Picking Up Stitches Along A Knitted Edge

by Hannah Gilly

February 11, 2020

If you’re knitting a cardigan or want to put a border on a blanket, you’re going to see an instruction in a pattern

Pick up (‘x’ number) sts along knitted/ribbed edge

But how do you do that?
It’s a question I’ve had a lot, and it took a while for me to get it right.

In today’s video you’ll get all my top tips and I’ll show you how I prepare, begin, pick up stitches, end and double-check my stitch count (along with how I repair a stick-count mistake, without frogging all the stitches I’ve already picked up.

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