Picking up stitches for a button band

[@lotusflower4175]

You are a GREAT teacher! Thank you for your explanations! I’m currently having a lot of trouble getting the right tension/gauge for my button band with smaller needles and have pulled it out a few times but still haven’t been able to fix the problem. This tutorial was very v helpful! God bless!!!❤❤❤

[@Javainthebox]

Wow! I feel like I just got the best class after watching this. Thank you so very much for this fantastic channel. I’ve learned so much🙏🏼💖

[@maryalgar8779]

Wow, this is thorough. I'll have to watch it a few times to totally get it, but seems very helpful. Thank you.

[@richardteale3217]

Thanks for your reply Roxanne ,I have found the answer to my question but I'm sure there will be others . Thanks also for your many videos , I find them very informative and interesting . Knitting is a very underrated skill !

[@christinacruden886]

Thank you Roxanne. It really does make sense the way you explain it. 🇨🇦

[@barenddutoit9931]

I cannot thank you enough for this awesome tutorial!!! Now I can finally finish my UFO (cardigan) that's been put on hold since January. I was rather uncertain about picking up the button band stitches. Now I am confident. As always: ROX ROCKS!!!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

I'm so glad you found this video helpful. Good luck on finishing your project!

[@eliedgecomb4903]

Always a top shelf resource. Thank you

[@startagain126]

this is so confusing my brain just can't understand it. it's very helpful information so thank you Roxanne xx

[@msweig58]

This was so helpful! Thank you, Roxanne!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You're welcome! :-)

[@bobnrainy]

I am approaching picking up stitches for a perpendicular garter stitch button band on a long length vest. The pattern indicates how many stitches to pick up in each section (front button hole section, neck shaping decrease section to shoulder, and neck band and down the opposite side); a total of 332 stitches! Before cable needles made dealing with A LOT of stitches possible, was this type of button band (perpendicular) simply not done (is this a "modern" design feature?) I'm hoping that I can find a cable long enough to do this myself as it is!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

It is a more recent design feature (within the last 50-60 years, if you consider that recent). Earlier patterns typically had the button bands knit in the same direction as the body. For garter stitch, it was typically knit at the same time as the body. Stockinette bands were knit double-wide, folded over, and seamed to the body. neckbands varied: some were knit separately and sewn on. Others were picked up and knit in the round (for pullovers.) I have seen one mid-19th century gentleman's vest pattern where no ribbing was done at all until the end, and then sts were picked up along the bottom and the vertical edges, with mitered corners.

[@lindseywhite3371]

Would you work the button band the same way if you have slipped the first stitch of each row? I'm just learning, and my end of row tension is a little loose, so I slip the first stitch in each row to avoid big loops at the sides. However, I've just finished the body of my first raglan cardigan, an need to pick up stitches for the button band. Thanks in advance :)

[@judefoster7737]

Hi Roxanne I really enjoy your videos. I wondered whether knitting or designing in linen would influence you to incorporate the button band in the main garment as applying the button band is less forgiving in linen?

[@laurieblake2031]

Very informative!

[@rebeccaatwood5701]

This is confusing for me. Here is why. In your example the gauge is 5 stitches per inch and 7 rows per inch. The sweater is knit bottom to top so it is the number of rows that make up the height of the garment for the button band. However your example calculates the number of stitches to pick up for the band based on the stitch count 5 rather than the row count 7. Am I wrong?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

If you have a piece of fabric that is 10'' long, and your gauge is 5 sts/in but 7 rows/in, then it will be 70 rows long. If you want a piece of fabric to come out of that vertical edge of 70 rows, perpendicularly, then you will need a piece of fabric that is also 10'' wide, which will be 50 sts.

[@richardteale3217]

Hi Roxanne, I am an Englishman new to knitting. Are you able to answer basic questions on the subject ?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

I am happy to answer knitting questions of all types in my Ravelry group. There is a link to my group at the bottom of the video description. You have to be a member of Ravelry to access the group, but it's free, and they don't sell your email address. Ravelry is an excellent resource for knitters of all levels, not just for getting help in the forums and groups, but also because of its yarn and pattern database, and the tools available to users to track projects, yarn stash, and library.

[@rosiemckinney1061]

This is very helpful. Thank you 😊. I also need help in picking up stitches going in the opposite direction. I picked up the right side band beginning at the bottom, then turning the row at the chest to the bottom again, etc. Now I'd like to do the same with the left side, but if I begin picking up at the bottom it becomes reverse in direction from what I am accustomed to. I hope you understand.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You have to pick up with the RS facing, so for one edge, you start at the bottom. For the other, you will start at the neck.

[@maryannelizabeth7533]

Very helpful. Thank you very much.

[@lindapesnell5723]

❤️ Thank You ❤️

[@janeclow8242]

Very confusing explanation

[@rose-qo3iy]

too much maths foe me

[@Bar-Hillel]

Good grief! How is anyone supposed to follow this?

[@juliej6638]

Never underestimate a person who can knit! This stuff is what makes us happy!