Decreasing for left and right purl side We learned how to increase in Lesson 6 so now we will learn how to go the opposite direction. Again there are various other ways to do this but this is the easiest. You will basically be turning two stitches on your left needle into one on your right needle.
Remember the trick is all in how you insert your Right hand needle. Left slanting decrease purl side On purl side, Put your yarn at the back of your work this puts it in position to do the decrease, now insert RIGHT needle through the back loops of the next two stitches on your LEFT needle, now purl making sure to pull the loop through both the stitches. Return yarn to the front.
Right slanting decrease purl side On purl side, insert RIGHT needle through the front loops of the next two stitches on your LEFT needle(this is also known as PURLWISE which refers to the way that you are inserting your needle into the stitch, just like you would if you were purling), now purl making sure to pull the loop through both the stitches. It isn’t necessary to do anything with your yarn as it is already in position to do this decrease. Please make a sort of mental note about the term PURLWISE, anytime it is mentioned it means a direction, usually a pattern will say insert your hook purlwise. If you have made it this far, I am so excited for you!!! You now have all the basics that you will need to knit just about anything. Using the information in Lessons 1 thru 8 try to make a square from the inside out, maybe a triangle, or how about a circle ? Not feeling that adventurous yet? Don’t worry I will be posting more patterns very soon. How to increase for left and right purl side plus increase secret formula. In Lesson 5 we learned how to make an increase for the left and right knit side so now we will learn how to do it on the purl side. As seen in the first picture, we will be making the increase in between two purl stitches, and just like the knit side increase, it all is in the way that you insert your hook. Once you do get your new loop on the hook, be sure to pay attention to the way that you need to purl it.
Right side slant: Insert your LEFT needle from the back to the front under the horizontal strand; you now should have the loop on your left needle. This will be a bit awkward, insert your Right needle into the new loop on your left needle and purl it normally. Left side slant: Insert your LEFT needle from the front to the back under the horizontal strand; you now should have the loop on your left needle. Put your yarn to the back, this puts it in position to do the increase. This will be a bit awkward, insert your Right needle into the BACK of the new loop on your left needle and purl it. Now return your yarn to the front . Whenever possible, try to make your increases evenly across your work. Here is the secret formula that works every time you need to figure it out. Subtract one from the required number of stitches to be increased, divide that number into the stitches that are already on your needles. For example I need to increase 10 stitches and I already have 20 stitches on my needles. 10 minus 1 = 9 now 9 divided by 20 = 2 with a remainder of 2, this means you will have 2 stitches between each increase. Anytime you have a remainder, especially an even number, you will divide it , this number is the number of stitches that you will work at the beginning and the end of your rows before you start your increases. So we already know that we need to increase every 2 stitches, to begin we will purl 1 stitch, increase, *purl the next 2 stitches, increase*, repeat from * to * across the row until 1 stitch remains, purl the last stitch.
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