Picking up stitches along a vertical edge is very similar to picking them up along a
bound-off edge, except that instead of inserting the needle into the center of each
stitch along the horizontal row, you insert the needle into the spaces between the
first and second stitches all along the vertical row.
1 Turn your work so that the vertical rows run horizontally and the right side
is facing.
2 Starting at the right corner of the pick-up edge, insert the right needle from
front to back into the space between the first and second stitches, as shown.
Wrap the working yarn around the right needle as you would to knit, holding
a 6-inchtail, as shown.
Finishing Details
chapter 123 Bring the loop of working yarn to the front, as you would to knit.
You have now picked up your first stitch.4 Repeat steps 1–3 across the edge, working from right to left, skipping a
row every few stitches.
Note:Because there are more rows per inch than stitches, you do not need to insert the needle
between every stitch along a vertical edge. Doing so results in an edge that looks stretched out;
skipping a row every few pick-up stitches makes up for the difference.
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