I am making a top down baby raglan sweater and I need to do increases all around the yoke. I’m not sure which kind of increase to do? I know that they all look different when completed, but what would those of you with more experience suggest?
Help with Increases on Raglan sweater
How are the increase rows written? Usually you do a double inc at 4 points where the sleeves meet the back and front. That could be kfb, kfb or m1, k1 m1 or k yo k into just one stitch.
The pattern says this on Row 9: K4(that’s for the front band), *increase in next st, K2, *repeat between stars across, end K4 (again for the band).
Then on Row 13 it says: K4, *increase in next st, K3 *repeat across, end K4.
Alright, that tells you which one to do. Increase [B]in[/B] a stitch is always [I]kfb[/I] because the other increases are done between sts and don’t use one to make the increase.
I don’t know why some of the increases that lift a leg or a back bump of a stitch couldn’t be considered to be in the stitch. They use part of the stitch and would keep the stitch count like a kfb would.
That is true, but those aren’t as commonly known and aren’t quite the same as increasing [I]in the next stitch[/I]. I think of them more like a m1 inc because they’re not technically in the next st on the needle, but in the stitch below the one on the needle.
Thanks for your help! I forgot to tell you that I’m also going to be changing colors on some of these increase rows. Would that make any difference in the type of increase I use?
Since the pattern wants you to kfb (inc in next st) no it shouldn’t make a difference.