Pick up stitches in knitting

Picking up stitches when you're knitting can sound like a counterintuitive instruction. As the stitches are already on your needles, right? In today's tutorial I will demistify this jargon for you and make sttiches to knit a border or button band.

How to pick up stitches in knitting - This is explained clearly for you through step by step photographs and a video tutorial.

What's the difference between "pick up and knit" and just "pick up" in a knitting pattern? We'll explain and share when to use each method.

Learn how to "pick up and knit" stitches from the edge of your work. This is a particularly useful skill for sleeves, collars, and edgings.

A great result starts with a good foundation. Smooth edges make the process of picking up stitches easier and give the best result.

Context Picking up stitches allows you to create a continuous fabric by knitting new stitches onto existing ones. Exactly how you pick up the stitches depends on where on the fabric you are picking up the stitches, where the new row of stitches will lie relative to the original fabric, and the stitches used in … Continue reading "Pick up stitches on the body of fabric"

How do you pick up stitches in knitting? In this tutorial I discuss when and why you need to pick up stitches in knitting, talk about pick-up ratios and what they mean, and show you my method of picking up stitches with a crochet hook.