Pick Up The Right Amount of Stitches
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
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Sweaters in video:
Cable Rib Cardigan - pattylyons.com...
Gramercy Park - pattylyons.com...
Roselle Tee - pattylyons.com...
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Perfect timing! Today I’ll be picking up over a hundred stitches for a cardigan collar and thought of doing it evenly was overwhelming me. Thank you.
I owe you a lot of thanks for putting up knitting solution videos. You are my go to if I've any knitting troubles. Luckily I've your videos on Mybluprint (Craftsy), Interweave, Annies. I''ve learned a lot from you and I still do. lol I did in the past pick up a lot of stitches so I didn't had any holes and decreased them to the right amount of stitches in the next row. All your instructions are clear and easy to follow, so are your patterns.
So glad you liked it!
Very clear explanation and helpful video. Thank you.
Thanks!
You’re so welcome!
Thank you so much!! I needed this info and you always provide easy to understand instructions! 😍👏👏
thanks!
Thanks Patty I'm watching all the videos finishing another project this is my Christmas break project!
Your instructions are so clear! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Got it! Thanks for an excellent video, Patty! I’d posted a question that you actually answered, so I deleted it, in case you were wondering where it went. ;)
I was coming on here to suggest you watch the video again since I wasn’t actually talking about a pattern, but rather your own gauge but I see you gave it another look and figure that out. Glad it all worked out for you.
@@PattyLyonsKnitting Hello again! Actually, on watching the video a third time, I see that on the curved part of the neckline, where you “stabbed it out to plan it out,” you were keeping your stitch gauge in mind and measuring how many inches of fabric you are picking up along the neckline, BUT you also said that your pattern says you should pick up 27 sts along that stretch of neckline. So although you were adjusting the rate of pickup in order to pick up the right number of sts/in in that 4 ½ or 4 ¼ inch section (25 sts/4 inches for your stitch gauge), you were still picking up a total of 27 sts, as the pattern dictated. Was that just because your stitch gauge was so close to the pattern’s suggested stitch gauge that the numbers just happened to work out the same? Might a knitter ever need to pick up a *different* number of stitches in that area than the pattern says, if that person’s stitch gauge is not so close to the pattern’s suggested stitch gauge? My understanding - correct me if I’m wrong! - is that the pattern’s suggested number of total sts to be picked up along any particular stretch of border is calculated based on the pattern’s stitch gauge, so if the knitter’s stitch gauge is different from the pattern’s stitch gauge, wouldn’t the knitter potentially need to pick up a different number of total sts (not the pattern’s recommended 27 sts in your example)?
Would the knitter need to cross multiply to figure out how many total sts to pick up in an area? In other words, figure out: pattern’s suggested number of picked up stitches is to the pattern’s stitch gauge as the knitter’s number of picked up stitches (X) is to the knitter’s stitch gauge, then solve for “X,” so that everything is still scaled proportionately even though X may be different for different stitch gauges?
@@allisonbyrd REALLY pay attention to what I'm doing in the video
1) I check my stitch gauge of the pattern I'm going to use for my band. I am getting 25 st per 4".
2) Then I turn the curve into sections I can measure
3) I MEASURE IT to see if my 25 st per 4" works with the pattern (if it doesn't it doesn't - it did for me) Notice how I am not counting rows, I am measuring 4" and just saying - 25 stitches need to fit there, and then there's another 1/4" left and I count 26, 27. So I know that will work
4) I stab it out to plan it out.
So if I measured the 4" and saw that my 25 st per 4" didn't work with the pattern, as I say in the video you would pick up the stitch to row gauge that works for you, but you have to tweek for the multiple. Say I measure a 4" section of my neck, and in that section the pattern tells me I have to pick up 30 stitches. Well for me, that would not work, so wi will pick up the amount of stitches per 4" that work for MY gauge, but I have to tweek for the stitch multiple. Honestly, it's all laid out in the video. If you want more info on different mathematical ways to calculate (not what I'm showing here, which is using your own knitting), check the finishing chapter of my book - pattylyons.com/product/patty-lyons-knitting-bag-of-tricks/
So clearly explained, thank you so much!
You're the best! THANK YOU!
Aw, thanks! Really needed that today :)
@@PattyLyonsKnitting I was going to say "I LOVE YOU PATTY LYONS!" but I didn't want to creep you out! But I am truly grateful to you!
