My underarms thank you, Suzanne. I have used this method on several sweaters now and it works like a charm. Your video and your commentary are very helpful. I still can't do it without referring to the video, but I guess that will come with practice. Underms used to be the "ugly" part of my knitting projects but now I'm proud to show them.
I'm about to give it a try,,thanks to Suzanne pointing me in the direction of this tutorial.......I'm excited for a sweater with no pit holes,,especially since I'm using expensive yarn with this one•!! 🙂🌻🧶🥢
I love how you demonstrated not only the how to do it, but also the why and how it works. Also, pre-pointing out how to better read the stitches was super helpful for applying it to my own work.
I completely agree with so many of the comments! I've used this several times and it works great every time. I especially appreciate the quality of your videos: THANK YOU for using great lighting, filming close-up and IN FOCUS (!), and with a light colored yarn that makes it easy to see what you're doing. My most referenced knitting video!
Amazing. I have been knitting for over 60 years and have learned more in two weeks from following your videos than I ever knew. This one my favorite. Thank you so much.
THANK YOU Suzanne. I’ve knitted 4 flax sweaters and I get so upset when I finish and there are holes to seam up at the end. I’ve looked all over the internet and yours is the best video suggesting how to correct this problem. I’m excited to try your technique on my next sweater.
I follow many knitting podcasters and they all have their strengths but you are simply the best teacher. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge that you share with us.
I am a 15+ years crocheter, and a relatively new knitter. (I needed a new challenge, and boy did I get it!) For everything knit related that is terribly confusing for me, I'll type it in the UA-cam search bar and try and locate videos uploaded by you that are related to what I am having problems with, and EVERY TIME I watch one of your video's, everything just clicks! I love how you point every stitch out and explain why and how you do certain stitches and I LOVE it! I need that in-depth breakdown to understand what I'm looking at and how to conquer such things like this video with holes in the underarm joins, and much more! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!
I was telling a friend how I fix those underarm bars/holes. I pick up extra stitches and get rid of them on next round. My friend told me about your method, and now I'm very excited to try this.
Suzanne, I must say, your videos are very easy to follow and they take the ‘fear’ out of knitting! I mean, I feel like i want to knit more complex projects and all I have to do is come to your videos to check them out and I will find the answer lol. Thank you again!
What a lovely thing to say, Slatrice, thank you! I love hearing that you are becoming brave and adventurous, I have every confidence that you'll succeed! ❤️
Love this! I’ll be using this with every shirt or sweater I make from here out! This technique should be in every single sweater knitters toolkit, in every book, pattern and class for sweater knitting (with link or credits to you)! You’re a genius! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this wonderful method of hole prevention. I appreciate your clear instructions and your patient, unhurried approach. Your method yields a neat and tension perfect segue from that underarm bifurcation to the sleeve! I don’t knit sweaters much but I sure keep your link faithfully recorded in my knitting journal so I can access it as needed. Bless you, Suzanne!
Thank you for sharing! I think that's awesome how you casually have a knit friend lend you a WIP for a video. I love the sense of community in the yarn crafts crowd.
I was dreading picking up the underarm stitches so much that I let my Turtle Dove Sweater sit for a month without working on it. Found your video and it worked like a charm. My sleeves are in process and the underarms look perfect! Thank you so much. I'm subscribing right now to your You Tube Library.
What perfect timing pamela hasson! Happy knitting. Be sure to check out my second channel - Suzanne - Off the Cuff - where you can find my live streams and interact with me. ua-cam.com/channels/QBgFUvQzjz1RUm9NsgEA1A.html
Thank you so much for your clear explanations, the way you show what is happening in the fabric, and how you get into the nitty-gritty of why you recommend your techniques. In all my projects, the help from your tutorials has elevated my knitting far beyond what they otherwise would be! I feel like being able to finish these projects well, especially in these areas that show "rookie mistakes" such as armholes and edges, makes knitting so much more enjoyable because I feel confident that I will love the end result. I owe much of my success to you. Thank you for being such a wonderful teacher!
The results of your method are beautiful! No funny looking stitches!!! And no hole!!! Thank you for sharing this technique with us. I will have to watch your video a few more times, to get the technique down, but I will learn it because I love how yours looked after doing it. Thank you again.
Thank you so much! I finally started my first sweater after platonically knitting for 15 years and your videos are incredibly informative and helpful. My sweater armhole still has a very slight gap in it, but I think that’s due to the YO eyelets and my general inexperience. Will try to identify how to completely eliminate it on the other arm, and will just use the tail to close the gap on my first sleeve since it’s right next to the picked up stitches. ❤️
You are very welcome, Sara! And I love your perseverance, practice really is the key and I think you have a great plan of action. If you haven't already, please consider joining my Facebook group (same name), it is filled with supportive knitters at every level and we all really enjoy helping each other. ❤️
I love this method and the detailed way you break it down. I’m using it on my current sweater project - my underarms look INFINITELY better than what I was trying to pass off before. This tutorial is a must for anyone looking to become a better process knitter. Thank you Suzanne!
Wonderful! Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you have become a subscriber to my channel and that you will share my videos with your social media friends. That is the biggest compliment you can pay me! Thanks and Happy Knitting, Suzanne.
As a new knitter I really love watching you. I am learning so much about problem solving and understanding what's going on in the process of knitting. You're a great teacher!
Thx for all of your videos they are so helpful! I love that you not only show us how to do it but you are teaching us why we do it. I call videos like this “The anatomy of knitting”. I’m working on my 2nd sweater, the Love Note, and I keep rewatching this video to help me as I go along. This video helped me on my first sweater but it really helped me this time since I better understand the construction of the stitches. I started knitting this past March and I love it!!! Thx for all you do!!
I am joining myself to all those knitters before me that's you've help ! I have now picked up the stitches on my first sleeve and i am sooo happy!! As a new and passionate knitter (one blissfull year already), i thank you so much Suzanne for all your tutorial videos. You are a gem 💎!
You truly are "The Master Knitter". Especiall love this tutorial, addresses ALL the headaches I have always faced in the past, and with a beautiful finish!
