What's the best stitch to use when you're sewing by hand?

I don't think that there is one for this specific tutorial, but there are many others on YouTube that you could watch.

Knit the next row straight across if that is what your instructions say. If you end up with too many stitches, you may accidentally be doing a yarn over in...

Simply put, it is a single crochet that you do back through the previous row. You do not turn your work. When you pull the loop through the previous stitch,...

It is not a good idea to do a duplicate stitch over a garter stitch. It will not look good. You need to do it over stockinette stitch.

Yes and no. Since a seed stitch included both knit and purl on the same side, it won't look quite as good as working on a straight stockinette stitch. When...

It can be done on a cable stitch. It is tricky to work the direction of the stitches, as the stitch grouping is crossed over in the original format. Using...

If you're sewing the patch on with a sewing machine, I prefer to use a zigzag stitch with a thread color that matches the patch and fabric.

You can't use an overcast stitch on a raw edge. Not meaning that it is a bad idea, I mean that it is actually impossible.

When doing a garter stitch, you will knit every row. When doing a stockinette stitch, you will alternate between knitting one row and purling one row.