The left handed M1R increase (make 1 right) is very similar in execution to the M1L increase. The two differences with the M1R increase are that the initial movement of the stitch is performed with the tip of the right hand needle instead of the tip of the left hand needle and the leg in which your left hand needle is inserted into to make the stitch. As you can imagine these simple changes accounts for the different slant of the increase.
Step 1 of the Left Handed M1R increase
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The first step is to locate the bar that runs horizontally between the two stitches that will have the increase. It is easy to find this bar if you pull the two needles slightly apart.
Step 2
Next, using the tip of your RIGHT needle, insert the needle from front to back into the horizontal bar.
Step 3
Then, from here on out the rest is just like making a normal knit stitch. The above photo shows, “In through the back door”.
Step 4
Next you will yarn over or “around the back”.
Step 5
Finally, “out through the window and off jumps Jack!”
The Left Handed M1R Increase completed
In the above photo you can see the left handed M1R increase with the slant leaning to the right. Also in the photo you can see a right leaning decrease (k2tog) left over from a previous post.
To recap: The left leaning increase is made using the tip of the left needle and inserting the needle from front to back, then making the stitch by inserting the needle from right to left in the back leg (the leg closest to you).
The right leaning increase is made using the tip of the right needle and also inserting the needle from front to back, but then making the stitch by inserting the needle into the leading leg as with any knit stitch.
I hope you have enjoyed this brief tutorial. Please leave a comment below. If you have any questions, you can also leave those in the comments and I will get back to you shortly.
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Happy Knitting!
-Karen Lynn
Help. I am doing lace pattern after 30 years of non-knitting. I can’t remember how to do a simple yarn over YO.
I knit eastern uncrossed. I’m on a k1,YO,k1,YO etc. So on a knit row is it –bring yarn to front of work, wrap up and over the left needle and then knit the next stitch?
I did a whole row wrapping from back and it looks very wrong!
Thanks