Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Learn how to pick up stitches along a garter stitch edge.
This technique is used for the Fond Mittens from Something to Knit Together Winter Edition. The collection includes five cable patterns designed by Natalie Warner and supported by tutorials from A-C Knitwear. The eBook is available to purchase on Ravelry ravelry.com/patterns/sources/something-to-knit-together-winter-edition
Our books can be purchased from retailers: actechniques.co.uk/retailers
This video covers tips for evenly spacing your picked up stitches as well as how to pick them up tidily. It's used to pick up stitches to work a mitten cuff, but is also useful for button bands and any situation where you need to pick up stitches along a row-end edge.
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Considerations when picking up stitches
0:54 Tips for evenly picking up stitches
1:19 Using locking stitch markers
2:22 Picking up stitches along garter ridges
5:08 Redoing a section
6:05 What to do if your stitch count is out
Learn how to pick up stitches along a garter stitch edge.
This technique is used for the Fond Mittens from Something to Knit Together Winter Edition. The collection includes five cable patterns designed by Natalie Warner and supported by tutorials from A-C Knitwear. The eBook is available to purchase on Ravelry ravelry.com/patterns/sources/something-to-knit-together-winter-edition
Our books can be purchased from retailers: actechniques.co.uk/retailers
This video covers tips for evenly spacing your picked up stitches as well as how to pick them up tidily. It's used to pick up stitches to work a mitten cuff, but is also useful for button bands and any situation where you need to pick up stitches along a row-end edge.
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Considerations when picking up stitches
0:54 Tips for evenly picking up stitches
1:19 Using locking stitch markers
2:22 Picking up stitches along garter ridges
5:08 Redoing a section
6:05 What to do if your stitch count is out
