First Craft of the year - failed attempt?

So I have been trying to make these fingerless mitts (beautiful photo below from Mushy's blog) for sometime....




However mine look like this as I can not work out how to form the thumb...

 I have used different colours of wool also as that's the wool I had. So far despite a few imperfect bits where I have dropped a stitch and put it on the needle the wrong way I am actually happy with them, although they are obviously not completed yet.

So hopefully I can figure out this thumb thing before the 14th So I don't miss the first deadline of my first goal!