The M1R (Make One Right) increase is a common method used in knitting to create a new stitch and increase the total number of stitches on your needle while forming a right-leaning slant in the fabric. This increase is often paired with the M1L increase to balance shaping in knitting projects.
Written Tutorial
- Work up to the point of the increase. Take a look at the bar in-between the stitches on either needle.
- Insert your left needle tip from back to front underneath this bar.
- Lift it onto the needle.
- Push your needles together to create some slack in this new loop, then hold this in place with your finger.
- Insert your right needle into the raised bar as though to knit.
- Wrap the yarn around as usual and pull the loop through.
- Slide the bar off the needle and your M1R increase is complete.