Decreasing Evenly

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

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

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

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

Hesira,

You definately need to even the stitch increases out a even as you can
across our around the piece.

On round if you increase to much on one side you will have a bulge.

I hope I explained this right.

It is very important to increase evenly around the project.

Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail

Thanks Dennis,

I do understand that the decreases/increases need to be evenly spaced.
I don't think I asked the question very well. What I meant to say was:

If you are knitting in the round and putting 7 stitches between your
increases, then does it matter if you start that round with increasing
on stitch number 8, or should the 7 stitches be divided in half the way
they are in flat knitting, making the first increase on stitch number 4
(3 stitches before the first increase)? This would leave 4 stitches
after the LAST increase, so when you join the round, the last 4 and the
first 3 make the 7 stitches between the first and last increases.

It seems to me that as long as there are 7 stitches between each
increase, it shouldn't matter where they are, unless it affects the
pattern in some way. If it doesn't matter, I could start the increases
in a place to ensure that I always increase on a knit stitch rather
than a purl.

Hugs,

Hesira

SpikeDriver wrote:

You definately need to even the stitch increases out a even as you can
across our around the piece.

On round if you increase to much on one side you will have a bulge.

I hope I explained this right.

It is very important to increase evenly around the project.

Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail

On 7 Sep 2006 18:14:39 -0700, "hesira" spewed
forth :

Is there a formula for decreasing or increasing evenly?

Divide by the number of decreases and subtract one to see how many
stitches to work between decreases. If you have extra stitches just
fudge THOSE in evenly.

It's a paper-pencil-picture problem for me right now to do the actual
figuring...

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?

If you start counting at the beginning of the round and work in the
decreases evenly around you shouldn't have stitches left at the
beginning and end - unless you forget to fudge in the remainder.


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

I thought we were talking about decreases?



TIA

Hesira


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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.

Hesira

Wooly wrote:

I thought we were talking about decreases?

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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Thanks, Wooly for both formulas.

Hesira

Wooly wrote:

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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On 8 Sep 2006 06:37:58 -0700, "hesira" spewed
forth :

I see I didn't explain it properly, either.

Increases + 1 = segments

divide stitch count by segments, that's the number of stitches between
increases.

coffee? coffee? brain? brain??

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