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Increase Knit Stitch

There are many ways of increasing, the easiest way of increasing is to work twice into a stitch.
The First Row Easy Step 1
Easy Step 2 Easy Step 3 Easy Step 4
Garter St Step 1 Garter St Step 2 Garter St Step 3
Increase Garter
Insert the right hand needle from front to back through the 1st/next stitch on the left hand needle.
Beg with the yarn at the back of work, wind the yarn anti-clockwise under and over the right hand needle creating a loop.
The right hand needle with new loop is brought to front under left hand needle.
Instead of slipping old loop off left hand needle, take right hand needle behind left hand needle and knit into the back of old loop still on left hand needle.

Easy Step 5
Increase Garter 2
Slipping old loop off needle. There are now 2 sts on right hand needle made from original stitch.