Study Buddy Mitts – Picking Up Cast-On Edge
In the Finishing section of Study Buddy Mitts, you’ll first be instructed to pick up and knit your cast-on edge stitches using the long tail you had left during cast-on as your ‘working yarn’. Look at your cast-on edge and you’ll notice each stitch looks like a “v” shape. You’ll be picking up into the right leg of each of these “v”‘s.
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1. Insert needle into right leg of first cast-on stitch
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-2.png)
2. Wrap yarn around needle and knit the stitch.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-3.png)
3. First cast-on stitch has been picked up and knit!
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-4.png)
4. Insert needle into next cast-on stitch (right leg of “v”), using your left hand as the guide.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-5.png)
5. Just like first stitch, wrap yarn around needle and knit this picked up stitch.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-6.png)
6. Continue in this manner, picking up each cast-on edge stitch until only 2 remain.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUp-7d.png)
7. The last 2 stitches should be from your icord edge – these will be treated differently (pick up & purl instead of knit).
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-8.png)
8. Easiest way to pick up & purl is to use a DPN (or small needle) – insert it into bottom of first icord edge stitch from bottom to top.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-9.png)
9. Then insert right needle into the stitch purlwise and purl the stitch.
![](https://elizabethsmithknits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PickUpCOEdge-10.png)
10. Repeat steps 8-9 for the last icord edge stitch.
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11. All cast-on stitches have now been picked up.