Blanket patterns often say to cast on a certain number of stitches, then to increase evenly to add a few stitches. My question is: Why?
If the directions say to cast on 222 stitches, knit eight rows, and then increase 8 stitches evenly spaced to total 230 stitches, for example … what would happen if I just cast on 230 stitches right at the start?
It would be easier; would it actually look any different?