For those who made the Quick Lace-Edged Baby Socks, you probably noticed a similarity to the lace edging for this month’s Summer Lace Anklets.
The straight edge heading of this lace edging has a yarn over at beginning of row to form picot loops. The edge remains straight (rather than increasing) because the yarn over is immediately followed by a decrease (in this case, a p2tog).
Picot loops are pictured along top of this lace edging
The picot loops make for a very easy, no-brain pick-up and knit to continue the knitting of the sock ankle, or any other item that requires maximum widthwise stretch.
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Can that pick up be worked as a ktbl, or should it be a normal knit pick up? or does it really matter at all?
Yes, it matters. For maximum stretch, work as a normal pick up and knit.