The multiple here is 4: 2 knits and 2 purls. Let’s take a look at your k2, p2 ribbing example. The knit stitches are raised, making them prime candidates to sit on top of purls in a decrease. You see, when purls are stacked vertically, as in ribbing, they recede. If you have more than one stitch to decrease, as in a sleeve, then the knits are your friend. (Hint: in a decrease, whatever stitch our needle enters first ends up on top.) A p2tog is all well and good to turn two purls into one purl, but it doesn’t looks so great when you have a purl overlapping a knit. The goal is to find a decrease and increase that can blend into the pattern.įor a decrease, always consider which stitch ends up on top. Then, if we continue increasing or decreasing, we will eventually come back to the pattern.
STITCHBUDDY INCREASE STITCHES FULL
When we increase or decrease in a knit-purl stitch pattern (examples: rib, seed, basketweave, moss), depending on the number of stitches in a full repeat of the pattern, we will always go off the pattern.
But take a breath and know that having the choice in your hands is a good thing. It’s true, the words “staying in pattern” can strike fear and loathing into the hearts of even the most experienced knitters.
STITCHBUDDY INCREASE STITCHES HOW TO
Unless the designer forces every knitter, in every size, in every row gauge to end on the same row of the chart, it’s a mess to specify exactly how to increase or decrease. Let’s be honest: when working straight for a set number of inches, most knitters work different numbers of rows. When it comes to cable and lace charts, the designer doesn’t know what row you are going to be on when it comes time for that shaping. It makes my head explode!Īre designers just being lazy when they stick us with “staying in pattern”? Not necessarily. Why don’t patterns spell out how to increase or decrease? If it’s in stockinette I’m fine with this, but a pattern stitch is maddening! It seems a bit lazy to say, “staying in pattern.” I’m working a pattern that has k2, p2 rib, so what am I supposed to do? How can I stay in pattern? Won’t adding or subtracting a stitch make me go off the pattern? I get cables-if I don’t have enough stitches I just don’t do the cable.
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