How to Avoid Underarm Holes in Knitting - Suzanne's Method (No Gaps!)

How to close the hole at the underarm when you join a sleeve, so the fabric looks continuous instead of gappy. Works on top-down raglans and similar constructions: pick up the right bars, reverse the mount, and twist the base stitch to hide the gap. In this tutorial you will learn: • Which bars to pick up at the underarm • How to reverse the stitch mount so the close stays flat • How to work those picked-up bars together with the next stitch • Why twisting the base stitch hides the gap instead of making a bump Chapters 00:00 What you will learn 00:05 Picking up underarm stitches 01:50 Picking up one stitch per column 03:23 Picking up from the back 04:42 Reverse the stitch mount 06:23 Connecting the underarm to the sleeve 08:02 Twisting the bottom stitch to close the hole Shown on Tiny Tea Leaves Cardi (Sweet Georgia Liquid Gold, sport): https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tiny-tea-leaves-cardi Related videos • Picking up stitches on a curved edge — https://youtu.be/9A1ateS95qY • Perfect picked-up button bands — https://youtu.be/AfU-6QHNlDw • Thumb gussets with no holes — https://youtu.be/RJQswKVPF5k Live classes: I teach Bootcamps 1, 2 & 3, virtual classes on Zoom with students from around the world. Next session starts January 2027. Details and sign-up: https://masteryourknitting.com More on this topic: see my playlist "Sweater Construction & Finishing: Seaming, Pockets, Steeks, Weaving in Ends" on the channel. Support the channel on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/suza