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This is a nice increase that doesn’t leave a visual impact on your knitting as the Bar Increase is prone to do. You can choose to slant your increase to the left or right, based on the order in which you complete the stitches.
This is a nice increase that doesn’t leave a visual impact on your knitting as the Bar Increase is prone to do. You can choose to slant your increase to the left or right, based on the order in which you complete the stitches.
Yarn Over Increase
An easy way to make an increase in your knitting is to yarn over. This does, however, create a hole in your work. For this reason, it is primarily used as an increase in lace knitting and other pieces where open space is intentional or decorative.
An easy way to make an increase in your knitting is to yarn over. This does, however, create a hole in your work. For this reason, it is primarily used as an increase in lace knitting and other pieces where open space is intentional or decorative.
Make 1 Increase
The make 1 (also known as the lifted make 1) is an easy and very tidy looking increase. It utilizes the running thread between two live stitches to create a new stitch. This increase can lean to the left or to the right depending on which direction you pick up the new stitch.
The make 1 (also known as the lifted make 1) is an easy and very tidy looking increase. It utilizes the running thread between two live stitches to create a new stitch. This increase can lean to the left or to the right depending on which direction you pick up the new stitch.
K2Tog
K2Tog is an abbreviation for knitting two stitches together to form a single stitch. This is a right leaning decrease.
K2Tog is an abbreviation for knitting two stitches together to form a single stitch. This is a right leaning decrease.
P2Tog
P2Tog is an abbreviation for purling two stitches together to form a single stitch.
P2Tog is an abbreviation for purling two stitches together to form a single stitch.
SKP
SKP is an abbreviation for slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over. This is a left leaning decrease.
SKP is an abbreviation for slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over. This is a left leaning decrease.
SSK
SSK is an abbreviation for Slip, Slip, Knit. This is a left leaning decrease.
SSK is an abbreviation for Slip, Slip, Knit. This is a left leaning decrease.
SSP
SSP stands for Slip, Slip, Purl. This is a left leaning decrease.
SSP stands for Slip, Slip, Purl. This is a left leaning decrease.
Short Rows (Wrap and Turn or W&T)
Short rows are used to create a little extra room in a flat piece of knitted fabric. You will commonly see short rows used in patterns for fitted sweaters, knitted toys, or socks.
Short rows are used to create a little extra room in a flat piece of knitted fabric. You will commonly see short rows used in patterns for fitted sweaters, knitted toys, or socks.
Knit into the Front and Back
Knit into the front and back of the same stitch to produce two stitches. This stitch is sometimes called a bar increase or KFB.
Knit into the front and back of the same stitch to produce two stitches. This stitch is sometimes called a bar increase or KFB.
