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pick up stitches (idiomatic) o add ("pick up") stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac. pick up stitches pl (plural only) …

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  1. pick up stitches (idiomatic) o add ("pick up") stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac. pick up stitches pl (plural only) Stitches that were added to the row, during knitting.