens or gloves, I end up with a gaping hole in the thumb gusset. Picking up more stitches in surrounding stitches helps, but doesn't solve the problem (maybe I'm not picking up enough?) and sewing it shut looks ugly. Help?

Comments

[tephra]

In addition to the long tail and weaving it in I also pick up an extra stitch or two at the "corners" (often one is an M1 from the gap between the picked up and live stitches) and then decrease them out in the next row.