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knitting and increasing

Fri Sep 7, 2007, 4:39 AM
anybody know if there is more than one way to increase when you are knitting? i know the method of putting the yarn on "the wrong side", but the problem with that is that it creates that hole (aka lace). what if i want to increase without creating lace? is that at all possible?

what i am trying to do is to knit a hat from the top, as opposed to the bottom, which is my usual method. and since it's a winter hat, i would prefer for it to not have any "gaps".

any tips, tutorials, websites that you recommend are appreciated!

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*bear48:iconbear48: Sep 7, 2007, 6:25:17 AM
I you find any I owuld like to know please

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~vinylram:iconvinylram: Sep 7, 2007, 1:47:38 PM
[link] has lots of methods of increases and decreases. And video tutorials!

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~radioactive-orchid:iconradioactive-orchid: Sep 7, 2007, 4:18:42 PM
I personally like the M1 increase (make one). I'm sure if you search for it there are a million sites that explain it more eloquently than I ever could, but it makes for a nice even increase that doesn't show in stockinette stitch. :)

I've also used the LLI and RLI (left- and right- lifted increase) but I don't especially like those. They're nice when you need your increase to slant in a particular direction, though.

I don't know if that was helpful at all... but I tried! :D Happy knitting!

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~nyankorita:iconnyankorita: Sep 7, 2007, 6:45:09 PM
sweeet! i will definitely check that out. thanks ^_^
~nyankorita:iconnyankorita: Sep 7, 2007, 6:54:34 PM
ha! so there is more than one way to increase. i knew there had to be... i will keep those names in mind as i search through the website recommended by vinyram ^_^

btw, this is for your hat! i made a hat starting with the earflaps, going up. it turned out all right, but i just made up my own way of adding stitches where the earflaps connect to the edge of the hat, and... it was less than perfect x_x the tension got all screwed up, and you know how it is. no matter how much you try to adjust the knits, if you don't get it right the first time, it just looks uneven and wonky.

i know the easiest thing would be to do the earflaps separately, and just sew them on, but i would rather have them be connected, so... it looks like i'm going to be experiementing a bit more before i come up with anything i can send you ^_^;

i promise you will have a hat before the beginning of winter~! and really i'm glad you brought up earflaps. i needed a challenge.
~funsour:iconfunsour: Sep 24, 2007, 4:22:55 PM
the three ways i use are...and pardon my 'mom-taught-me-in-10 minutes...20-years-ago' explanation...
1) just in the middle of knitting a row loop one new stitches on (do it in regular intervals and the little holes created would look like a pattern)
2) knit into the front and then without slipping it off the back of the stitch before slipping it off (do not increase your hand tension with the stress of it all)
or 3) if using 2 thin yarns together you can knit each yarn separately (sort of like amature yarn-splitting)
best of luck!
fun
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