About Wendy Beckett Expertise I can answer all questions on any aspect of knitting (and most on crochet) but have no experience of spinning. Pattern problems, yarn substitutions, gauge, translating knitting terms from US/UK, resources for patterns and equipment - whatever you want to know about knitting I can probably answer it.
Experience Over 30 years of personal knitting experience I have tackled most things in the knitting arena - lace, cables, fairisle. I have even done a little dyeing and have a couple of years crochet experience.
Publications I write a knitting blog, www.wendyswoolies.com
Education/Credentials If there were a degree in knitting I'd take it!
Question I am quite a new knitter and I'm working on a sleeve for a
cardigan. The stitch pattern is k1, p1 and now I need to
increase by one stitch at each end of a row. Can you tell
me the best type of increase(s) to use? Big thankyou!
Answer I generally increase at the end of rows by working till there is just one stitch left on the needle and then picking up the loop between the two needles and knitting into it.
You will then need to incorporate your new stitch into the k1, p1 stitch pattern. You don't say if you are working moss stitch or a rib? If you're working moss stitch then on the rs you would, for example -
k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1 and then on the ws
p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 - so you are purling all the stitches you purled on the rs and knitting all the stitches you knit
on the other hand, if you're working a k1, p1 rib then your ws would be
k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1 so you knit all the stitches you purled and purl all the stitches you knit.
Either way - when you increase you need to make sure you are keeping the pattern correct with the additional stitch.
So if you previously had these 6 stitches and then need to increase you would work (assuming moss stitch pattern)
