Knitting Instructions Pick Up Stitches vs Pick Up and Knit Stitches
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You talk about learning styles: I’m not an auditory learner so I tend to glaze over with so many words. A demo would have been really helpful!
Dora Hutchens This is a technique that I understand, but in practice one I rarely use in my designs. I only make knitting tutorials of techniques when I feel I have a firm grasp on their technical aspects. In this case, I do not. ☹️
Thank you for clear explanation on such a subtle difference in pattern instructions.
Glad it was helpful!
I have watched several videos on this subject and yours finally made the lightbulb moment. Thank you
Great to hear! Sometimes you just have to find someone who speaks your learning language.
I never understood the difference between these instructions before. Thank you so much!
Happy to help!
I'm a visual learner and I would appreciate an actual demonstration - thanks
This video was intended to simply be a discussion of the differences. I don't do a whole lot of picking up at all so I don't really have much experience with it. I'm probably not the best person to demonstrate it LOL!
This video helped me sooo much
That is great to hear!
Thank you so much!!! Been knitting about 8 months and was so confused when I came across this in a pattern for makeup pad removers. You are awesome 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
You have a really wonderful and clear speaking style and I got exactly the information I needed. Thanks for doing these videos!
You are so welcome!
Thank you, I had watched several other videos about this and was even more confused. Now I understand. The difference is adding a row vs not. That is a major difference.
Yay! You got it right. If you mix them up you'll end up with an extra or missing a row and possibly on the incorrect side of your knitting.
Brilliant! I haven't done either very often, so I vaguely thought they were the same. This video solved that -- nice and clear and I won't forget. Thank you! Also: crotch of the thumb! 😂 That is stuck in my head forever. Proud to be a Patreon supporter.
Thank you so much! I tried to think of another word to use, but that was the only one I could pull out of my brain.
Thank you Barbara! Very timely! I must say pick up and knit is especially challenging in the back of a moving car!!😂
There's no way I would even try that! LOL
Hey thanks for this! A million! I came across a shawl knitting instruction that had some "pick up and knit" instructions and I was wondering what it meant. I'm only reading patterns now hahaha, haven't got my set of needles yet, but I can't wait to get knitting. Thank you for your videos, they're very instructive.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Barbara. A great explanation about this. Keep up the great work. One thing that I learnt recently that might be good to share was in garment knitting, which I know you don't do, but that patterns just say increase or decrease at each end of a row. so I always did this on the last stitch which made it difficult to sew together or pick up stitches. I was told to move them in one or two stitches to get a better edge.
That is one of the "goes without saying" kind of things. Typically you want to work the increases/decreases one or two stitches inside your selvedge. There's even a word for it, it's called "fully fashioned"!
That was fabulous. In the middle of a pattern that required pick up and knit for a cap sleeve on a tee shirt... I need short rows to make a cap sleeve but instructions are unclear re knitting between markers and I was going underarm vs over arm... this really helped... thanks...
Wonderful!
Hi! Loved your video as usual. You answered a question I didn't know I had, and it didn't have anything to do with picking up or picking up and knitting stitches! It had to do with adding pockets to an existing sweater! I didn't know this could be done. Several years ago I made a cardigan sweater that happened to have pockets on both fronts. I absolutely love this sweater. I wear it everyday and can't live without it. I even have yarn to make two more sweaters in different colors, but I haven't been able to even start them yet because of other knitting obligations such as gifts. I keep telling myself, when I get this project done I am going to knit another one of these sweaters. I also have had to slow down on my knitting a little because of arthritis etc., but I am determined!!! Anyway, to make a long story shorter, it never occurred to me that I could add pockets to existing sweaters simply by picking up stitches and knitting the flap. Who doesn't have enough leftover yarn to add pockets (unless you played yarn chicken while making the garment). I'm so happy! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!! Terry
Woo Hoo! The world needs more pockets!
PLEASE READ before commenting on the lack of visual aids in this video.
