Picking Up Neckline Stitches

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Picking Up Neckline Stitches

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How to pick up neckline stitches, or armhole stitches etc.
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@cindyduppong9181 6 ай бұрын

Just watched this again in preparation for picking up the armholes and neckband on my vest. Thanks for the clear explanation.

@HeatherStorta 6 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@meanie2422 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Exactly what I was looking for. I'm a beginner, and I am sewing my first baby sweater (pattern called Daniel's Pullover with Cascade Yarns; basketweave pattern) and I'm at the "pickup stitches around the neckline". My neckline did not look like perfect bind off stitches, and you showed me why.....and how to pick up the different types. Thank You!!!

@HeatherStorta 5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome - I'm so glad it was helpful!

@algirl80 5 жыл бұрын

I’m finishing up a Christmas sweater for my sister and this just saved my butt. So simple, yet so freaking helpful. Thank you!!!

@HeatherStorta 5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!! I'm so glad it was helpful!

@marinazagrai1623 4 жыл бұрын

I love the way you describe how to start the process. you just lost me at the ratio bit. I've learned to pick up stitches when knitting slippers, so that was simple but doing this vest pattern proved very difficult.

@maryrose8057 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Thanks

@ilostsomethingonce 3 жыл бұрын

So am I not supposed to make a slip knot in the beginning? I always get nervous about the tail

@HeatherStorta 3 жыл бұрын

You could do that if you'd like ( and then make sure to remove the slip knot and not work it!) But it's really not required. If your tail is long enough it won't come loose. Then just snug that stitch up before weaving in the tail afterwards.

@1339su 4 жыл бұрын

Very good tutorial videos. 👌🏼👏💖💚💕thank you. please can you teach also the Back of V-Neck of Vest for kids too? . I been trying to knit a V-Neck Vest for my grandson. But, no any success for me to finish this project because The V-Neck shapes it turns too small. I need some help to learn a bout that. Thank you 🙏🏼

@HeatherStorta 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! I will try to film something on that soon! In the meantime, the back should be worked very similarly to the front - make sure you pick up stitch to stitch along the straight edges. You may need to adjust your needle size if you find it is too tight.

@jasperthebeetleboy 3 жыл бұрын

Hello do you have a tutorial where you shape the neckline?

@HeatherStorta 3 жыл бұрын

No, not currently! I'll add it to my video request list!

@lindaball9617 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure how you worked out the ratio

@HeatherStorta 3 жыл бұрын

I took the stitch gauge and row gauge of my base swatch (over 1") - and that was my ratio. That usually works as a good starting point. If your neckline pattern is a drastically different stitch gauge, then you'll need to take the stitch gauge from it and not the base fabric. (But still use the row gauge from your base fabric.)

@hunnybSue Жыл бұрын

I was fine until maths was involved. I don't understand how to work out stitch guage. so confused now.

@HeatherStorta Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you're confused!! If the math is confusing, it's ok to do trial and error for the pickups. You want a happy medium where the neckband is not too tight or too loose. It should lay flat and smooth along the selvedge edge.

@christineburton3229 4 жыл бұрын

Can anyone suggest where I may buy a skirt knitting pattern

@marinazagrai1623 4 жыл бұрын

Christine...look up FreeKnittingPatterns.com (among others, surely, but I find lots there).

@christineburton3229 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks

@melindahuntley9873 4 жыл бұрын

excellent tutorial but I get lost when you talk about ratio etc, I'd like an exact math exercise that one does and not guess at it. Thank you very much

@HeatherStorta 4 жыл бұрын

There isn't a hard and fast rule - you will need to calculate it for each fabric you create. Measure your stitch gauge over 1" in the neckline fabric (you will have to work a swatch in the yarn and needles and pattern you will use for the neckline - ribbing, etc). Then measure the row gauge over 1" in your body fabric. The stitches over rows is your ratio - reduce it as much as you can. So, say the stitch gauge is 5 and the row gauge is 7, your ratio is 5 sts to 7 rows. For every 5 passes of the needle into a stitch, you will need to work 7 rows -- so you'll do something like 1-1-2-1-2 (where the 2s are you will skip a row, and where the 1s are you work one stitch to one row.) I hope this helps and doesn't just muddy the waters more!