Why are my increases so loose? Pic included

General Knitting
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I am doing the perfect turtleneck from the fitted knits book…it tells me to do a LLI (Left lifted increase- Inc 1 st in next st by inserting tip of left needle into back of st 1 row below on right needle and knitting into it) and a RLI(Right lifted increase- Inc 1 st in next st by inserting tip of right needle into back of st 1 row below on left needle and knitting into it creating a right- leaning inc)

Now am I correct in saying that a LLI and a RLI is the SAME AS a M1L and M1R???

Look at my picture…notices those stitches on the RIGHT side…WHY are they so loose???

Thanks for any imput. Oh yeah, I did rip back to the ribbing because it just doesn’t LOOK RIGHT!!!

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you can do that by adjusting the neighbour stitch… so that the hole is not to obvious…

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or you can see amy’s video …

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The video for M1R and M1L?

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http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/basic_techniques/increase.php

check it out …