Yesterday’ s tutorial covered working the Christmas Tree Increase from the front of the work, my favourite method. Whenever possible, I work ring cables in the round, because they do not follow the pattern of cabling row, resting row (where you knit all knits and purl all purls.) Since I need to be cabling on resting rows anyhow, I may as well be on the side to see them easily. But here is how to work a CTI from the back for those designs where you just have to work back and forth:
Christmas Tree Increase Purl (CTIp) 2-
stitch(CTI2), 4-stitch (CTI4), 6-stitch (CTI6)
and 8-stitch (CTI8) versions
*With yarn in front,
insert the right needle
between the stitch you are increasing in and
the stitch next to it from behind purlwise.
Yarn over draw up a stitch.
With yarn in
front, slip the central stitch back to the right
needle,
insert the left needle from the back
into the stitch you just drew up purlwise,
yo,
draw up a stitch. Without dropping the
stitch off the right needle, slip the central
stitch onto the left needle.*
Repeat from *to*
x 0(1,2,3). 1 stitch increased to 3 (5,7,9)
stitches. The increase is named for the number
of stitches added, not the total number on
the needles after the increases.
With yarn in front, slip the stitches on the left
needle onto the right needle.
Sometimes you need an odd number of stitches increased, the technique is the same, you just stop at a different place:
Christmas Tree Increase Purl (CTIp) odd
numbered increase 3-stitch(CTI2), 5-stitch
(CTI4), 7-stitch (CTI6) and 9-stitch (CTI8)
versions
With yarn in front, insert the right needle between
the stitch you are increasing in and
the stitch next to it from the back, purlwise.
Yarn over draw up a stitch. *With yarn in
front, slip the central stitch back to the right
needle, insert the left needle into the stitch
you just drew up from the back, purlwise,
yo, draw up a stitch. Without dropping the
stitch off the right needle, slip the central
stitch onto the left needle, Insert the needle
between the stitch you are increasing in, and
one you drew up earlier, yarn over, draw up
loop.* Repeat from *to* x 0(1,2,3). 1 stitch
increased to 4 (6,8,10) stitches. The increase
is named for the number of stitches added,
not the total number on the needles after the
increases.
With yarn in back, slip the stitches on the left
needle onto the right needle
There are more tutorials!
Tree Increase
Tree Increase from the back of your work
Capping a cable
Half-Bauble beginning
Half-bauble ending