The not-so-effortless cardigan | Picking up stitches tutorial {Knitting}

The effortless cardigan has been quite effortless until it was time to pick up many many stitches for the side panels and the collar. I already to pick up stitches for Tapenade, so I thought I knew how to do it. But when I tried, it just did not look neat or tidy - and I was not going to waste hours of knitting stockinette on sloppy edges. 

So what do you do in these instances, you google and hope to find a tutorial that tells you where you went wrong and what to do about it. I came across the Knitty tutorial and all was explained and clear. For those who wonder how I did it here are a few pictures. 

The white arrow shows the line of knitting you will pick up for your stitches from -  
one stitch in from the edge itself where the knitting is neater

or like so

1. Insert your needle into the centre of the first stitch you want to pick a new stitch from, 

2. Wrap the yarn knitwise, and draw the new stitch through, 3. Insert your needle into 

the centre of the second stitch, 3. Repeat step 2 and so on. 

In real time, my first video - so be kind

The back of it (not blocked yet)

Are you seeing that beautiful edging?! Bring on the collar!

So this is how I did it... There may be other ways, do you mind telling me only when I finished the cardigan, I am not sure I can cope with knowing I did it wrong at this stage, ta! 

So this is my current WIP, check out the others WIPs over at WIP Wednesday at Tami's and Yarn Along at Ginny's today.