How To: Pick up stitches when knitting

How to Pick up stitches when knitting

There's a few techniques for picking up stitches, and every novice knitter should learn them. If you're a beginner knitter, whether left-handed or right-handed, these two videos from Knit 'N Style Magazine provide a great lesson on knitting and picking up stitches.

The first video will teach a right-handed knitter how to pick up stitches along the side of a mitered square for seamless joining of the next square, working form right to left. The second video focuses on a right-handed knitter, showing how to pick up stitches along the side of a mitered square for seamless joining of the next square, working from left to right.