AKNITTEAS Guide To INCREASES INCREASES, Up Close ...... The primary purpose of increases in knitting is to shape the fabric by adding new stitches, but there insider. As with m to choose from, and eac! bout dec The be used instead. way is to beco! feral m Tnthis article, we'll take a close lok at some common (and et x0 cotnnon) increase methods to sce exactly what gives each inereuse its particular appearance. The steps to ercate each inctease ate inched, bat oe focus wll be om the Final res (1 ye eed mone jnfrmation about how to work a particular incre uronine lossary a wwinterweave.comfinterweave-kniting-slossary/) (Note: In the illstatisns, ve emitted the kuiting needles so INCREASE METHODS ‘There Ietween the needles and those that create stitute for ings to the ste hes, Usually, ne type can be cunts ll ned to eas All increases have dirsetion in that they lea othe right left Most inercases have both aright an lef version, ut the increases Pv included to have right-leaning counterparts They may exist, but I could ind them, so Feteated ry own right-leaning versions forthe purposes of this article, ‘When a pattem mentions working paired increases, it usually means that “oppite ends of the sane row ‘avec side of a sleeve or body ables Paired ineroases a center sich, almost invisible, Evon so-called invisible inctea ok may lok siilartoo may be visible wh om. smoath patern such as stockinette itch Some inet another, but there ate actually subtle differences among them INCREASES WORKED BETWEEN STITCHES A altch ean be ereated between itches onthe needles in a couple ing) the strand of yarn working yarn to erate @ of different ways ether by kating (or spring2019 46 ‘ost other knitting techniques, there are several dif h method has certain ch: whi rethods so that if one isn't w acteristics tha istinguis! idin Increase to use in a particular situation? king, a i the second i called Loop All the meth twisting the nate a hole, For decorative inereases that leave hole, sity omit Make loopon the needle, The frst typeof inerease is alle Make 1 Left (MIL) Inset the lft nec fe between the two needles Knit this strand through the back lap s0 fo he lie ron helow the gry work back under the strand that rans the right leg tists + the left leg Inthe istration, the MIL is shown ‘Make 1 Right (M1R) Insert the left needle fom back to front under the sean ua uns sv the two novos. Knit this strand the lt lg tits to the gh the front loop 50A KNITTER'S GUIDE TO INCREASES Make 2 (M2; also known as Double Mt Ine) An M2 iseceated by workingan MIR andar MIL in the same strand between needles. Iisa very visible increase that can be wed to ive vertical line of purl bumps inthe center of create a deca piece, Make sure to work one or mace plain rows between increas rows so there are strands available to work igo. Loop Cast-On The Loop Gaston is worked by wrapping the yar around the right needle, Is similar to the Make 1, but the Loop Cason uses nore art, which makes tail lower. Thisean he wseilin places suc asthe yokes of sweaters where the increases need litle extra give he Make ew Tuthe egrean be twisted to therightortothe le Left Loop Cast-On In this illustration dhe working ow is shown in blue and the Left Loop CastOn appears between two sites onthe same rw (ate than in the row below the working cow, as fr the Make I. Right Loop Cast-On ‘The Right Loop Cast aston because the tg as a “Backward Loop” lop sits behind the slanting le of th ced an the left legit in rot. It will be necessary to work this ah the back loop on the fo it won't have a Twisted Yarnovors Another way to work an increase that closely resemble the Loop son ato work a yarnover on one row then twat the yarnover the falling wrong-side row. To werk Left Piste Yarmove a regular yamnover on a right-side row, then pur into the hack ff the yarnoveron the nest wtong:sie Jef. To work a Right Twisted Yarnover, work « backward yarnover fc from back eit ro, then pus] int the front lop ning the yarn over the need on right the yarsover to twit the INCREASES WORKED IN EXISTING STITCHES Increases that are worked in existing stitches can be worked either into the stitch onthe newlle or int the site in the row below the stitch on the ned Lifted Increases Lifted increases are usally considered to be the most invisible of he increases, They are often described faite tongue-in-cheek) in terms of familial relationships: The stitcesthat sit on the ne stitches are the mothers aval the stitches below the mathers are the grandathers, In the illustrations below, I've rumbered each stitch to make them easier