Johanna Pfeiffer @pattylyons is my superhero 🦸♀️! She teaches in such a way you feel empowered!
@@KnitAdjacent-ln2rx YES! That's it exactly plus her humor is fabulous. She should do a 'stand-up-knitting-show'.....
@@johannapfeiffer6676 that would be awesome to watch! Have a great day! Enjoy your knitting!
Very useful - thanks so much! I love that your camera zooms in and stays focused! (So many don't!). Do you mind if I ask what camera you are using and what type of microphone? I am thinking of making some UA-cam videos and would appreciate any equipment insight you have! Thanks.
It's a Rhode body mic, and I don't remember what camera I shot that with, possibly the Logitech web camera.
Omg look how neat your neckline is. How do you do that?? Do you have a tutorial how to knit a neat neck edge, mine is terrible every time so uneven that it makes picking up the stitches messy😩
Your decreases cannot be done in the last 2 stitches, they must be done at least one stitch in from the edge.
@@PattyLyonsKnitting thank you so much for your reply. That’s how I normally do them but I followed a pattern and it just completely slipped my mind on how to do them. Usually the pattern will tell you and so I just do what the pattern says. I found that even doing that slip one before casting off creates a loose stitch and a hole when sewing the seams. I’ll know to stick to what I know and help from the experts. I’ve subscribed you have so many helpful hints thank you 😊
@@cloudydaez NEVER slip a stitch at the edge. Work the stitch. You might want to check out: pattylyons.com/product/knitting-bag-of-tricks/
@@PattyLyonsKnitting so another question if you don’t mind. On the neck edge the pattern said to decrease 2 stitches. I understand decreasing the 1 stitch but how do you decrease 2 stitches on the neck edge?
@@cloudydaez I don't know what the pattern actually says (if it is telling you to dec 2 st at EACH neck edge?), but to learn double decreases and other more advanced shaping you might enjoy - pattylyons.com/product/how-to-read-your-knit-stitches-master-the-pattern/
I don't understand how you have made your neckline decreases so neat! I wonder if you would be able to explain for me what it is that you do. Thank you so much.
The decreases are done by following my pattern, one stitch in from the end. The BOs are done using the sloped BO (I have a youtube on that) and the initial BO was done doing a trick I teach both in the Roselle Tee video sweater class - pattylyons.com/product/roselle-tee-video-sweater-class/ but also in Patty's Knitting Bag of Tricks - pattylyons.com/product/knitting-bag-of-tricks/
@@PattyLyonsKnitting Thank you so much!!
Hi Patty, like so many others, I find your technique tutorials so very helpful! Could you tell me where to find the pattern for the cardigan in the background, please? I've been looking for something like that one for a while now. :)
It's the Cable Rib Cardigan - pattylyons.com/product/cable-rib-cardi/
@@PattyLyonsKnitting Thank you!
Thank you! I've been trying to knit a neckline but can't work it out. My pattern says I should pick up 21 stitches but my sweater only has 11 stitches in the front. Do you know how could I solve that? Thanks again!
I can't do pattern support for another designers pattern. If you are picking up for a neck, it's not just the front stitches, but the stitches all the way around the neck. If you think there's a mistake in the pattern, make sure to contact the publisher directly.
How do you calculate pick up on the curve if you're not using a pattern, so there's no "Pick up x stitches."?
Did you get a chance to watch the video yet? That's what the video is all about. Give it a watch.
@@PattyLyonsKnitting I did, will watch again.
@@PattyLyonsKnitting I did. Sorry, I asked the wrong question. 🤦🏼♀
I've knit the body in stockinette on 4mm with a gauge of 23x30. My rib will be on 3.25. Do I calculate differently given the difference in gauge?
@@danalear8562 Try watching it again. Do you see how the whole video is about counting your edge gauge (about 2 min in - notice in the video when I count the stitch gauge of my edging? 25 st in 4"), dividing an area and measuring it (notice around 4 min in when I measure). Watch the video to learn the technique. Sometimes we skim a video looking for a specific "how" like how do I do 2 x 2 ribbing rather then focusing on what is happing in the video. 1) I measure my stitch gauge for my trim, 2) I divide a curve into smaller flat sections, 3) I measure and count. Try watching it again.
@@PattyLyonsKnitting "Sometimes we skim a video looking for a specific 'how'"-that's exactly right.
Thanks!