Best answer: How do you make a stitch?

What is a make stitch in knitting?

One form of increasing in knitting is to work into the strand between two stitches. This increase is called a make 1, because you make a stitch by itself, instead of using a previous stitch. It is less noticiable than knitting into the front and back of a stitch.

How do you increase stitches evenly in a row?

To increase several stitches evenly across a row, you must figure out the best spacing for these increases in the same row.

1. Take the number of stitches to be added and add 1. …
2. Divide the total number of stitches on your needle by the number of spaces between the increases.