Thank you, Suzanne. I had this exact problem. Searched for “picking up stitches to close holes.” Found your video first. And it solved my problem, I had already knitted three rows. So I opened up three stitches around the hole and pulled out the three rows and used your method worked great. Thank you so much! I “liked” your video, subscribed and will definitely look at more of your videos in the future. Thanks again!
I've tried many methods to close up those gaps but have never been satisfied. Your video is just fantastic. Very detailed and nice closeups to help understand the process. Thank you so much!
I have been struggling with this for years. Thank you for sharing your method , I've always had to go back and darn underneath the arms to clean up those holes.
Thank you for teaching me how to correct the holes in the underarms. I come back to this video over and over again. It is simple and does the trick. I appreciate you so much.
I love this method of obliterating the armpit holes, I applied it to thumb gussets too. Thank you again Suzanne. I am just getting ready to submit my level one MHK program notebook. Wish me luck.
This is the most helpful video that I have seen regarding this problem. I love the fact that you not only show the "how" but the "why". It really helps to make these instructions much more intuitive. Thank you for aiding us Noobs in this fascinating craft.
Thank you so much, dera Suzanne! About two years ago, I started on top-down-sweaters. I am a practised knitter, but the underarms always looked so amateurish. Your method is simply marvellous! Love from Hamburg
I'm working on my first raglan now. Everything was a breeze... Then I I started the sleeves and went "uhhh....." I tried to close it myself, and I was on the right track with pulling up bars and knitting together, but I was still getting big holes. I watched some other videos that didn't really tell me anything, but yours was very helpful. I'm certain I'll be able to finish my first sweater now after watching this. And, best of all, I can say "That was easy! Why did I put off trying a sweater for so long??"
Knitting with Suzanne Bryan Indeed it does. I had been almost afraid to try sweaters but decided that I would do it this year. August will make 3 years since I started knitting, and I knew I wanted to tackle them before then. Thanks again for the help!
Thanks, Suzanne. I'm a very solitary kind of person, and I don't know even one other knitter in person. And it's difficult for me to leave my home, so I've never shopped at an LYS. That makes it hard for me to gauge (pun intended) just how I'm coming along as a knitter. At first, I felt (pun unintended) like I picked it up (ditto) very quickly. I was knitting a brioche scarf within a month, and double knitting within 3 months, for example. Now that I'm getting farther along, there's naturally less to learn and so I've slowed down in acquiring new techniques and skills, and it leaves me kind of confused as to just what my skill level is. I think I'm probably an "advanced intermediate" knitter, but saying that also makes me feel a little pretentious since I've only been doing it for 3 years. I work on my knitting for about 6-8 hours each day though, on average, so I do give a lot to it. I'm finally at the point where I'm very comfortable with sewn bind-offs, seaming/grafting, picking up, and other stuff that isn't knitting proper -- things that I really avoided as much as possible until a few months ago. I really need to work on getting a consistent gauge more than anything at this point. Incidentally, I did finish my first sweater and it turned out great -- armpits and all! I had to do things slightly differently that you did in this video, since I was working with a baby sweater and had much fewer stitches. After picking up and ssk'ing and k2tog'ing, I pulled up a new column of stitches with a crochet hook where I had just a bit of a hole left over. But after working in my ends, it all worked out well and looks good. I've watched multiple instructional videos from several different knitters, and I'm glad that I found your channel. Unlike with some other channels I'm not naming, I don't find myself saying "No, that's incorrect" or "You're doing that in a really awkward way" as I'm watching. All of your videos I've seen make sense, are accurate and correct, and are easy to understand. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us!
Wow! You sound like me, several years ago. I was what I call a "closet knitter". I didn't know anyone who knit and we didn't have any local knit stores. It was before UA-cam and everything I learned was either by trial and error or from books. I am so glad to be of help to you! Happy knitting.
I have made two sweaters using this technique. Each time, each sleeve, I think I do it better. I can’t stop knitting sweaters, because I don’t want to forget. I really appreciate all your help. I have watched all your videos. Thank you.
This video has been immensely helpful to me, not just when knitting a couple of baby sweaters, but also when knitting fingers of gloves. Thank you for sharing these knitting techniques!
This info is priceless. I literally had no idea what to do next on my raglan sweater after I reattached the arm stitches to the needles and your explanation was so perfectly lovely and clear. You are a very good teacher! THANK YOU!
Thanks you so much! This is the first time I have ever been able to have NO hole under the arm without trying to rig something up after the fact. This is the only video I have seen that was truly helpful.
Thanks so much - this was a huge help!! The only thing that was a little confusing is that the video cuts off when showing the two bars being put on the needle on the left side, so the first time I did this I only had the bar that is worked immediately. I tinked back when I got to the bar that I didn't pick up, though I think I'm realizing I could have just picked it up right then and there. The next time I did it the right side was incomplete and I still had a huge hole. So I just put the bar on the needle and did the sk. I had no idea if it would work, but it did!! Thank you so much for this video. I've always dreaded and avoided sleeves for this very reason, nothing I tried ever worked - and now I have a method that works!! I'm sure I'll be referencing your video every time.
I am so glad you were able to improve your armhole. Thanks for commenting. I hope you have chosen to subscribe and please share my videos in your social media groups, like FB, Ravelry, Pinterest, etc. Thanks again and happy knitting, Suzanne.
@@ruthdoyle3572 if you see it again you will probably understand when, after the break at approx 4:20, Suzanne again points out which stitches are which. THEN , as I gather, there is a unknitted loop which is dealt with as an SSK at the the end of the round (Approx 8:20) ....and all possible holes concealed.
@@lkogirl9869 I have been watching and re-watching and I have to agree with you that the bar to the left of the final picked up backwards loop cast on does remain un-knit on the right hand needle until the round is worked around and then the un-knit 2 bars to the left of the sleeve side are worked as "SK" then as "K2tog" with the first stitch re-mounted. Then it looks like that bar leftward of the last backwards loop cast on pickup, once it is reached, is worked as "SK". So far, so good. But my problem is what do I do when I only have a single backwards loop cast on stitch with only 1 stitch to pick up? Looks like I may need at least 2 backwards loop cast on stitches to have sufficient stitches to work Suzanne's method. Thoughts and ideas? @Knitting with Suzanne Bryan, will page you for input!
