One of the biggest problems knitters have when knitting sweaters is accurately picking up the right number of stitches evenly across the garment when working the button bands on a cardigan (or a neckline, for that matter).
Kelbourne Woolens has a great tutorial on their website all about how to pick up stitches in a way that makes a lot of sense. You need to know your own blocked gauge and, yes, do some math, but it’s not that difficult, and this little bit of work can make your finished garment look so much better.
It even shows you what to do when the math isn’t pretty, which is always a nice feature.
Have any tips for picking up stitches? I’d love to hear them!
[Photo via Kelbourne Woolens.]
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I like to pick up my stitches with a crochet hook, using a hook that’s about the same diameter as my knitting needle. I collect about 10 stitches at a time on the hook, and then slide them off the back end of the hook onto a knitting needle. If you put the hook OVER the yarn when you make the stitch, rather than under the yarn as you would for a normal crochet stitch, the new stitch will be mounted correctly on the knitting needle.