I mastered the recommended tubular 2 x 2 ribbed cast-on method thanks to a great little pictorial tutorial of the technique by Ysolda Teague I was directed to via one of my European knitting pals. Yes, a new thing learned. Now to the cabled body of the glove.

This is a lovely fingerless glove. I added two additional rows (adding 2 extra stitches for the thumb in the one increase row) because I felt the thumb shaft was a little short. Two gloves would use 70 grams of the skein.