How to increase in the next stitch

#1

I am a novice knitter. I have begun a teddy and so far have casted on before becoming unstuck!
After casting on 40 st the pattern requires me to "*K2, inc in the next stitch, K2.’ and continue. According to the pattern i should then have 48 stitches on my needle. I increased in the next stitch as I thought I should but cannot do it without ending up with 58 stitches. I can’t think my way around it.

I am using the inc method of knitting into the stitch. it’s a bit tricky as it is knitting into the casting on?

What am I doing wrong?

#2

I worked to out on paper & also got 58 sts. Maybe 58 is the correct number after all. Where did you get the pattern? Maybe you can check the publisher’s site for an errata page.

The number of errors in patterns is alarming.

Hope it works out.

#3

I think you’re both doing something wrong - i worked it out on paper and get 48.

the pattern is k2, inc 1 in the next stitch, k2. so after working every 5 stitches on the needle, you have 6 stitches now. It works out to 48.

I’d use a knit front/back for the increase.

#4

Mirl56 -

First of all, my bad. I typed 58 instead of 50.

So you’re thinking:

I = k and o = incr 1

co 40
"the pattern is k2, [COLOR=“Red”]inc 1 in the next stitch[/COLOR], k2"

II[COLOR=“red”]Io[/COLOR]II II[COLOR=“red”]Io[/COLOR]II II[COLOR=“red”]Io[/COLOR]II II[COLOR=“red”]Io[/COLOR]II II[COLOR=“red”]Io[/COLOR]II II[COLOR=“red”]Io[/COLOR]II II[COLOR=“Red”]Io[/COLOR]II II[COLOR=“red”]Io[/COLOR]II = 48 sts

Yup. That way works. Thanks.

Annell - The knit in the front & back of a stitch is easy but it’ll leave a bar. Will it show with what you’re doing? The view videos at the top shows other ways to increase. Surely one will work for you.

Hope all gets better.

#5

The kfb is the one specified here, regardless of whether it leaves a ‘bar’; it’s not really that noticeable anyway. The other ways of increasing are not IN a stitch which is what’s specified. Unless you k3, m1, k3, m1, etc…