How do you increse?

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How do you increse?

Postby p0llyw0llly » Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:07 pm

Good morning all,
I'm knitting the pompom beanie for my granddaughter.I know how to knit and purl but got confused with the instructions,knit,inc 2 sts evenly across. Where would you add the increase in the middle or on the ends? How would I do the increase?
:helpme: Thanks a bunch, Polly
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Re: How do you increse?

Postby Ewezer » Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:52 pm

p0llyw0llly wrote:Good morning all,
I'm knitting the pompom beanie for my granddaughter.I know how to knit and purl but got confused with the instructions,knit,inc 2 sts evenly across. Where would you add the increase in the middle or on the ends? How would I do the increase?
:helpme: Thanks a bunch, Polly

I usually divide the number of stitches by 1 more than it tells me to increase in this case by 3 and then knit that
number of stitches if it comes out to an uneven number knit the extra on the ends.
e.q. you have 70 stitches and need to increase 2, 70 divided by 3 is 23 so knit 23, increase, knit 23, increase and then knit 24.
I do my in the middle of a row increases by picking up the bar between the 2 stitches and then knitting into the back of it. There are other ways to do it this just happens to be my choice.
http://www.learn2knit.co.uk/knitting/increasing.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3CDp-YIRU
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Re: How do you increse?

Postby Shandeh » Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:18 pm

p0llyw0llly wrote:How would I do the increase?


You can see definitions of Bernat abbreviations on THIS page.

The usual increase for Bernat designs is to knit front and back.
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Check out my articles on the Bernat Blog!
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Re: How do you increse?

Postby p0llyw0llly » Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:26 am

Thanks for the information.
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