Picking up Stitches to Cover an Edge

Yesterday at Book Club, Trisha asked about picking up stitches along the end of her stole.  I suggested using a small needle and working: pick up, YO across to cover the edge, then working two together on the return row to get back to a reasonable number of stitches.  I've remembered another possible method, posted, years ago, to KBTH by C. Kehr.  Simply pick up a stitch in the normal way, then knit it immediately.  Continue across the edge to be covered.  If you need fewer stitches than rows, pick up two, then knit them together, at regular intervals.