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Folded Picot Edge

Samina asked if I could show how I did the picot cuff on the Whisper Rib socks.

picot_done

The folded picot edge is actually quite simple. Start with a provisional crochet chain cast on, knit a few rows, knit a row of *yarn over, knit 2 together* stitches, knit several more rows and then fold the cuff in half and knit the cast on stitches together with the current row. Pictures are worth a thousand words so if you're interested I took several pictures of the process.

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Posted on April 20, 2004 in Folded Picot Edge | Permalink | Comments (12)

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