Help please knitting community
Why do my increases look like this :(
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Help please knitting community
Why do my increases look like this :(
Mirrored KFB.
Trying to get back into knitting again after a break of several months. Observations:
I always prefer lifted increases over M1s, but it turns out that when doing garter stitch, I prefer M1s!
I think I may have reached the point where I prefer wood over bamboo, even when knitting with mercerized cotton! The bamboo is just too grippy. Does the humidity affect this? Last time I made this bandana it was wintertime.
For this project I am knitting continental.
Needles are 3.25mm ChiaoGoo bamboo fixed circulars. Yarn is Patons Grace in Navy. Pattern is Olivia Kerchief by Ingvild Ree-Pedersen. I've made it twice before. It's super fun: the perfect combination of easy and interesting.
OK here are the increases I have swatched so far, in order from easiest to most difficult (for me):
Yarnovers
1. Right side: yarnover; wrong side: purl. 2. Right side: yarnover; wrong side: purl through the back loop. 3. Wrong side: yarnover; right side: knit through the back loop. 4. Left-hand wrong side: yarnover; right side: reseat so leading leg is in back, knit; right-hand wrong side: yarnover; right side: knit through the back loop.
Lifted increases
1. Left-hand side: right lifted increase; right-hand side: left lifted increase. 2. Right lifted increases down both sides. 3. Left-hand side: left lifted increase; right-hand side: right lifted increase. 4: Left-hand side: left lifted purl increase; right-hand side: right lifted purl increase.
Make ones
1. Left-hand side: make one right; right-hand side: make one left. 2. Left-hand side: make one left; right-hand side: make one right.
I also did a swatch of knit front back and a mirrored equivalent to knit front back, but I really didn't enjoy it and I've hit my photo limit, so let me know if you want to see it. There were a few purl increases that I didn't bother swatching, but I can if you want to see them.
More swatching: Increases
The pattern for Sweater No. 14 calls for M1s (bottom of swatch) around the neckline but I hate doing M1s so I tested lifted increases instead (above the purl line). At first I wasn't doing them right (I think I was doing left lifted increases where I should have been doing right and vice versa?), so I put aside my swatch for the day to look for other options. The next day I found Roxanne Richardson's video "Invisible Increases Three Ways" and tried again, and it came out great.
To my inexperienced eye, the lifted increases look identical to the M1s, and they're SO MUCH EASIER. I don't understand why anybody would use the M1. (But if there's one thing I have observed in my short time learning how to knit, it is that different knitters have very different strengths and preferences.)
M1L on at Purl Row
Another short video tutorial here, for when you're needing to do an increase on a purl row. This is a left leaning increase, that will be neat and tidy for your project. I hope that this helps you!!!
xo
Nutmeg
M1R on a Knit Row
We have a new, short tutorial video up for you today! We left off last fall at the M1L increase. This short video shows you how to do the M1R increase. This is a very neat and tidy way to add a stitch, useful around shoulder seams in sweaters and used widely! It's great to learn this one to widen your knit stitch knowledge! Comment below and let us know if this helped you out! We hope it did!
xo Nutmeg