All of your video's have been so helpful to me as a self taught knitter. I keep coming back to this one in particular though, it's made attaching the arms on my sweaters more enjoyable and much more beautiful. I'm just so thankful every time I come back to watch it. Thank you for your expertise!!
This is so wonderful to hear, BD, thank you! You should check out my Facebook page as well (same name), it is filled with supportive knitters at every skill level and we love to help new knitters. ❤️
Hello Susanne. I really like your video. Explains the method very clearly. I am a Portuguese knitter, from Porto. Thank you very much for the kindness with which you share your knowledge about knitting.
Hi Suzanne. Im a knitter from the Netherlands and working on my first top down sweater. I stumble across all kinds of challenges and this is one of them. Your tutorials are very helpful to me. I learn so many new techniques. Thank you so much! Love, Christel
Perfectly done! That is absolutely Brilliant! I've never seen that done, thank you so much for sharing this. Far cleaner looking then anything else I've ever seen!
It took me a few years to figure this out. I tried many many variations of this before getting it to work, and to be simple. Thank you and happy knitting.
Thank you for the very kind feedback, Toula! You should also join my Facebook group (same name), it is filled with supportive knitters at every level and we love to help beginners. ❤️ Best of luck on your pullover!
Help me? More than you'll ever know. Waited for a quiet moment and followed along frame by frame and it WORKED!!!!! Except, I knitted with my tail instead of yarn from the ball. Lesson learnt. Thank you Suzanne.
So very awesome. I love this type of feedback! Success! Be sure to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already and spread my videos in your social media groups. Thank you and happy knitting.
Depends on what you mean by how you usually weave in tails. Search my channel for "weaving in ends" and you will see how I weave in ends. It may help you a lot. Thank you!
I've been looking for a german tutorial like this for hours, but there was none. Then i thought let's give it a try and look for a tutorial in english. I'm so glad i found your video! Your explanation was easy to understand und it worked wonders on my sweater! Thank you 💕
I come here whenever Im making a sweater. I dont make that many so I never remember how this is done. Thank God you recorded it on video for us all . This sweater uses a chained alpaca and knits loosely to 12sts per 10cm so I wasnt sure this would work as well as it did on the smaller tigher knits but it did! Im so happy because holes in loose knits just mess up the whole project . Thanking you again Suzanne O:-)
Thank you Suzanne, I use this video every time I knit sleeves in a top down sweater! instructions are so clear to follow and the results turn out great every time! Your skills and willingness to share your knowledge is so Appreciated and has helped me become a better knitter thank you!
You are amazing. Great work that you are doing. I have knit for over 40 years. Last two years i have spun my own year. Its nice to watch you. Thank You
This is fantastic! I’m knitting my first top down sweater, in fact I posted a photo on your FB group yesterday. I’m saving this video for when I get to the underarms. Your teaching style is wonderful. Thank you so much.
I'm working on a baby cardigan just like this and was just trying to figure out what to do with the underarm hole. Thank you for solving my problem, and for explaining it so perfectly!
Thank you, Suzanne, the is brilliant. I have struggled so many ways with the underarm join and I'm grateful to you for such a clear and simple solution. I've shared it with knitting friends!
Every time I need to look up a particular technique or trick I always check to see if you have a video on it before I look anywhere else. Your explanations are so clear and the results are always fantastic - thank you!
You are such a gem. I have learned so much in the last year from watching you . From no more holes in socks to knitting sweaters to perfection . Thank you so much .
I'm so happy to have come across your video. I was very frustrated with the raglan sleeve pattern I'm following as I could not figure out how to not have holes. Suzanne, this video saved me. Thank you so much❤
this is a wonderful tutorial! thank you so much. It has been my go to video to help me with underarms every time i need to do one. i am a visual learner so seeing the steps and you pleasantly walking me through it has been perfect
Thank you Suzanne! I am knitting a Scandinavian top down in Lettlopi and the bodice to sleeve transition using your technique worked out so well, no holes!! I appreciate your succinct presentations, always useful information.
Благодаря ви. Най- накрая намерих един логичен и естетичен и винаги единообразен начин за избягване на дупките под мишниците на пуловерите реглан и с кръгла платка! Наистина всичко гениално е просто…когато вече е открито!
I come back to your video time and time again, each time I knit a jersey or cardigan. I wish I could remember the technique off by heart! Thanks so much, it's the best!
Suzanne, Thank you so much for this video!!! I've been stumped for a couple of months by "the gap-oasis" I could see was going to happen at the underarms of a top down baby cardigan, My "instinct" was to pick up the loose stitches at the corners and then remove them with decreases ( but I hadn't thought through EXACTLY how to do this.). My LYS recommended just dealing with them by closing them up during finishing. Thank goodness I found your video with your VERY detailed and well illustrated instructions re: picking up and "re-mounting" the picked up stitches. Now I'm prepared to finally knit the sleeves, knowing they will look nice, and I will not be embarrassed to give the finished sweater as a gift. Thanks again, and keep up the great videos!!! Fran
After watching several videos on the subject, I have determined that yours is the absolute best! I used it today and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much! I will be using this forever and passing it along to my knitting friends!
Next step in my sweater project: rip out the sleeve I've been knitting and redo it with this method. The last method I tried looks AWFUL. I kept trying to ignore it but I simply couldn't. Thank you for the clear video with such a fabulous technique!!!
Очень люблю смотреть ваши видео. Для меня в них много открытий и полезностей. Сюзанна, спасибо вам! Спасибо, что щедро делитесь опытом. Здоровья вашим рукам!
I just did the first arm on my first top-down sweater... and of course got holes. Your video popped up when looking for a way to fix them, this is so much better!! The second arm will be very happy about this, thank you so much!!
First time trying this method and am delighted. My underarm c/o stitches were a bit of a mess and it still looks better than all previous sweaters. The video is excellent - close enough to the work to see everything, and a good pace (steady but not draggy). Thanks, Suzanne!
Thanks, Suzanne! I'm knitting my first top-down pullover and your method definitely closed up the underarm holes. I will refer to your video for future projects.
