Decreasing Evenly

Wooly wrote:
On 8 Sep 2006 06:12:25 -0700, "hesira" spewed
forth :


I meant to write INCREASE, but instead wrote DECREASE. My brain was
mushy last night as well. I had a 3 part conversation with myself
until Dennis stepped in to save me. See previous posts under this
subject.

Thanks for the decrease formula, though. I can use it.


Har, doncha hate it?

To increase, add one to the number of increases required and divide
THAT number into the current stitch count. That gives you the number
of segments into which to divide the work - increase at the division
points, fudge in any spare stitches.

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...
Yes Wooly,

I have learned to use a row counter and check it often. It has saved me
time in the end, event though you do not think so when you are doing it.
I have knitted for decades and still make knitting mistatkes and I
recieved a 4.0 in college algebra!

That does not matter when you knit and crochet.

Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail

Thanks, Alison,

I'm getting all kinds of good ideas about increasing & decreasing!

Hesira

Alison wrote:
Hesira - I didn't realize these were socks. When I make socks and I
need to increase, especially with 8 stitches, (I knit on 4 needles) I
would just increase this way: (these ideas assume that you are just
knitting around)

To do in one round:
Needle 1: K1, KFB (knit in the front and back of 1 stitch - or use
favorite increase), k to last 2 sts, KFB, K1
Repeat for needles 2, 3 and 4 - 8 sts increased

To do in two rounds:
Needle 1: K1, KFB (knit in the front and back of 1 stitch - or use
favorite increase), k to end
Needle 2: K to last 2 sts, KFB, K1
Needle 3 - repeat Needle 1
Needle 4 - repeat Needle 2

These mirror the way that I've been taught to decrease for the toe.

Alison

On 8 Sep 2006 12:02:33 -0700, "hesira" wrote:

Hi Mirjam,

I'm making socks that need to be increased after the cuff. The cuff is
64 stitches, and I need to increase 8 stitches evenly, yielding 72
stitches. I worked it out to be knit 3, increase, knit 7, increase,
repeat the every 8 increase, with 4 left at the end. The beginning 3
and the end 4 make the last 7 stitch segment.

My question was, if you are working in the round, does it matter where
you BEGIN the increases? Wooly straightened that out.

Thanks,

Hesira

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
Hesira i am lost , what are you knitting and what shape are you trying
to make , please elaborate ,, so i can try and help you.
mirjam
Oops, again, between the INCREASES...Sigh. Oh, well, I'm rather
enjoying this conversation between me and myself.

Hesira,

who might be going a little bonkers right now.

hesira wrote:
Oops! I mean 7 betwixt the stitches

Hesira

hesira wrote:
Is there a formula for decreasing or increasing evenly? Or does it
really matter when you knit in the round? By that I mean, if I need to
increase 8 over 64, does it matter if I have 4 at the beginning and 4
at the end, as long as there are 8 stitches between each increase?

I actually go into Excel and plot it out until I get the number of
increases I want.

TIA

Hesira