How To Do M1R and M1L Increases in Knitting There are so many ways to increase stitches in knitting — you can knit twice into the same stitch (often notated as KFB — knit into the front and back), you can do a yarn over and treat it as a real stitch on the next row (which ...
Learn how to master the knit front back increase (KFB) with this helpful video tutorial. You can seamlessly increase your knitting project with this technique.
Start by learning the knitting basics such as Long Tail cast-on and the knit and purl stitches. Those three techniques make up the vast majority of any knitting project, so pat yourself on the back. From there you'll probably want to learn a couple of increases and decreases, and check ...
Not many of the people who approach me know how to knit, and the few that do often haven't picked up their knitting needles in decades. Most of my in-transit knitting involves small items (baby knitting in fairly fine wool) knitted in the round on two circular needles so I guess I a...
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Once you have finished your increase, just keep knitting as the instructions say. There are often paired increases of this sort on each side of a knitted item, such as a knit bandana to make a triangle shape. Increases on one side only make a slanted piece, as shown. ...
Short-row shaping is literally knitting a “short,” or partial, row before turning and working back in the other direction. It allows you to knit three-dimensional shapes or curved edges. I use it in these patterns to shape necklines and hemlines. There are many methods of knitting short...
The price of Jacquard fabric increases in relation to its complexity. What different types of jacquard fabric are there? Any type of fabric woven with a Jacquard loom is considered to be jacquard fabric. There are quite a few different subtypes of jacquard fabric, and we’ll cover a few...
One of the most prominent applications of acrylic fiber is in knitting. While most people who knit prefer wool for high-end products, many amateur knitters use acrylic as a “learner fiber” or as a yarn for cheap, low-effort projects. While there are significant detractors to using acrylic...