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Category Archives: Increase

Knit Into Stitch Below

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

This is a nice increase that doesn’t leave a visual impact on your knitting as the Bar Increase is prone to do. You can choose to slant your increase to the left or right, based on the order in which …

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Yarn Over Increase

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

An easy way to make an increase in your knitting is to yarn over. This does, however, create a hole in your work. For this reason, it is primarily used as an increase in lace knitting and other pieces where …

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Make 1 Increase

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

The make 1 (also known as the lifted make 1) is an easy and very tidy looking increase. It utilizes the running thread between two live stitches to create a new stitch. This increase can lean to the left or …

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Knit into the Front and Back

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 17, 2009 | 1 comment

You may also know this technique as knit 1, front and back. It is referred to as the Bar Increase because of the small, horizontal bit of yarn that it leaves on the right side of the fabric. Insert your …

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Loop Increase

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 17, 2009 | Leave a comment

This is a very easy increase to work with and you can choose whether it slants to the left or to the right. It is created in the same way as the Loop Cast On. You can create the loop …

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