As its name suggests, the “make one left” increase is a left-leaning stitch. Use this increase to add live stitches to a work that is already in progress. This will lengthen your knitted rows and enable you to shape your…
Make One Right (M1R)
The “make one right” increase allows you to add stitches to knitted rows that are in progress. These increases will lean toward the right, so your work will grow in a rightward direction. This increase is especially helpful in knitting…
Weave in the Cast-on Tail in the Round
At the beginning of your knit rounds, there will likely be a small jog near your slipknot. When you weave in the cast on tail on a round knit project, you can fix the jog and hide the slipknot. Use…
Weave in the Loose End on Hat Tops
Once you have taken your last stitches off the knitting needles, you can weave in your loose end to finish the tops of your knit hat projects. First, you will pull the loose end to the inside of your work.…
Draw Yarn Through Remaining Stitches
When a pattern instructs you to “draw yarn through the remaining stitches,” it is asking you to weave the yarn tail through your final live stitches. This will remove your stitches from the needles and will also keeping them from…
Finishing Knit Hats
After knitting a hat in the round, you will want to take it off the needles, then weave in your loose ends. Instead of “bind off,” many knitting patterns worked in the round will use the instruction “draw yarn through…
Knitting Decreases – ssk & k2tog
To help shape your knitwear, you will need to know how to decrease. In knitting, decreases are a way of reducing the number of live stitches on your knitting needles. By shrinking the number of live stitches on your needles,…
Knit Two Together (k2tog)
To knit two together (k2tog), you will work into the front leg of two live stitches at the same time. Knitting the two stitches together will anchor them to your new live stitch. The Knit Two Together creates a rightward-leaning…
Slip, Slip, Knit (ssk)
For the slip, slip knit decrease (ssk), you will first slip two stitches as if to knit. Insert left needle from left to right into the fronts of the two slipped stitches. Then, pull the working yarn through both stitches…
Switch Needle Sizes in the Magic Loop
When you want to change the size of your stitches between sections of a project, you can switch needle sizes. In the Magic Loop knitting method, you will work stitches off one long circular needle and onto a different long…
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