How do you knit stitches together WITHOUT decreasing?
On my knitting pattern it says to “knit 2 together” and then continue on, but when I did this the knitting reduced to almost nothing…I think I have to create stitches, but when do I do that? After knitting stitches together? Before?
The knitting pattern in question:
after the initial purl row:
Knit, slip 1, k2tog, psso, knit, slip1 k2tog psso, knit until end of row.
next row is entirely knit stitch.
“K1,Slip 1 k2tog psso” is an instruction to decrease 2 stitches, one either side of a central stitch. You can increase by passing the yarn around the needle, which you would knit as a stitch in the next row; this will form an eyelet, the basis of lace knitting. To make an invisible increase: either knit twice into a stitch or drag up the thread between 2 stitches, loop it onto the left-hand needle and use the loop to knit off into a new stitch.
As to where to place your increases, that is up to you and the pattern you’re trying to create. Placing increases & decreases in a row of knitting will if repeated over enough rows; cause the knitting to slope into the direction of the decreases.
I hope this helps; it’s hard to be specific without seeing more of the pattern.
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