How about being a sad lonely dwarf woman ? Live alone in the riverlands , tell some prophesy ' s , listen the the same old song repeat , booya ! <| sep |> We legit just dropped 8 in the red zone . Our DC is an idiot . <| sep |> Knit stitches aren ' t perfectly square , so you really don ' t want to be picking up in a 1 to 1 ratio . Generally , I just pick up 2 stitches for every 3 rows , and go from there . Or , you can use lockable stitch markers and mark halfway , then half of the halves , and then half of those so you have 8 sections , and then pick up 6 or 7 in each section 6 in 2 sections , 7 in 6 sections . As far as how to pick up the stitches , here ' s a good photo tutorialupstitches . I don ' t like video tutorials , so I can ' t really point you to a good one , sorry .