Knitting Tutorial for picking up underarm stitches on the Metamorphic Sweater

This knitting tutorial demonstrates how to pick up the underarm stitches for the new Metamorphic sweater (coming in early February!) The reverse stockinette (or purl side of the fabric) is the eventual right side of this sweater. To avoid all that purling, we simply knit the whole sweater inside out. This means we want to take care when picking up the underarm stitches to avoid a bulky seam and to help the faux seam look as continuous as possible.

[@ludouglas1]

I always think those extra stitches in the gap in sweaters and socks is magic! It never ceases to amaze me and I've done a few!!!!!!!!! I love this yarn. I'm going to try to 2ply my spun yarn with a black cotton thread and see how it looks. The tutorial is fabulous. Lu x

[@jilllang3679]

Thanks Andrea. Always love your practical down to earth approach to things. I like the way you acknowledge there are different ways of doing things, but you make everything very easy to understand!

[@beesflowers4359]

That is so helpful thank you, im a new knitter of sweaters as in I'm knitting my first and these tutorials are invaluable, thanks so much

[@SweeTart77kkibble]

Super helpful. So many little questions answered

[@nancygillarddoran7213]

This is super helpful!
Thank you so much!😊

[@denisewessman1079]

Thank you for sharing!!! Good advice!!!

[@miraremh]

Thank you for the video! Looking forward to the pattern!

[@roxannashively3751]

Thank you for that tip.

[@redredwine1277]

Thanks for sharing, very helpful info 🌹🌹🌹

[@shelliefry579]

Great tutorial!
Are your shorties 9” or 12”

[@marilynburke7609]

😊❤️

[@kartis6847]

Thanks Andrea. I love watching your videos. You mentioned this when you wore your DRK homespun ton you Friday video. Seeing it in action was quite helpful. I always struggle with the underarm stitches. May I ask what weight yarn are you using for the Metamorphic? I have yarn I’m thinking of using. Thank you.

[@dreareneeknits]

Hi there! This yarn is knit up in 2 weights - DK for the MC and Sport for the CC :)

[@amandawood]

Would a provisional cast on for underarm stitches work in this case? That way there would be no picking up of stitches, although you'd likely still want to pick up to close the holes/gaps at the sides.

[@apezda]

What are you thoughts on keeping the underarm stitches live and not binding off and picking them up again? I can see how the underarm seam might provide some additional structure. At the same time, I also like the ease of not having to pick up stitches again. Would love to hear what you think.