I have two sweaters on hooks right now. One is worked in the round bottom up and one is worked flat in pieces. These are my first ever sweaters so I'm saving this video to my knit folder to come back to when I get to the sleeves of my in-the-round sweater. Thank you for this video. I'm subscribing. Your camera position on your needles is perfect to see exactly what you are doing so that a student can replicate it. And you are not knitting too fast. This makes replicating your style easier if one chooses to try on varying styles.
Thank you Suzanne. I have been searching for an answer for so many years, looking at so many other knitters.... You are my salvation.Very Happy with the result. Thank you. 👍
Suzanne, i know this video is 3 and a half years old....but the universe was telling me something when it popped up in my youtube suggested videos.....perfect little tid bit since i'm working on the itag set in sleeve kal with you for my mother's sweater....it couldn't have been more perfect timing to see this video when we are getting close to start swatching and calculating the amount of yarn...now the underarm hole closure will be running through my mind for when actually start knitting a few weeks
Thank you Suzanne, you are truly a hand knitting master and a very effective reacher. I am inspired and my knitting is always improving thanks to your tutelage!
Hands down the best underarm pick up stitches video! I use it every time for perfect results. I have the video link saved under my Raverly profile page for quick finding. I do need to follow it every time i do it lol Thanks so much Suzanne 😘
I haven't knitted anything for several years, so I am out of practice and needed to brush up on this. The way you do it is way better than the way I used to do it. I had figured out the bit about turning stitches around so as not to leave a hole, but hadn't figured out about knitting them straight together and was having to do that in a subsequent row. I will be back to view this when I reach the underarms in the project I am contemplating!
Thank you Suzanne for this video. I have knitted a couple of sweaters and have faced this problem. Solved the problem my own way. But this video helps immensely and the underarms turn out so neat. Thank you very much again!
Suzanne: Thank you so much for these techniques that give knitted garments a 'proper' finished look. Knitting is such an elegant skill. I am basically self taught groping for ideas and techniques. You fill in the "holes" of skills not brought out in instructions. I mean like this video and picking up stitches and decreasing at armhole, etc. Now I'm an avid sewer, so I can tell when the knitting does not look right. I could say professional but that is over used. You remind me so much of my grandfather's family from Iowa, especially my Cousin Twila, my name sake. Thank you again for wanting to share your knowledge; WHAT A TREASURE! Keep on being yourself! Awesome!
Twila, thank you so much for sharing your feedback! I too am self taught (read a book as a child), and I love teaching the finer points of knitting, as well as the basics. I also have a Facebook page (same name) filled with knitters of every level and we love helping new knitters, please join us! 😊
My underarms thank you, Suzanne. I have used this method on several sweaters now and it works like a charm. Your video and your commentary are very helpful. I still can't do it without referring to the video, but I guess that will come with practice. Underms used to be the "ugly" part of my knitting projects but now I'm proud to show them.
I love this! Thank you!
The best method for this situation. Thank you
I'm about to give it a try,,thanks to Suzanne pointing me in the direction of this tutorial.......I'm excited for a sweater with no pit holes,,especially since I'm using expensive yarn with this one•!! 🙂🌻🧶🥢
now we can put our hand up in class, right guys?
Ditto to everything Wendy said....Suzanne is my go to guide on EVERY knitting problem or question!!!
I love how you demonstrated not only the how to do it, but also the why and how it works. Also, pre-pointing out how to better read the stitches was super helpful for applying it to my own work.
Thank you so much. Please share my videos on your social media. happy knitting.
Helpful.THANK YOU TEACHER.
I completely agree with so many of the comments! I've used this several times and it works great every time. I especially appreciate the quality of your videos: THANK YOU for using great lighting, filming close-up and IN FOCUS (!), and with a light colored yarn that makes it easy to see what you're doing. My most referenced knitting video!
This is so great to hear, Keely! I really appreciate your thoughtful feedback, thank you! ❤️
Amazing. I have been knitting for over 60 years and have learned more in two weeks from following your videos than I ever knew. This one my favorite. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
THANK YOU Suzanne. I’ve knitted 4 flax sweaters and I get so upset when I finish and there are holes to seam up at the end. I’ve looked all over the internet and yours is the best video suggesting how to correct this problem. I’m excited to try your technique on my next sweater.
You are so welcome!
These knitting tips are just amazing, helping me enormously as I've just picked up knitting again after a 20 year gap, thank you Suzanne
Wonderful!
I follow many knitting podcasters and they all have their strengths but you are simply the best teacher. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge that you share with us.
Wow, thank you, Judy, what a lovely compliment! ❤️
This is the best method I’ve seen anywhere! Thank you Suzanne for generously sharing your knitting knowledge.
Wow, thank you! 🧶
I am a 15+ years crocheter, and a relatively new knitter. (I needed a new challenge, and boy did I get it!) For everything knit related that is terribly confusing for me, I'll type it in the UA-cam search bar and try and locate videos uploaded by you that are related to what I am having problems with, and EVERY TIME I watch one of your video's, everything just clicks! I love how you point every stitch out and explain why and how you do certain stitches and I LOVE it! I need that in-depth breakdown to understand what I'm looking at and how to conquer such things like this video with holes in the underarm joins, and much more! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!
You are so kind. Your feedback makes my day! Thank you! Please share my videos with your social media friends. Happy knitting.
I was telling a friend how I fix those underarm bars/holes. I pick up extra stitches and get rid of them on next round. My friend told me about your method, and now I'm very excited to try this.
Wonderful. This is more or less the same, but does it all in one round.
🤯 I could not for the life of me figure out how to get rid of those holes!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
You are welcome!🧶
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Suzanne, I must say, your videos are very easy to follow and they take the ‘fear’ out of knitting! I mean, I feel like i want to knit more complex projects and all I have to do is come to your videos to check them out and I will find the answer lol. Thank you again!
What a lovely thing to say, Slatrice, thank you! I love hearing that you are becoming brave and adventurous, I have every confidence that you'll succeed! ❤️
Love this! I’ll be using this with every shirt or sweater I make from here out! This technique should be in every single sweater knitters toolkit, in every book, pattern and class for sweater knitting (with link or credits to you)! You’re a genius! Thank you so much!
What a lovely thing to say, Elizabeth, I really appreciate your very kind words! ❤️
I have been knitting for 61 years and you show us techniques that I didn't even know existed. Great teaching!
