I'm having trouble with the lifted increase for the third swatch in lesson 1. I'm not sure I'm doing them correctly as my left and right are not really mirror images.

Is this what Katharine Bass in her Big Book of Knitting calls Increase from Previous Row and Increase in Previous Row? Is it on one of the videos on KnittingHelp.com?

Any help will be appreciated!

You've got the right reference from Buss but I think the illustrations for the second example will confuse you. They show double increases worked in one stitch. Buss is great but a little esoteric. Knittinghelp.com has great videos of these increases. She calls them KLR and KLL. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone used the same abbreviations.

Arenda

Thank you, Arenda!
Yes, it would be wonderful if everyone would use the same names for everything! I looked through all my books and online and was pretty sure the knittinghelp videos were the ones I was after but with the different names and my not understanding how to make the stitch correctly I couldn't be sure. Now, I'm set. Thank you.

I have a question about this too -- I think I understand HOW to do this, but I keep getting a little hole where the increase is. Also, they sort of look like they're slanting the wrong way. I tried reversing them, but that didn't work. Is the hole to be expected, or is that me messing up? Thanks!

Completely avoiding a hole is next to impossible but you can reduce the size of the hole if you make the increase using your needle tips. Everytime you put your needle in a stitch you run the risk of stretching it out. I like to compare making increases (and decreases) to making pie crust...the less you mess with it the better it is.

Arenda

You can reduce the size of the holes by making the increases with just the tips of your needles. If you insert your needle too far into the stitch you run the risk of stretching it out (hence the holes). I look at making increases (and decreases for that matter) like making pie crust. The less you mess with it, the better.

Arenda

AM I LOSING MY MIND? It sure looks like it!!! I thought I had lost the reply so I wrote it again!!

Arenda

Okay - thank you!! I kept thinking I was doing it wrong. I think maybe after these are blocked the holes might not be so noticeable. I'm also a really tight knitter (which I'm trying to fix) so that probably adds to the "bigness" of the hole.

Thanks!!

I am glad I found this topic. I just finished my swatch and was concerned with the holes on the lifted left increase. Maybe blocking will help.

When you make lifted increases be careful not to stretch out the part of the stitch you are lifting. This can contribute to the holes. Try & use just the tips of your needles.

Arenda