Left Lifted increase (LL!) "The LLI is worked into the stitch tw right needle. In thei that would sit oa the ight sncmother. To work the increas, insert ted fron back o rot nt the lel ide of St below the stitch on the ation, Stitch The daughter isthe stitch ll, Stitch isthe mute, and Stitch 3 tip ofthe Tet 413 and kit into is the it Stitch isthe increase (whic, Tess, ma Right Lifted Increase (RLI) ‘The Ris worked into the tth needle The illustration shows the increas the rest of the rw hus been worked, Before the incre et isthe stitch below the stitcl on the let eee. To work dhe inctease to front nt lead it dered part of Stith 1 he daughter) it the right side of Stitch 2, place this site on the et into, Stitch 4, erated by kutting Sitch 1, isnt {knit Front and Back (KB, also known as KIf&b and Bar Incroaso) To work this increase, kai int the fro ofa stitch but dont remove the old ttc from the left ede ring the right eee behing th left neeleand knit ond sttel tothe left ofthe first k ne back othe sume lich, eeating a fh The top of fitch, Because the bar is to the left the ttc, KFR increases au hy working the increase om the righthand side one stitch ¢ the edge than the inereave on the lethal side so that the the same distance fom the edge on bothA KNITTER'S GUIDE To INCREASES After aie trial and error, came up with a method that makes thebar appearto the right ofthe stteh instead ofthe left M's a ite mone and back of astith, han ast iting nt the sions may make it easier to pair the increases they ear bath e worked the same distance in from each erg. Since the KF ly considered to have a counterpar its simply referred to as the Bur Increase However, if were using, bh versions ina pater, Fi all the KEB a “Left Bar Tnseas und its counterpart a “Right Bar Ine Right Bar Increase Slip 1 knitwise, then return this site tothe left right leg ofthe stitch isin back of the needle and the left legis in foont Knit into what snow the front eof the sitch so that the att twists to the right, removing the old tite from the eft needle, then the tip the left needle under this rightslaming leg and knit le so that the OO0RO YQ) ( MG Knit Front, Slip Back (KFSB) This increase is often touted ws an “easier” way to work a KEB that desi Teuve a bar, but it would be more accurate wo deveribe it a= onk an LLI” because the end results exactly the ring the arrangement ofthe blue sites inthe altches2 an 3 ofthe 1y row forthe KFSR because that rw hast been and wh Lun worked ye, ut the ineease is essentially complete when thereat iwo stitches on the nee To work the KPSB, knit intothe front of the atch leavingthe stitch leas forthe KF, then bring the right needle behind the lft needle and, instead of knting into the bark loop, slip the stitch tothe right needle without working it (Actually, itisnt necessary bring the right needle to the back ofthe work before sliping the itch; this 1 fom the KFB) In the ilhstration, the blue slitch is the stitch that was knitted and the that wa coms to be at unnecessary bo gata whit slipped Ie may way o work an LLL because, unlike the KEB (which isthe fist kavters learn, the LLI is prety fiddly to work, The fr working Aten litle up with something tha works, bt its beter clling point to all the KFSB an easier the LLI is that thote isnt a correlating easy RLL pleated than just working a regular RLL oi 4B Right Version of KFSB KI (the be site inthe ilastration bel Tack to the left needle without twisting it needle frm ack to font into the top ofthe hen slip the knit tt to the igh then slip this stitch ert the tipo the right itch inthe row below nit Back and Front (KBE) The bar can be an interesting design detail Tike wt if you really don’t it, kitting into the back and ther the front of «stitch ean To keep the stitch from twisting, you need! to reorient it before kiting the back oi KBF Untwisted Slip 1 knitine then Jef neil wo the right he back ad leg nin hack aad the left leg isin front Now hat int foot of it a8. tf this inereate dha sults in the har fli tf the atch tok itl dong, ne is 0 fil that will probably never wie it, but Fe incloded it here Right Version of KBF Untwisted Knit | stitch through the back loop s the right leg twist othe lft cover the lft legs insert the tip ofthe felt needle Irom back to front tuner the left Tg the Tower Teg) ofthe titel, end knit int i Whether yout allowing a patter that docs specify an nen ‘want your increases to have a different appearance than the familia with afew dillerent mode nes clled fr ina plter, bei JONI kitting group. 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