Most often in knitting, increases are performed on the knit side of the fabric. However, there are times when a pattern calls for an increase to be made on the purl side. That's when knowing how to created a lifted purl increase comes in handy.
When making lifted increases it is very helpful to think of the columns of stitches as generations. The row/round you are creating are the children, the row/round you are working your new stitches into are the parents and the row/round below that are the grandparents. Lifted increases are worked into the grandparents.
Pattern, Yarn, Needles and Notions
- Cereus Sweater pattern by The Chilly Dog
- Ewe So Sporty by Ewe Ewe Yarns
- addi Click Interchangable Needles
Thanks to Ewe Ewe Yarn for providing the yarn used in this tutorial and Skacel for providing the addi needles, available at Makers' Mercantile.
Lifted Purl Increase
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