If you were knitting a hem on a garment in a normal way, from here you would just continue on to the body of the garment and finish the hem at the end by folding along the fold line (or the row with the yarn overs in the case of a picot hem) and sewing the first three rows to the back of the work.
Instead, we are going to "sew" the hem right now as we knit the next row.
Fold the first three rows to the back of the work, either on the turning row or the picot edging row, depending on the type of hem you are knitting.
Put the right-hand needle into the first stitch as if to knit, then go through the first stitch of the cast on edge and knit these two "stitches" together.
Repeat across the row, working the stitch with its corresponding stitch along the edge, until you have worked all the stitches. This results in a hem that is sewn down firmly, but rips out as easily as frogging your knitting should you need to.
From there, continue to work the body of the garment as indicated in the pattern.
Now that you know how to do this you can easily add a "sewn" hem or a picot edge to any knitting project you like, from sweaters to hats or even the edge of a dishcloth for extra cuteness.
That one row will take a bit longer to work, and in the beginning it's a little fiddly to pick up the stitch on the edge in the right place, but it's a lot quicker and easier than sewing the hem down by hand and there are no extra ends to weave in. It doesn't really get any better than that.
This method is used in the Picot Edge Fingerless Gloves pattern from Dawn Prickett.
The Royal Llama Silk Hat from Plymouth Yarns uses a picot edging where the seam is sewn after the knitting is done, but you can easily use this method instead so there's no finishing other than weaving in ends when you're done. Carole Julius has a great pair of picot-edged socks, too, which are otherwise Stockinette and really simple to knit.
Knit a Picot Hem and Seam it as You Knit
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