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Your project edge should look like this. We'll be working with that second row of knit stitches from the top. (The row of sideways "V"s second from the top.)
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Insert your needle from front to back under the stitch closest to the cast-on edge. Treat this like a normal stitch & knit it. Proceed to pick up stitches as your pattern indicates.
Quick Note: I'm so sorry for the quality of the photographs, but I wanted to be sure to get this out in a timely fashion so I figured that this is better than no tutorial at all. Future tutorials will be better, I promise!
Knit at Nite MKAL Tutorial: Picking Up Stitches - Clue 2
Need a visual? Here's a quick photo tutorial for picking up stitches so that you can continue through Clue 2. If anything is unclear, please send me an e-mail so I can walk you through the steps. Happy knitting!
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Featured Yarn in this Tutorial
Wee Chickadee Wool Co. Sparkle Sock Yarn in Dewdrop & Song of the Sea (Fingering-weight)