Happy Knitting.
Thank you so much for this wonderful method of hole prevention. I appreciate your clear instructions and your patient, unhurried approach. Your method yields a neat and tension perfect segue from that underarm bifurcation to the sleeve! I don’t knit sweaters much but I sure keep your link faithfully recorded in my knitting journal so I can access it as needed. Bless you, Suzanne!
Harriet, what a lovely thing to say and so appreciated, thank you! ❤️
Thank you for sharing! I think that's awesome how you casually have a knit friend lend you a WIP for a video. I love the sense of community in the yarn crafts crowd.
I come back on every sweater to ensure I’m doing it correctly!
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Me too!
Me too! 🙂
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Hahaha me too!!!
I was dreading picking up the underarm stitches so much that I let my Turtle Dove Sweater sit for a month without working on it. Found your video and it worked like a charm. My sleeves are in process and the underarms look perfect! Thank you so much. I'm subscribing right now to your You Tube Library.
What perfect timing pamela hasson! Happy knitting.
Be sure to check out my second channel - Suzanne - Off the Cuff - where you can find my live streams and interact with me.
ua-cam.com/channels/QBgFUvQzjz1RUm9NsgEA1A.html
Thank you so much for your clear explanations, the way you show what is happening in the fabric, and how you get into the nitty-gritty of why you recommend your techniques. In all my projects, the help from your tutorials has elevated my knitting far beyond what they otherwise would be! I feel like being able to finish these projects well, especially in these areas that show "rookie mistakes" such as armholes and edges, makes knitting so much more enjoyable because I feel confident that I will love the end result. I owe much of my success to you. Thank you for being such a wonderful teacher!
You made my day. Thank you so much!
The results of your method are beautiful! No funny looking stitches!!! And no hole!!! Thank you for sharing this technique with us. I will have to watch your video a few more times, to get the technique down, but I will learn it because I love how yours looked after doing it. Thank you again.
You are very welcome, Jeanette, happy to help! ❤️
Thank you so much! I finally started my first sweater after platonically knitting for 15 years and your videos are incredibly informative and helpful. My sweater armhole still has a very slight gap in it, but I think that’s due to the YO eyelets and my general inexperience. Will try to identify how to completely eliminate it on the other arm, and will just use the tail to close the gap on my first sleeve since it’s right next to the picked up stitches. ❤️
You are very welcome, Sara! And I love your perseverance, practice really is the key and I think you have a great plan of action. If you haven't already, please consider joining my Facebook group (same name), it is filled with supportive knitters at every level and we all really enjoy helping each other. ❤️
I love this method and the detailed way you break it down. I’m using it on my current sweater project - my underarms look INFINITELY better than what I was trying to pass off before. This tutorial is a must for anyone looking to become a better process knitter. Thank you Suzanne!
Thank you Josephine
A good reminder, when you haven't picked up sleeves in awhile. I especially appreciate the continental style. As I knit in that style!
Wonderful! Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you have become a subscriber to my channel and that you will share my videos with your social media friends. That is the biggest compliment you can pay me! Thanks and Happy Knitting, Suzanne.
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As a new knitter I really love watching you. I am learning so much about problem solving and understanding what's going on in the process of knitting. You're a great teacher!
Thank you so much! Happy New Year and Happy Knitting!
Thx for all of your videos they are so helpful! I love that you not only show us how to do it but you are teaching us why we do it. I call videos like this “The anatomy of knitting”. I’m working on my 2nd sweater, the Love Note, and I keep rewatching this video to help me as I go along. This video helped me on my first sweater but it really helped me this time since I better understand the construction of the stitches. I started knitting this past March and I love it!!! Thx for all you do!!
Wow! You are doing great! Thank you for sharing. I may steel the "The anatomy of knitting". I love that.
@@SuzanneBryan I will let you borrow it lol :) I was in communications for years so it’s kinda my thing :)
I am joining myself to all those knitters before me that's you've help ! I have now picked up the stitches on my first sleeve and i am sooo happy!! As a new and passionate knitter (one blissfull year already), i thank you so much Suzanne for all your tutorial videos. You are a gem 💎!
Thank you Ginette Doiron! Happy knitting.
Your tutorials are beyond excellent. So helpful. Photography and speed of your knitting are perfect for a tutorial. Cannot thank you enough!
Thank you Martha Guinta! Happy knitting.
You truly are "The Master Knitter". Especiall love this tutorial, addresses ALL the headaches I have always faced in the past, and with a beautiful finish!
Thank you so much, Mickey, that's a lovely thing to say and much appreciated! ❤️
Thank you, Suzanne. I had this exact problem. Searched for “picking up stitches to close holes.” Found your video first. And it solved my problem, I had already knitted three rows. So I opened up three stitches around the hole and pulled out the three rows and used your method worked great. Thank you so much! I “liked” your video, subscribed and will definitely look at more of your videos in the future. Thanks again!
Thank you so much! Happy New Year and Happy Knitting!
I've tried many methods to close up those gaps but have never been satisfied. Your video is just fantastic. Very detailed and nice closeups to help understand the process. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome pcb0071! Happy knitting.
Thank you much for the video. Those underarm holes always drive me crazy.
You are so welcome, Holly! 😊
I'm an experienced knitter but you still teach me new things! Love it!
Awesome! Thank you! Happy holidays.
I have been struggling with this for years. Thank you for sharing your method , I've always had to go back and darn underneath the arms to clean up those holes.
Thank you so much. Be sure to share my videos with your social media groups and friends. Hugs and Happy Knitting.
Thank you for teaching me how to correct the holes in the underarms. I come back to this video over and over again. It is simple and does the trick. I appreciate you so much.
You are so welcome, Cheryl; I really appreciate your kind words! ❤️
I love this method of obliterating the armpit holes, I applied it to thumb gussets too. Thank you again Suzanne. I am just getting ready to submit my level one MHK program notebook. Wish me luck.
Wonderful! I am so glad it works for you, I also use it for the gusset on socks. And GOOD LUCK on your Level 1. Happy knitting.
Great suggestion. I will try it on thumb gussets too.
