2. Increasing the stitches
(1) Increasing one stitch on one side of
knitting width.
SIMPLE METHOD
a. Place the carriage on the side which
you want to increase.
b. Raise the end needle to the working
position B.
c. The empty needle will pick up the
yarn. as it knits the next row_
FULL FASHIONED METHOD
a. Use the transfer needle. move the
first stitch CD onto the adJacent
empty needle (I).
Now second needle from the end
becomes empty.
b. Pick up either neighbouring lower
loop @. and hook on the empty
needle@.
f2) Increasing more than two stitches on
either side of the garment.
a. Place the carriage opposite to the
side you want to increase.
b. Bring into action on the side
opposite to the carriage as many
needles as the number
of
stitches to
be increased.
c.
Move
the carnage.
d. The yarn will hang on the increased
needles on both sides.
e. Hang the wire loop type weight
hangers and small weights on both
side of the knitting.
f. Continue the knitting.
-45-
