Single Increases
A more detailed presentation can be found in this post . Here I'll sacrifice completeness and include only the techniques I deem the most useful. There is a much larger variety of increases than there are of decreases, there is also a lot more confusion with their naming. Here I'll try to use the most standard names, but, of course (and unfortunately), "standard" in knitting nomenclature is an extremely subjective term. Before we begin Left or right increases are called this way because of the way they look on the right-side of the work (RS). Therefore, stitches which are worked on the wrong side of the work (WS), as described below, look exactly the same as their RS counterparts. In case you're wondering, all these stitches look very similar on the WS, it's on the RS that the differences become more visible. Another important difference between left or right increases is that they have the effect of pulling the fabric in different directions. This effe...