You don't need to cut a big hole because the fabric will stretch ... The next pair I am going to make are short fingerless gloves. I'll use the same-sized socks but cut them differently.
Hand-painted gloves make great gifts, not just for others ... gloves crafted from plain cotton canvas. Either acrylic or ...
DITF researchers have developed a durable, flexible lignin-based biopolymer grip coating that can be applied via 3D printing to gloves.