{"id":574,"date":"2021-03-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.craftysmallbusiness.com\/?p=574"},"modified":"2021-03-06T05:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T13:46:00","slug":"pick-up-and-knit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/pick-up-and-knit\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pick Up and Knit Stitches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This stitch was originally posted on November 1, 2011<br>\n<\/p><div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-xmy0vzkiqqu65d7c1c28da6c216221029\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/span><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-xmy0vzkiqqu65d7c1c28da6c216221029\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xmy0vZkiqQU?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xmy0vZkiqQU?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newstitchaday.com\\\/pick-up-and-knit\\\/#arve-youtube-xmy0vzkiqqu65d7c1c28da6c216221029\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/xmy0vZkiqQU?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\nThis video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to pick up and knit stitches. This technique is sometimes use to knit in another direction on an existing piece of work, or as a finishing technique to add a border. This video will show two different method for picking up stitches.\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also known as:<\/strong> Picking up stitches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Easy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Insert your needle into the center of the &ldquo;V&rdquo; for the row you want to begin picking up stitches in.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Wrap your working yarn around your needle.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Pull the yarn through the stitch.<\/p>\n<p>Continue repeating these three steps until you have picked up all your stitches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-576\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/NSAD-Picking-Up-Stitches.jpg\" alt=\"Example of picking up stitches from the center of the stitch\" title=\"NSAD-Picking Up Stitches\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/NSAD-Picking-Up-Stitches.jpg 620w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/NSAD-Picking-Up-Stitches-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/NSAD-Picking-Up-Stitches-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/NSAD-Picking-Up-Stitches.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of picking up stitches from the center of the stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-577\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_7248.jpg\" alt=\"Reverse side of center picked up stitches\" title=\"Reverse side of picking up stitches\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-577\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_7248.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reverse side of center picked up stitches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Method 2<\/strong><br>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This technique is used for slipped stitches along the side of your work. To use this technique on a bound off edge, repeat only steps 1 &ndash; 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Insert your needle into the center of the &ldquo;V&rdquo; for the row you want to begin picking up stitches in.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Wrap your working yarn around your needle.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Pull the yarn through the stitch.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Insert your needle below the front leg of the same stitch, through the center of the stitch.<\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Wrap your working yarn around your needle.<\/p>\n<p>Step 6: Pull the yarn through the stitch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-578\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_7246.jpg\" alt=\"Example of pickup stitches along the side of your work\" title=\"Pickup Stitches along the Side of your work\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-578\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_7246.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of pickup stitches along the side of your work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_7247.jpg\" alt=\"Reverse of pickup stitches along the side of your work\" title=\"Reverse of pickup stitches along the side of your work\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-579\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_7247.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reverse of pickup stitches along the side of your work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[sidebar alias=&rdquo;after-post&rdquo; ]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picking up and knitting stitches is a useful skill for attaching collars, button bands, and borders to your finished projects. This tutorial will show you how to do this using two different methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"stitch-attributes":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}