How to Increase 2 Ways Using Continental Knitting
I’m a huge fan of continental knitting.
For me, continental knitting allows me to knit faster, have more even tension, and fewer hand movements than the wrap method.
If you aren’t familiar with this method of holding the yarn, you can learn how right here.
Once you learn how to knit continental style, there are a few techniques that may seem awkward until you learn how to do them. In this post, I’m going to show you how to increase while using continental.
Learn the two most common ways to increase using the continental knitting method - knit front and back (kfb) and make 1 (m1) increase.
Adding stitches to your knitting is not hard to do!
Knit Front and Back (KFB) Increase
For this increase, you knit into the front of the stitch, and then without removing it from the needle, knit it again by going into the back of the stitch.
Even though it is a very easy increase to make, it creates a noticeable bump in the knitting.
Make 1 (M1) Increase
The second increase is called make 1 increase.
It is accomplished by picking up the bar in between two stitches.
It is slightly more challenging to do but creates a much cleaner increase.
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