Stitches: Knitting Calculator

When your pattern says "increase 8 stitches evenly across the row," Stitches works out where each one goes and writes out the row for you. It does decreases the same way. Tell it how many stitches you have, how many to increase or decrease, and whether you're knitting flat or in the round. You'll get an evenly spaced row to start from, and you can move any of the shaping to suit the knitting in front of you. GET THE SPACING RIGHT • Decrease with k2tog, ssk or p2tog; increase with M1L, M1R, M1P, kfb, pfb or yo • Working on the wrong side? Pick p2tog, M1P or pfb and you get a WS row with the stitches in between purled • The spacing allows for what each technique uses up: two stitches for a decrease, one for a kfb or pfb, and none for an M1 or yo, which are made between stitches • On a flat row, leave a half-size gap at each end so the shaping sits in the middle, or make every gap the…