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## Knitting Tutorial 8: How to Increase Stitches 

By: M. E. Harrington 

As you get better at knitting and gradually take on more complicated patterns, you're going to have to know how to increase stitches. Since you’ve already mastered the basic stitches, you’ll have no problem learning how to increase them. Decreasing and increasing stitches allows you to shape a garment, such as a sweater or knit top pattern. Learn how to increase stitches with this picture tutorial by M. E. Harrington. This helpful article will teach you two different methods for increasing stitches: the Make One method and the Knit One method. 

## MAKE ONE METHOD: 

$_{1.}$ The Make One method makes an extra stitch between two existing stitches. Pick up the yarn between two stitches with the tip of the knitting needle in your right hand. 

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