You explain it very well I love your work
This is the most helpful video that I have seen regarding this problem. I love the fact that you not only show the "how" but the "why". It really helps to make these instructions much more intuitive. Thank you for aiding us Noobs in this fascinating craft.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. I always dislike my underarms. Now I can remedy this problem. Thank you for being so clever.
Thanks Annick. Happy Knitting!
Thank you so much, dera Suzanne! About two years ago, I started on top-down-sweaters. I am a practised knitter, but the underarms always looked so amateurish. Your method is simply marvellous! Love from Hamburg
Wonderful to hear, Herdis! I really appreciate your very kind feedback! Love right back from California! ❤️
So glad I found this! Wonderful video. Love the close up shots and your use of a pointer! This will help me a lot.
Great. Let me know if you use it and how it works for you. Happy knitting.
10 months since the last comment here...and...you are still helping !!! Yay!!! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.
You are so welcome!
I'm working on my first raglan now. Everything was a breeze... Then I I started the sleeves and went "uhhh....." I tried to close it myself, and I was on the right track with pulling up bars and knitting together, but I was still getting big holes. I watched some other videos that didn't really tell me anything, but yours was very helpful. I'm certain I'll be able to finish my first sweater now after watching this. And, best of all, I can say "That was easy! Why did I put off trying a sweater for so long??"
Wonderful! Doesn't it make you feel accomplished? Happy knitting. Be sure to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already.
Knitting with Suzanne Bryan Indeed it does. I had been almost afraid to try sweaters but decided that I would do it this year. August will make 3 years since I started knitting, and I knew I wanted to tackle them before then. Thanks again for the help!
You are doing great! 3 years and making sweaters. My kind of knitter.
Thanks, Suzanne. I'm a very solitary kind of person, and I don't know even one other knitter in person. And it's difficult for me to leave my home, so I've never shopped at an LYS. That makes it hard for me to gauge (pun intended) just how I'm coming along as a knitter. At first, I felt (pun unintended) like I picked it up (ditto) very quickly. I was knitting a brioche scarf within a month, and double knitting within 3 months, for example. Now that I'm getting farther along, there's naturally less to learn and so I've slowed down in acquiring new techniques and skills, and it leaves me kind of confused as to just what my skill level is. I think I'm probably an "advanced intermediate" knitter, but saying that also makes me feel a little pretentious since I've only been doing it for 3 years. I work on my knitting for about 6-8 hours each day though, on average, so I do give a lot to it. I'm finally at the point where I'm very comfortable with sewn bind-offs, seaming/grafting, picking up, and other stuff that isn't knitting proper -- things that I really avoided as much as possible until a few months ago. I really need to work on getting a consistent gauge more than anything at this point.
Incidentally, I did finish my first sweater and it turned out great -- armpits and all! I had to do things slightly differently that you did in this video, since I was working with a baby sweater and had much fewer stitches. After picking up and ssk'ing and k2tog'ing, I pulled up a new column of stitches with a crochet hook where I had just a bit of a hole left over. But after working in my ends, it all worked out well and looks good.
I've watched multiple instructional videos from several different knitters, and I'm glad that I found your channel. Unlike with some other channels I'm not naming, I don't find myself saying "No, that's incorrect" or "You're doing that in a really awkward way" as I'm watching. All of your videos I've seen make sense, are accurate and correct, and are easy to understand. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us!
Wow! You sound like me, several years ago. I was what I call a "closet knitter". I didn't know anyone who knit and we didn't have any local knit stores. It was before UA-cam and everything I learned was either by trial and error or from books. I am so glad to be of help to you! Happy knitting.
I have made two sweaters using this technique. Each time, each sleeve, I think I do it better. I can’t stop knitting sweaters, because I don’t want to forget. I really appreciate all your help. I have watched all your videos. Thank you.
Wonderful! Be sure to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already, happy knitting.
This video has been immensely helpful to me, not just when knitting a couple of baby sweaters, but also when knitting fingers of gloves. Thank you for sharing these knitting techniques!
Yes, I use the same thing for gloves and socks - For Fingerless Mitts - ua-cam.com/video/RJQswKVPF5k/v-deo.html. Happy Knitting!
This info is priceless. I literally had no idea what to do next on my raglan sweater after I reattached the arm stitches to the needles and your explanation was so perfectly lovely and clear. You are a very good teacher! THANK YOU!
Thank you Paige Holm! Happy knitting.
Thank you so much for posting this! I’m knitting my first sweater and this is the only tutorial that makes sense!
You are very welcome Kristina Lugo! Happy knitting.
Thanks you so much! This is the first time I have ever been able to have NO hole under the arm without trying to rig something up after the fact. This is the only video I have seen that was truly helpful.
You are very welcome. Thank you and Happy knitting.
Thanks so much - this was a huge help!! The only thing that was a little confusing is that the video cuts off when showing the two bars being put on the needle on the left side, so the first time I did this I only had the bar that is worked immediately. I tinked back when I got to the bar that I didn't pick up, though I think I'm realizing I could have just picked it up right then and there. The next time I did it the right side was incomplete and I still had a huge hole. So I just put the bar on the needle and did the sk. I had no idea if it would work, but it did!! Thank you so much for this video. I've always dreaded and avoided sleeves for this very reason, nothing I tried ever worked - and now I have a method that works!! I'm sure I'll be referencing your video every time.
I am so glad you were able to improve your armhole. Thanks for commenting. I hope you have chosen to subscribe and please share my videos in your social media groups, like FB, Ravelry, Pinterest, etc. Thanks again and happy knitting, Suzanne.
could you please correct the skip at two bars you lost me at this point
@@ruthdoyle3572 if you see it again you will probably understand when, after the break at approx 4:20, Suzanne again points out which stitches are which. THEN , as I gather, there is a unknitted loop which is dealt with as an SSK at the the end of the round (Approx 8:20) ....and all possible holes concealed.
@@lkogirl9869 I have been watching and re-watching and I have to agree with you that the bar to the left of the final picked up backwards loop cast on does remain un-knit on the right hand needle until the round is worked around and then the un-knit 2 bars to the left of the sleeve side are worked as "SK" then as "K2tog" with the first stitch re-mounted. Then it looks like that bar leftward of the last backwards loop cast on pickup, once it is reached, is worked as "SK". So far, so good. But my problem is what do I do when I only have a single backwards loop cast on stitch with only 1 stitch to pick up? Looks like I may need at least 2 backwards loop cast on stitches to have sufficient stitches to work Suzanne's method. Thoughts and ideas? @Knitting with Suzanne Bryan, will page you for input!
