Picking up stitches allows you to knit multi-directional fabric, button bands, heel-flap socks, and so many more things! Here are a few helpful links to videos that will show you how to pick up your stitches.


Vertical Stitches


https://youtu.be/g1NXRgzsnEk (How to Pick Up Stitches for a Button Band or a Collar) from Cocoknits

https://youtu.be/p9XQxUAvtMM (Picking Up Stitches Along a Vertical Edge Tutorial) from Purl Soho




Horizontal Stitches


https://youtu.be/9NYuN-Vt92Q (Picking Up Sts Along a Finished Edge) from Roxanne Richardson

https://youtu.be/_zIaUlG6zMg (Picking Up Stitches Along a Horizontal Edge Tutorial) from Purl Soho




More Pick Up Techniques


https://youtu.be/meijdfZQ3Lo (Picking Up Heel Gusset Stitches) from Under the Olive Tree Knits

https://youtu.be/N7HuRXWsnfU (Picking Up Stitches in Garter Stitch Tutorial ) from Purl Soho

https://youtu.be/4rtI85uP4rU (Picking Up Stitches Purlwise Tutorial) from Purl Soho




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What's on our needles this week:


https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanilla-is-the-new-black (Vanilla Is the New Black) designed by Anneh Fletcher

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/drk-everyday-socks (DRK Everyday Socks) designed by Andrea Mowry




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