To make a picot, you're going to start by forming your ring hand just like you would to make double stitches, and in fact you're going to start by making several double stitches. In this case I'm going to make three. One. Two. Three. Now, to make a picot, all you're gonna do, is make the first half
of the double stitch just like you normally would, but instead of pulling it all the way
to the last stitch, you're gonna leave a little space there, and then hold it with your thumb and forefinger, make the second half of the double stitch, pull that close to your first half, and now you have a little space here
between one double stitch and the next. I can slide it around with my thumb. I'm gonna slide it up close to the last stitch, and that little loop that it makes is your picot. I'll make a few more double stitches. And then make another picot. Slide the first half of the double stitch
not quite all the way next to the last one. Slide the second half up snug next to
the first half of your double stitch, and then pull it close,
so that you have two picots. This first stitch that you *just* made,
that closes the picot, is the first stitch when you are counting in a pattern. So now I've made two double stitches. That's three double stitches,
and now I'm gonna make another picot. One double stitch. Two double stitches. Three double stitches,
and I'm going to close the ring. There you've got it.
A ring with three double stitches, a picot, three double stitches, a picot,
three double stitches, a picot,and three double stitches. That's also sometimes written as
a ring of three double stitches separated by three picots. Good luck.