How to Increase and Decrease Knitting Stitches Increasing and decreasing stitches enables you to create knitted pieces with edges that taper and expand. This video shows you an increase technique called the bar increase and a decrease technique that knits

finished edge. Knit 2 stitches, * with tip of LH needle bring the stitch on the right (the first one knit) over the second stitch and off the needle. One stitch bound off. Knit 1 stitch. Rep from * to the end of the row. Place marker: Place a round marker

Knitting Lessons: Increasing and Decreasing Stitches: If you want to change the width of your knitting you will need to learn how to increase and decrease stitches. This will allow you to make more interesting knitted shapes.When you increase stitches you