« Casting On 
« Making A Knit Stitch 
« Making A Purl Stitch 
« Increasing a Stitch 
« Decreasing a Stitch 
« Binding Off 
« Picking Up Stitches 
« Horizontal Stripes 
« Weaving Ends 
« Invisible Seams 1 - Stitch to Stitch 
« Invisible Seams 2 - Row to Row 
« Invisible Seams 3 - Stitch to Row 
« Size / Fit Chart for Women 

« Confessions of a Knitting Heretic

« Picking Up Stitches  A good rule of thumb for figuring how many stitches to pick up is to divide the rows per inch by the stitches per inch (rpi/spi = x). Pick up 1 stitch along the edge of the piece for every x rows. For example, if the gauge is 3 spi and 6 rpi = 1", divide 6 by 3 to get 2. You would pick up 1 stitch along the edge of the piece for every 2 rows. When picking up stitches along a curved neck edge a few more stitches will be required to be picked up to give a graceful curve to the work.
Step 1: Insert needle into edge of right side of knitted piece, 1 stitch from the edge.
Step 2: Wrap the yarn around the tip of the needle and pull back through the stitch, creating a loop on the right hand needle (figure 1). Work along the edge until the necessary number of stitches are picked up.