All of your video's have been so helpful to me as a self taught knitter. I keep coming back to this one in particular though, it's made attaching the arms on my sweaters more enjoyable and much more beautiful. I'm just so thankful every time I come back to watch it. Thank you for your expertise!!
This is so wonderful to hear, BD, thank you! You should check out my Facebook page as well (same name), it is filled with supportive knitters at every skill level and we love to help new knitters. ❤️
Exactly what I need to know and so clearly explained too. Can’t wait to have a go. Great video thank you Suzanne.
Let me know how it works for you! Happy knitting.
Hello Susanne. I really like your video. Explains the method very clearly. I am a Portuguese knitter, from Porto. Thank you very much for the kindness with which you share your knowledge about knitting.
You are so welcome! 🧶
This is such a wonderful explication of the underarm process. I am so glad to have found u thanks so very much I look forward to learning more.
Thank you!
Hi Suzanne. Im a knitter from the Netherlands and working on my first top down sweater. I stumble across all kinds of challenges and this is one of them. Your tutorials are very helpful to me. I learn so many new techniques. Thank you so much! Love, Christel
Wonderful! Happy New Year!
Perfectly done! That is absolutely Brilliant! I've never seen that done, thank you so much for sharing this. Far cleaner looking then anything else I've ever seen!
It took me a few years to figure this out. I tried many many variations of this before getting it to work, and to be simple. Thank you and happy knitting.
Hi, I'm Italian and even if my English is not perfect I founded you're explanation very clear. Thanks for all.
Thank you and happy knitting.
Wonderful!!! Thank you! Now I need to learn what a Magic Loop is, too!
Ah, yes, I need to make a video on magic loop, don't I. Happy knitting.
Love the simplicity of your teaching, especially for myself as a beginner.
I'm trying my very first pullover ❤️😍
Thank you for the very kind feedback, Toula! You should also join my Facebook group (same name), it is filled with supportive knitters at every level and we love to help beginners. ❤️ Best of luck on your pullover!
Thanks a lot dear Suzanne..Another wonderful informative video..very clear instructions.Greetings from Dubai :-)
Thank you so much Anita! happy knitting.
Help me? More than you'll ever know. Waited for a quiet moment and followed along frame by frame and it WORKED!!!!! Except, I knitted with my tail instead of yarn from the ball. Lesson learnt. Thank you Suzanne.
So very awesome. I love this type of feedback! Success! Be sure to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already and spread my videos in your social media groups. Thank you and happy knitting.
Thank you for your videos! This has been very helpful! I appreciate you!
Thank you so much! Happy knitting.
I have been knitting for years, this is so helpful, never too old to learn new tricks, thank you!
Quick question!! Would you weave in the tail like how you usually weave in ends?
Depends on what you mean by how you usually weave in tails. Search my channel for "weaving in ends" and you will see how I weave in ends. It may help you a lot. Thank you!
I've been looking for a german tutorial like this for hours, but there was none. Then i thought let's give it a try and look for a tutorial in english. I'm so glad i found your video! Your explanation was easy to understand und it worked wonders on my sweater! Thank you 💕
Enjoy!
I come here whenever Im making a sweater. I dont make that many so I never remember how this is done. Thank God you recorded it on video for us all . This sweater uses a chained alpaca and knits loosely to 12sts per 10cm so I wasnt sure this would work as well as it did on the smaller tigher knits but it did! Im so happy because holes in loose knits just mess up the whole project . Thanking you again Suzanne O:-)
Thank you Suzanne, I use this video every time I knit sleeves in a top down sweater! instructions are so clear to follow and the results turn out great every time! Your skills and willingness to share your knowledge is so Appreciated and has helped me become a better knitter thank you!
Wonderful!
I love your no-nonsense approach to teaching and I still use your kitchen or without ears for every so I can slip or toe I do
Wow, thank you, Bendie! ❤️
You are amazing. Great work that you are doing. I have knit for over 40 years. Last two years i have spun my own year. Its nice to watch you. Thank You
You are so kind, Brigette, thank you! And how wonderful that you spin your own yarn!!
This is fantastic! I’m knitting my first top down sweater, in fact I posted a photo on your FB group yesterday. I’m saving this video for when I get to the underarms. Your teaching style is wonderful. Thank you so much.
Wonderful! I’m so glad it’s helpful.
This is one of the best videos out there for creating professionally finished garments ! Thank you Suzanne!
I come back to your video time and time again. Couldn't knit a sweater without you! Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
I'm working on a baby cardigan just like this and was just trying to figure out what to do with the underarm hole. Thank you for solving my problem, and for explaining it so perfectly!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Suzanne, the is brilliant. I have struggled so many ways with the underarm join and I'm grateful to you for such a clear and simple solution. I've shared it with knitting friends!
You are so welcome!
Every time I need to look up a particular technique or trick I always check to see if you have a video on it before I look anywhere else. Your explanations are so clear and the results are always fantastic - thank you!
You are such a gem. I have learned so much in the last year from watching you . From no more holes in socks to knitting sweaters to perfection . Thank you so much .
That's wonderful Luise, I am so glad to help!
So helpful and easy to understand. This is the first time I won’t have to go back and patch the holes under the arms. Thank you Suzanne!
Glad it was helpful! Happy New Year.
I'm so happy to have come across your video. I was very frustrated with the raglan sleeve pattern I'm following as I could not figure out how to not have holes. Suzanne, this video saved me. Thank you so much❤
this is a wonderful tutorial! thank you so much. It has been my go to video to help me with underarms every time i need to do one. i am a visual learner so seeing the steps and you pleasantly walking me through it has been perfect
Thank you Suzanne! I am knitting a Scandinavian top down in Lettlopi and the bodice to sleeve transition using your technique worked out so well, no holes!! I appreciate your succinct presentations, always useful information.
Wonderful! Happy holidays.
