Anyhow, I started up on it and managed to finish one square today However after casting off, I remembered Aneeta Patel's advice from her book Knitty Gritty: Knitting for the Absolute Beginner on how casting off should be with a needle size larger than the one I was knitting with...oops. hope that doesn't make a huge difference. How does the square look? Check it out?
Anyhow, the square isn't the main reason for my blog post today. I mean yeah I just knitted the first square but there is a question. I recently read on Ravelry on how someone picked and knitted stitches for the next square rather than going through the time of sewing each and every square, and I wonder if I should do that too? Or is it better to just knit the squares and sew them up?
I always prefer to use any sort of "join as you go" technique available, including picking up stitches and such. I don't really like picking up stitches because it's sort of an eyeballing thing and I prefer exact things, but I do it anyway. Some people like sewing knitted pieces together, but I think of it as more ends to weave in.
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Thank you, Lauren. I'll give it a whirl. Its been a very long time since i picked and knitted, so I'm going to have to go to Youtube for how to videos.
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