This video is an explanation of understanding the differences in the instructions pick up and pick up and knit. It is NOT a demonstration of these techniques.
I only make knitting tutorials of techniques when I feel I have a firm grasp on their technical aspects. In this case, this is a technique that I understand, but in practice one I rarely use in my designs so I am unqualified to film a demonstration or tutorial on these techniques.
Any additional comments or requests for a visual tutorial on these techniques will be deleted.
Great explanation :) thank you 👍🧶
You’re welcome 😊
Thanks! Was going to pick up and knit my button band, not any more😊🧶
Are you just supposed to pick up LOL?
Thank you.
My pleasure!
Barbara...when I pick up sts in the 'crotch' of a glove/mitten, I pick up twice as many as needed in that area, on the first round and then k2tog in those sts on the next round...this closes the holes that can be so easily made when picking up in a 'stressed area.'
That's a great technique and I build it into most of my mitt patterns!
Thanks for this very valuable information and your clear explanation.🇿🇦😷👍🙏
Glad it was helpful!
i liked how you explained each term in similar wording; it's the subtle differences that can be the most confusing (at least to me). Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
It clicked; thank you...🤗
Fantastic!
Just what I wanted to know😊
Yay!
Ahhh! It would seem I have only ever, in 53 years, picked up and knit. I can’t say I’ve ever seen a difference. Whew!
If it has been working for you, why change it?
Hi Barbara, I didn't know I needed this video! But after hearing you explain it and I needed to listen twice because I'm going huh? I have been doing pick up and pick up and knit wrong my whole time knitting.🙃 Of course learning how to knit from a book might have been a factor. I caught myself way before You Tube (late 70's) and I didn't know any other Knitters. By the time I reached the point where I was doing vests or different things i read it and did what I thought it meant. I thought pick up meant you take your working yarn, find a space between the stitches and scooped up a loop of working yarn. With pick up and knit I thought one pick up a loop of working yarn and knit. I've always struggled some with it; this explains why. Thank you so much you resolved a problem I didn't really know I had. I appreciate your videos more than anything! I do have a question; I got the yarn, it is gorgeous! But I have never worked with a hank before. I've watched videos. I tried to watch yours, but there was no speaking in it and I couldn't tell for sure what to do. So I opened the first hank, put it on a chair, and look for the ties that hold the hank together. I only found two. I took the ties off, one of which was composed of the two ends of the yarn, and started trying to wind it on my ball winder. I made a royal mess! It took me over a day to get it wound. It kept getting tangled. Can you please tell me what I did wrong? How do I decide which end to wind from? How do I know which end comes from the outside and which one comes from the inside? Thank you so much for your help and thank you for your generous giveaways. The yarn is incredible and I am looking forward to when I can start working on it. Pray you have a blessed day. Thanks
I remember writing a whole big response to this question but I came here and it says I haven't replied to this comment. Did I reply to the winding issue in a different comment or am I losing it?
@@WatchBarbaraKnit no, you haven't replied. I was beginning to wonder if you were sick or something had happened in your family. I do still need help with how to wind that hank. I've left it until I hear back from you because it took me two days to get the last one wound. I'm sure you can tell me what I did wrong. I hope things are going well with you and your family I'm glad to hear from you. Thanks again for any help you can give me with the hank. Also, thank you so much for this video about picking up and picking up and knitting stitches. Sometimes it's hard to know what one doesn't know until someone tells you.
These two terms always confuse me. Thanks for the added explanation!!
Happy to help!
💡thank you.
I hope you enjoyed the video!
WatchBarbaraKnit yes,I did!
I love listening to your technique videos, Barbara! Let me run though your “library” of videos, and see what I might suggest for you to delve into further.💕
Showing the stitches on needles with yarn would be great!
Please do! Thank you.
I do some tutorials but only if I feel I have a strong grasp on subjects. I don't pick up a lot of stitches so I don't know that I am expert enough to demonstrate this.
