{"id":1055,"date":"2012-03-21T16:58:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T23:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.craftysmallbusiness.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2019-10-26T07:10:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T14:10:12","slug":"make-two-double-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/make-two-double-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Knit the Make Two Double Increase (M2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-yato6kt08vo65d7c8da64350570717925\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 510 \/ 287\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.274510%\"><\/span><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-yato6kt08vo65d7c8da64350570717925\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YatO6Kt08vo?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YatO6Kt08vo?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newstitchaday.com\\\/make-two-double-increase\\\/#arve-youtube-yato6kt08vo65d7c8da64350570717925\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/YatO6Kt08vo?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\nThis video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the make two double increase (m2). This technique of adding stitches to share your knitted fabric uses a similar method to the stranded or lifted increase. It allows you to increase twice in-between stitches, which can be useful in top down hats and shawls.<!--more--><br>\n\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/p>\n<h2>Instructions:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Work your pattern until you reach the stitch where you want to increase.<\/em><br>\nStep 1: Insert your main needle into the strand in-between the stitches where you want to increase, going from front to back.<br>\nStep 2: Insert your working needle through the back loop of the strand on your main needle.<br>\nStep 3: Knit the stitch.<br>\nStep 4: Pull the stitch of the main needle.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat this sequence once more using the same strand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1001\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NSAD-M2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NSAD-M2.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Make Two Double Increase\" title=\"Learn how to Knit the Make Two Double Increase - M2\" width=\"620\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1001\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NSAD-M2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of the Make Two Double Increase (click for larger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-size: 80%\"><em>music in video is from demo 2008 by (<a rel=\"cc:attributionURL noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Latch_Swing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latchxe9 Swing<\/a>) \/ <a rel=\"license noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/newstitchaday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.craftysmallbusiness.com\/files\/2011\/11\/youtube-subscribe-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"New Stitch A Day on You Tube\" width=\"330\" height=\"102\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.craftysmallbusiness.com\/files\/2011\/11\/youtube-subscribe-button.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/new-stitch-a-day\/id417065366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.craftysmallbusiness.com\/files\/2011\/11\/itunes_audio-e1320875360465.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"New Stitch A Day Podcast on iTunes\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.craftysmallbusiness.com\/files\/2011\/11\/itunes_audio-e1320875360465.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n[sidebar alias=&rdquo;after-post&rdquo; ]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the make two double increase (m2). This technique of adding stitches to share your knitted fabric uses a similar method to the stranded or lifted increase. It allows you to increase twice in-between stitches, which can be useful in top down hats and shawls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"stitch-attributes":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}