Благодаря ви. Най- накрая намерих един логичен и естетичен и винаги единообразен начин за избягване на дупките под мишниците на пуловерите реглан и с кръгла платка! Наистина всичко гениално е просто…когато вече е открито!
I come back to your video time and time again, each time I knit a jersey or cardigan. I wish I could remember the technique off by heart! Thanks so much, it's the best!
Eventually you will. I use this same technique for closing any gap, like the gusset of a thumb, gusset of sock, or fixing an enlarged bind off stitch.
Suzanne,
Thank you so much for this video!!!
I've been stumped for a couple of months by "the gap-oasis" I could see was going to happen at the underarms of a top down baby cardigan,
My "instinct" was to pick up the loose stitches at the corners and then remove them with decreases ( but I hadn't thought through EXACTLY how to do this.). My LYS recommended just dealing with them by closing them up during finishing.
Thank goodness I found your video with your VERY detailed and well illustrated instructions re: picking up and "re-mounting" the picked up stitches.
Now I'm prepared to finally knit the sleeves, knowing they will look nice, and I will not be embarrassed to give the finished sweater as a gift.
Thanks again, and keep up the great videos!!!
Fran
That should have been "gap-osis", not "oasis". (Doggone autocorrect!!!)
Wonderful! Let me know how this turns out! Happy knitting.
After watching several videos on the subject, I have determined that yours is the absolute best! I used it today and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much! I will be using this forever and passing it along to my knitting friends!
Next step in my sweater project: rip out the sleeve I've been knitting and redo it with this method. The last method I tried looks AWFUL. I kept trying to ignore it but I simply couldn't. Thank you for the clear video with such a fabulous technique!!!
Wonderful to hear, Make! I'm sure your sweater will be lovely! ❤️
I was struggling with underarms for so long, I just used your technique and I’m incredibly grateful, they look amazing!
Очень люблю смотреть ваши видео. Для меня в них много открытий и полезностей. Сюзанна, спасибо вам! Спасибо, что щедро делитесь опытом. Здоровья вашим рукам!
Thank you Зульфия Эфендиева! Happy knitting.
I just did the first arm on my first top-down sweater... and of course got holes. Your video popped up when looking for a way to fix them, this is so much better!! The second arm will be very happy about this, thank you so much!!
First time trying this method and am delighted. My underarm c/o stitches were a bit of a mess and it still looks better than all previous sweaters. The video is excellent - close enough to the work to see everything, and a good pace (steady but not draggy). Thanks, Suzanne!
Great job! 🧶
Thanks, Suzanne! I'm knitting my first top-down pullover and your method definitely closed up the underarm holes. I will refer to your video for future projects.
You are so welcome, LL! 😊 I'm sure your pullover will be lovely!
I have two sweaters on hooks right now. One is worked in the round bottom up and one is worked flat in pieces. These are my first ever sweaters so I'm saving this video to my knit folder to come back to when I get to the sleeves of my in-the-round sweater. Thank you for this video. I'm subscribing. Your camera position on your needles is perfect to see exactly what you are doing so that a student can replicate it. And you are not knitting too fast. This makes replicating your style easier if one chooses to try on varying styles.
Thank you.
Thank you for your excellent tutorial. I now have perfectly knitted underarm sleeves at last. Can't tell you how happy I am. Many, many thanks.
You are so welcome, Christine!
Thank you Suzanne. I have been searching for an answer for so many years, looking at so many other knitters.... You are my salvation.Very Happy with the result. Thank you. 👍
Life changing!! The underarms of sweaters have always been a challenge, so thank you for this beautiful video!
Glad it was helpful!
Suzanne, i know this video is 3 and a half years old....but the universe was telling me something when it popped up in my youtube suggested videos.....perfect little tid bit since i'm working on the itag set in sleeve kal with you for my mother's sweater....it couldn't have been more perfect timing to see this video when we are getting close to start swatching and calculating the amount of yarn...now the underarm hole closure will be running through my mind for when actually start knitting a few weeks
Yay! 🧶
Thank you Suzanne, you are truly a hand knitting master and a very effective reacher. I am inspired and my knitting is always improving thanks to your tutelage!
That’s teacher
Hands down the best underarm pick up stitches video! I use it every time for perfect results. I have the video link saved under my Raverly profile page for quick finding. I do need to follow it every time i do it lol Thanks so much Suzanne 😘
That is so awesome, Tracey, thank you! ❤️
I haven't knitted anything for several years, so I am out of practice and needed to brush up on this. The way you do it is way better than the way I used to do it. I had figured out the bit about turning stitches around so as not to leave a hole, but hadn't figured out about knitting them straight together and was having to do that in a subsequent row. I will be back to view this when I reach the underarms in the project I am contemplating!
This is so wonderful to hear, Helen! You are very welcome, and good for you to get back to knitting! 😊
Seriously, I don't know what I would do without this video! thank you so much - such a great lesson.
You're very welcome!🧶
Thank you Suzanne for this video. I have knitted a couple of sweaters and have faced this problem. Solved the problem my own way. But this video helps immensely and the underarms turn out so neat. Thank you very much again!
Glad it was helpful! Happy New Year!
Suzanne:
Thank you so much for these techniques that give knitted garments a 'proper' finished look. Knitting is such an elegant skill. I am basically self taught groping for ideas
and techniques. You fill in the "holes" of skills not brought out in instructions. I mean like this video and picking up stitches and decreasing at armhole, etc.
Now I'm an avid sewer, so I can tell when the knitting does not look right. I could say professional but that is over used.
You remind me so much of my grandfather's family from Iowa, especially my Cousin Twila, my name sake.
Thank you again for wanting to share your knowledge; WHAT A TREASURE!
Keep on being yourself! Awesome!
Twila, thank you so much for sharing your feedback! I too am self taught (read a book as a child), and I love teaching the finer points of knitting, as well as the basics. I also have a Facebook page (same name) filled with knitters of every level and we love helping new knitters, please join us! 😊
A solution for my troublesome underarm holes! Thank you. Your video and explanation is ever so helpful.
Wonderful, Linda, I'm glad to hear it helped!
I'm about to follow along while I do a sweater arm - I haven't knit a garment in like 10 years and I'm so grateful for this help!