Hand Warmers

I just made these hand warmers as a gift for a friend using a pattern called Emerald Green Handwarmer by Creative Yarn   The pattern is very easy to follow and the hand warmers are fast to knit!  I made a few changes  to the pattern because I used a different type of yarn that needed smaller needles. Here is the pattern with my changes:

To make these hand warmers you will need:
1 ball sock yarn (4 ply) you can make a couple pairs of hand warmers with one ball
Size 3 US knitting needles
Size 8 US knitting needles (or whatever size you have that is bigger than size 3 :-)
scissors
tapestry needle


Moss stitch:
Row1: *k1,p1*
Row2: *p1,k1*

Stockinette stitch:
Row1: knit across
Row2: purl across

Double Moss stitch:
Row1-2: *k1,p1*
Row3-4: *p1,k1*

Hand warmers: (make two!)
Cast on 42 stitches
Work in moss stitch for 4 rows 
Work in Sockinette stitch  for 16 rows
Start Double Moss stitch and repeat the pattern rows 8 times ending with row 4 .
Work in Stockinette stitch for 6 rows.
Work in Moss stitch for 4 rows. 
Bind off loosely in Moss stitch using size 8 needles.

Finishing: 
Fold your knitted work in half  and sew the sides together. (you want to sew on the inside of the hand warmers so fold the right sides together)
Sew from top down about 2 cm
Sew form bottom up 8 cm ( I think I did mine around 6 1/2 cm)
Leaving about 3 cm to 5 cm hole for the thumb.