I think the M1L is the most popular increase if the pattern just says M1. Does it matter? (I know I don’t want a YO.)
I can’t really tell from the tutorials section which increase is the least visible, but that’s what I’d like.
I’m making a beret hat and just knitted my first round after picking up stitches from the completed brim.
Use a backward loop or the one that says M1L. Also check the stitch numbers in the pattern to see if m1 works out or if the writer just says ‘make 1’ for the increase, but really means kfb.
hmm. I’m a bit confused now. Isn’t a kfb just another type of increase?
I have made this hat once before and used a M1L and it worked fine. I just want it to look the best possible. From the numbers, i am increasing one stitch at each M1. A M1L would produce a different number than a kfb?
The pattern at this stage of the hat is stockinette on circs.
A kfb is an increase that uses up a st (knit into f&b of same st), but a m1 increases [I]between[/I] stitches. So if one is needed and you sub the other, you’re going to get a wrong stitch count or the incs will be in the wrong place.
ahhh. I start with 93 st and need to get to 140. It is K1, M1, K1, repeat to end of round and then M1.
I think that’s going to give you 180 sts because you’re adding one inbetween each st therefore doubling the number. You can k2, m1 or k1 kfb and that should give you the right amount of sts.
I’ve made it once before and there was no errata. It worked fine. It actually works out to be k1, M1, K2, M1, K2, M1 until end of round. I might have written it wrong before.
Thanks. I always love this site!
if you repeat “k1 m1 k1” then you do indeed end up with K 1 m1 k2 m1 k2 m1 … k1 and have an even working around.
For an increase that is not so visible (I mean: you are adding in a stitch. That can be seen anyway if you look closely) I would do a bar increase by lifting the bar between the stitches up onto your left needle, then working it through the back loop.
That would be the same as having made a yo on the round before that you knit through the back loop, but with less slack in it and therefore tighter.
That is my favorite increase that shall not draw attention.
Found this old thread which deals with my question a bit.
I just wanted to be sure I’m doing the right increase on this baby sweater pattern:
http://gailbable.tripod.com/id41.html
It uses two types of increases M1 and KFB.
The instructions for M1 are “Make a backward loop and place on right hand needle”.
I was wondering which of these M1 increases that translates to (or which one is the best for this project):
http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/increases
That would be the same as the M1A/T increases. Either one works fine you don’t have to worry about which way an increase ‘leans’ as in L/R when you do several across a row. Paired leaning increases are usually only used when you inc along a raglan line or sometimes at the beg/end of a row for sleeves.
I really like to use a M1L as it find that it doesn’t produce any hole and keeps things pretty tight. I find it to be pretty much invisible. I don’t like M1A/T because I find, at least when I do them, that they leave a little hole and are noticeable.
Either of the M1s (A/T or R/L) will leave holes if one has a tight tension. Loosening up on the yarn where the incs will be helps a lot as the yarn will ‘fill in’ the holes after washing or blocking.
Hmmm…I didn’t think that could be the problem. I always assumed it was coming because I was being to loose.
Nope, knitting through the back loop tightens a stitch naturally and when you pull up a strand from the row below a looser tension allows for the yarn to relax when it’s knit tbl so it doesn’t pull on the stitch next to it. Cast on a few stitches and try it both ways, tight and loose and see which looks better.