Increasing when knitting Sleeves

by Lorraine Bell
(Wellington, New Zealand)


A lot of instuctions for knitting sleeves say something like this:
Inc 1 st at each end of 1st and every foll 4th row.
Does this mean I increase 4 stitches every 4 rows or just 2, once every 4th row?

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Feb 24, 2023
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by: Ratchadawan

First, you increase a stitch at the beginning and ending of the 3rd row. This means you work even for 2 rows and then increase on the next row.
Second, Use a row counter or use a pen and paper to keep track of each row each row as you knit. Once you finished all the 8 rows you can reset the counter to 0. * Work even for 7 rows and then increase a stitch on each ends on the 8th row; repeat from * until further instruction.


Ratcha
Feb 24, 2023
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by: Anonymous

Please help i am new to knitting
Increase 1st at each end of 3rd row and every following 8th row
Sep 05, 2022
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by: Jan

Thank you so much! I was so confused! Now I know where to go for help.
Dec 30, 2020
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by: Dawn

Can someone help me please Ii have cast on me 34 stitches done wot I had to do I have now changed my needles to 4mm and got to work in st-st throughout can someone help me now with the inc bit it’s telling me to inc 1 st at each end of 5th and every following 4th row till 34 sts inc 1 st at each end of every following 6th row till 40 sts I’m confused can someone write this out in rows what I need to do like row 1 knit Row 2 inc so I no exactly wot to do I’m a beginner and I’m very confused please help anyone
Aug 06, 2020
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by: Anonymous

Check you row numbers. Row 9-11?
May 03, 2020
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by: Ratchadawan

Hell Lorraine,

"Inc 1 st at each end of 1st and every foll 4th row."

This means you increase 1 st at each end on the next row (count at 1st row) and then increase at each end again on every 4 rows.

So, your work would look like this;

next row (row 1): inc
row 2-3: work even
row 4: inc
Row 5-7: work even
Row 8: inc
Row 9-11: work even
Row 12: inc

and so forth until you reach the number of stitches required or as many time as instruct.

Thank you for your question.
Take care,

Ratcha

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