Mastering Stitchwork: Increases & Decreases
Knit clean, matching sets of increases and decreases for projects with better shaping, tantalizing textural embellishments and fewer mistakes!
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Knit clean, matching sets of increases and decreases for projects with better shaping, tantalizing textural embellishments and fewer mistakes!
Introduction
Meet knitting instructor Aurora Sisneros and learn more about the increases and decreases covered in your class. You can reference any lesson any time to master or review the techniques you need, whether you knit right- or left-handed, English or Continental!
Basic Increases
Begin with the basic increases as Aurora demonstrates how to knit into the front and back of a stitch or add yarn overs. You’ll see how the stitches look and learn where you might use them. You’ll even learn how to knit a bobble, or nupp!
Paired Increases
Paired increases are often used in garment shaping, with one increase leaning left and the other, right. Aurora shows how to create new stitches with make ones and lifted increases.
Complex Increases
Aurora demonstrates complex increases that create multiple stitches within one stitch, using multiple yarn overs or make ones repeated from the same spot. When you need to add a lot of stitches in a hurry, these increases will do the trick!
Basic Decreases
The most basic increases are nearly invisible, with no discernible slant. Aurora shows how to turn two stitches (or three or more!) into one in a variety of ways.
Paired Decreases
As with paired increases, paired decreases can provide symmetrical shaping. Aurora demonstrates how to make decreases that slant to the right or left to match the shape you desire!
Complex Decreases
You’re likely to run across complex decreases when working with lace or cables or when shaping garments. Aurora shows how to decreases multiple stitches at once. You’ll even see how to decrease five or six stitches into one!
Deciphering Patterns
Aurora explains why increases and decreases are often grouped inside a selvage edge and how they might be distributed across stitches and rows in a pattern. The next time a pattern tells you to increase or decrease “evenly,” you’ll know just what to do!
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