Hi All,
Trying to do a pattern for a scarf and it needs an increase. Here are the directions:
[FONT=Century Gothic][LEFT]“Knit into the stitch below the next stitch on the left needle,[/LEFT]
then knit the next stitch on the left needle”
So, is this just a basic M1L/M1F or is it something different?
Thanks for your help!
–Gino
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If I’m reading that right, they actually mean KRL (knit right loop). Instead of the bar between the sts, you go to the previous row, below the next st you have to knit.
There’s a video of it here, on the increases page, 4th one down on the left.
[B]there are several increase:[/B]
knit front and back/knit/purl into a stitch
M1 (lift bar)
M1 (make a simple cast on stitch–(akascript letter e/half hitch stitch)
YO (make a hole in knitting)
and
the RAISED (aka LIFTED) increase.
there are 2 basic ways of doing this.
1-- work stitches up to increase point.
2–Knit into the stitch below the one on the needle
3–then knit into the stitch on the needle and let it 'fall off"
alternately (and really, the result is the same, its just the process that is different!)
1 (same as above)
2 bring tip of right needle to back (purl side) of work)
3 stitch the right needle into the purl bump of the stitch below
4 knit into the purl bump (or like above, knit into the stitch below!)
5 knit the stitch on the needle(and let if fall off left needle)
And [B]this list of increases is far from complete![/B]
the differenences between the different styles of increases are subtle…
but i particularly like the lifted/raised increase. i think it is the least noticable.
[B]AS always, you can sub another increase…
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but sometimes, the increase is a major element of a design --by either being predominent–and creating “style lines”
–or by being subtle, and remaining invisible. and letting the smooth surface of stocking knit predominate!
in which case a different increase will change the look --and perhaps, in a less than attractive way!
Hi and thanks for the info. I think Wenda’s increase is the one. The Of Troy, I have done so many other increases and I have never heard of this nor done it as well.
I am doing a Herringbone stitch that calls for that increase and I think that is how you get the stitch definition in that pattern.
Thanks for all the great help!
–Gino