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Video tutorial on how to pick up knitting stitches with crochet hook

Today,  I was working on a new design for knitted clothes for Edward and Anastasia teddy bear.

It struck me that it might  be a good idea to get a little bit more specific when I say: ‘pick up x number of stitches along this edge’.

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So, I wrote out how I like to pick up stitches – which is with a crochet hook.

And, then it struck me that showing how to do this is probably even better than just writing about it.

So, I made a video tutorial, demonstrating on how I use a crochet hook to pick up the required stitches.

This technique works equally well for knitting flat or knitting in the round.

And, here’s the video tutorial:

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