I actually LOVE when you simply talk through knitting vocab, situations etc. You make knitting topics easily understood. Don't worry about tutorials you don't feel comfortably expert at!!
Aha! What I've been doing is using my working yarn and , for example, pulling a loop through through the V of the stocking stitch. Go figure. Will do it correctly next time.
Melanie G That’s a perfectly fine way to pick up and knit! Don’t change what you’re doing if it works.
I just thought of an idea I would love for you to demonstrate in a technique video. No sure if you have had tackled it before or not or if you even use it in your designs. I would love to see your take on tubular cast on. I know some people like to use it for cuffs of gloves or cuffs of socks. Thank you in advance for considering this request.
You know what? I have never done a tubular cast on at all LOL. When I see them in patterns I usually avoid the pattern or substitute a less fiddly cast-on. I personally don't think the technique brings a different enough look or function to merit the execution. But I'll look into it.
Enjoyed your video. Do you have a video that shows one how to just pick up stitches?
That is something that I very rarely do in my projects so I am not experienced enough in the technique to feel comfortable teaching it. I just know the theory LOL.
Yes, we need a visual. Thank you. Is picking up stitches basically casting on stitches on the left hand needle?? Please show us :) Thank you Barbara
I've explained in several comments, this is not a skill that I have enough experience with to feel confident doing a demonstration. I understand the difference between the two, but I'm not an expert in the technique.
I can somewhat understand the difference, but it would have been great to see a visual of each one. I love visuals along with verbal explanations.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for your excellent video. A question: You talk about picking up stitches adding a row, which could cause problems in flat knitting. But what about if you're knitting in the round and there's no right or wrong side? Would just picking up vs picking up and knitting cause any problems?
Yes, it still adds in a round. If the pattern simply says pick up then they just want the existing stitches on the needle. If you pick up and knit it will add stitches where there aren't supposed to be any.
One (hopefully) quick question. What happens BEFORE you pick up stitches? I'm very new to knitting and working on a bag. The base is done and now I have to pick up stitches on the sides so the walls of the bag start to grow. I'm using circular needles and finished the last row. You're saying to pick up stitches on the left needle but that's already filled with the fabric. Am I missing a step? Thank you!!!
I'm afraid that I cannot provide any guidance on your specific pattern. I encourage you to contact the designer of that pattern if you are having difficulties.
Wish I'd had this years ago! Pick-up (& knit) messed me up for a long time and I didn't know that's what was going wrong. I had a LOT of the "add stitches - but now I seem to be on the wrong side?!?" problems. I thought either instruction always meant "pick-up and knit" because how else would you pick up stitches than pulling your working yarn through the fabric? (Can you tell I was self-taught?) Now that I've learned better, I still tend to pick-up AND knit - but then I make sure to account for the "extra" row if the instructions actually said only "pick-up".
Even if it's been a while since I've figured things out, I still love hearing your discussions! Makes me feel less like I was an idiot for not getting it from the beginning.
But you did figure it out, so that's awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed the video anyway!
That was really interesting. I've got a follow up question on the picking up edges. I was wondering why you don't use the selvedge stitch, cast on or bind off stitches. The odd bit of picking up I've done I've always used these. As a tight knitter I find it much more awkward trying to get further in to the fabric, I also find the resulting seam seems very bulky, using the edge stitches has made it all much smoother and neater. I'm now wondering what the benefit is to not using those stitches as the pick up point?
If using the edge stitches works for you then by all means, continue doing that! For most knitters when you just pick up that edge you end up with a sloppy, loose seam. And it also depends on what your selvedge is. If you are knitting in garter it is possible to pick up those edge bumps neatly. Everyone knits differently and things that are "rules" are often ... flexible. LOL
Thk you for your response. But in the introduction it says watch Barbara knit. So I’m totally confused. Thank you again
In the intro to every video it says "Knitting, Designing, Teaching" and then Watch Barbara Knit but there is more than just knitting. I picked out the name for this channel on a whim 5 years ago when I started making videos. I figured I would put up a couple of videos and that would be it.
