The Make One Toward Increase (M1T)
In Increases
Stitch Description
The Make One Towards Increase can be used whenever you pattern calls for a make one (M1) increase. Increases add stitches to your work and are used to shape your fabric. The Make One Towards increase is a neat and clean increase that is easy to create, but it does result in a small hole. This may be desirable as a decorative element.
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Pattern Instructions
- Step 1: Take your working yarn, and bend your index finger toward you. This should create a loop around your finger.
- Step 2: Insert the tip of your working needle into the back of the loop on your finger and release it onto the needle.
- Step 3: Knit the next stitch off your main needle.
Swatch Photos
M1T-Example-(Stockinette)
M1T-Example-(Garter)
M1T-Example-(Knit and Purl Ridge)
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On my pattern it does not say M1T or M1L. All it says is: K1,M1,K6,M1,K1. So what do I do?
thanks
@mamagriz any of the M1 increases will work. M1 just means to increase.