But here we are hundreds of videos later and over the years the content has evolved in response to feedback from viewers and analytics. If every single video was nothing but watching my hands knitting .... well that would get really boring for me and the response I have had from the vast majority of my watchers is that it would get boring for them too.
The awesome thing about RUclips is that pretty much anyone can make videos and there are all kinds of people out there making all kinds of videos. I am confident that you will have no problem finding content creators providing content that meet your desires.
I was looking for a demo - (picture worth 1000 words)
Self taught knitter here! Thanks for explaining this - I never would have known the difference. A question I've been wondering is: what's the difference between all the cast on methods? If instructions just say to cast on, how do you decide which method to use? To a new knitter, it seems that there are 4000 cast ons and I'm supposed to know them all! Thank you!!!
That is a huge question LOL. Each cast-on is unique in it's visual appearance and functionality. Some are loose some are tight. Some are neat, some are floppy. If a pattern just says "cast-on" then it typically means that there aren't any special requirements for the cast-on and you can use your preferred method. I would say the most common method is long-tail followed closely by a knitted cast on. Try a couple out and see which ones you like!
I thought I knew the difference between pick up and pick up and knit, but after your explanation I'm more confused. Could you please do a video showing the difference? I enjoy your channel very much
I'm afraid that this is a technique that I use only very rarely. While I understand the theory, I so not feel competent enough in execution to do videos for it. Sorry!
Hi thank you for these q & a's. I have one what's the differents if the intructions say: k2tog, yfwd, k1 or if it says k2tog, yo, k1. To me they look and mean the same thing.
They do mean the same thing. One is just in US terminology and the other is in UK terminology. I really need to do some research to make sure I get the info right, but differences in US vs UK seem to be a bit of a sticking point. The thing about yfwd is that in the UK they have different abbreviations for different kinds of yarn overs and I don't truly understand it all.
@@WatchBarbaraKnit o I just did a yarn over in the lace cuz was easier.LoL But would like to know if there REALLY is a diff. Thax
Would you be able to talk about how to use a stich dictionary? I have two really nice books with beautiful patterns. I understand how to read the patterns themselves. But figuring out how to use them together to make something other than a scarf has me a little lost.
That is a much bigger question than you might think LOL. This video might have useful information in it for you: ruclips.net/video/iTTRzQ_c4Ek/видео.html
Using stitch dictionaries to create all new patterns is one of the common ways designers create new patterns. I don't think I could do a general video because it is so very, very specific to each type of garment that you might try to make.
@@WatchBarbaraKnit I watched that already!! It's a great help!!
The only problem is that some designers use "pick up" when they mean "pick up and knit" :P the context usually makes it clear IF you're used to this sort of instruction, if you aren't that's where the problems start
Well, then that is an error on the part of the designer. The two terms are distinctly different and if the designer uses the wrong one, I would question what else might be wrong in the pattern.
Hello please demonstrate the technique
Hi! While this is a technique that I understand and can explain, it is not one that I use very much and I don't feel I am experienced enough in it to do a demo video.
Good explanation but an actual visual would have been great! Why don’t you do a video on it?
Because I am not very good at it LOL! It is not something I do with any frequency and I do not feel my skill level is appropriate to be demonstrating it for others. I understand how it works and what the instructions mean - but actually doing it would take more practice on my part.
You give great verbal instructions but I really do not understand why you do not show the work you are speaking of in an actual video showing how and exactly what you mean. I see some other folks ask the same thing.
Well, if you’ve read the other requests you’ve seen me answer each of them the same way. While I understand these techniques enough to explain them I do not use them in my work. Because I do not use them I do not feel that I am of a sufficient experience level to demonstrate them. I typically only demonstrate techniques that I feel I have mastered. I have a few videos where I try things for the first time but they are for entertainment not educational value.
I love your channel. I wish you would stop using y’all. You works better.
Afraid that I will never stop using y'all. It is in my blood.