Decreases can be knitted both within a piece of knitting and at the edge. Basically, you reduce the number of stitches at the corresponding point by knitting one or more stitches together.

Double removal inclined to the right

Slip the next stitch as for knit knitting, then knit a stitch and pull over the slipped stitch.

Now place the knitted stitch back on the left needle.

Pull the second stitch on the left needle to the right over the first stitch. At the end, place the knitted stitch back on the right needle (not in the picture).

Double decrease inclined to the left

Slip the next stitch as for knit knitting. Then knit the next two stitches together.

Then pull over the previously picked up stitch from right to left.

Double overlay vertical

As if you wanted to knit the next two stitches together, insert the right needle into the stitches from left to right, but without knitting them, simply lift them off. Knit the next stitch.

Now lift the two previously slipped stitches over the knitted stitch.

This is what the finished stitch looks like.

Decreases can be knitted both within a piece of knitting and at the edge. Basically, you reduce the number of stitches at the corresponding point by knitting one or more stitches together. Depending on the type of decrease, it will appear slanted to the left or right.
These decreases appear slanted to the left on the side on which they are knitted. They are therefore worked on the right edge.

Knit right sides together

Pass the right needle through the next two stitches from right to left at the back and knit them together with a slip stitch.

Knit right overlocked together

Slip the first stitch as for purl knitting.

Knit the next stitch.

Pull over the previously picked up stitch from right to left.

Knit right side together in stockinette stitch - ssk

This technique is also often referred to in German pattern with the abbreviation "ssk" ("slip slip knit" or "abheben, abheben, knit").

Slip the next two stitches individually as for knit knitting, then place them back on the left needle (so that they lie twisted on the needle as shown) and then knit them together interlocked

Double decrease inclined to the left

Slip the next stitch as for knit knitting. Then knit the next two stitches together.

Then pull over the previously picked up stitch from right to left.

Purl two or more stitches together

Insert the right needle from right to left into the next two stitches and pull the working yarn through both stitches as for purl knitting. Let the stitches slide off the left needle.

Decreases can be knitted both within a piece of knitting and at the edge. Basically, you reduce the number of stitches at the corresponding point by knitting one or more stitches together. Depending on the type of decrease, it will appear slanted to the left or right.
These decreases appear slanted to the right in the knitted fabric. They are therefore worked on the left edge.

Knit stitches together

Pass the right needle from left to right first through the stitch after next, then through the next stitch on the left needle

Pull the working yarn through as for knit stitches.

Let both stitches slide off the left needle. You can of course also knit three or more stitches together in this way.

Fine stitch tip

A little rule of thumb for decreases at the edge: The decrease should always run parallel to the edge. If you knit a decrease on the left edge, the edge will tilt to the right. You should therefore knit a decrease slanted to the right. And vice versa.

Knit together covered

Knit one stitch normally, slip the next stitch as for knit knitting and slip both back onto the left needle.

Then pull the second (twisted) stitch on the left needle from the left over the stitch that has already been knitted.

Lift the knitted stitch back onto the right needle.

Double removal inclined to the right

Slip the next stitch as for knit knitting, then knit a stitch and pull over the slipped stitch.

Now place the knitted stitch back on the left needle.

Pull the second stitch on the left needle to the right over the first stitch. At the end, place the knitted stitch back on the right needle (not in the picture).

Knit together with purl stitches

This decrease is worked on the left background and appears to be slanted to the right on the left side. It is therefore executed on the left edge. On the other - right - side, it appears slanted to the left.

Insert the right needle from the back first through the next but one stitch, then through the next stitch on the left needle.

Bring the working yarn through as for purl knitting and let the stitches slide off the left needle

Decreases can be knitted both within a piece of knitting and at the edge. Basically, you reduce the number of stitches at the corresponding point by knitting one or more stitches together. Depending on the type of decrease, it will appear slanted to the left or to the right.
This double decrease appears straight, i.e. slanted neither to the left nor to the right. It is therefore particularly suitable for the center stitch.

Double overlay vertical

As if you wanted to knit the next two stitches together, insert the right needle into the stitches from left to right, but without knitting them, simply lift them off. Knit the next stitch.

Now lift the two previously slipped stitches over the knitted stitch.

This is what the finished stitch looks like.

Increases and decreases form knitted pieces that are more complex in their outer contour than squares or rectangles. Depending on the technique used, increases and decreases are more or less visible.

Raised increases are worked from the row below the current row on the needle. This makes them barely visible. As this type of increase tightens the rows a little, there should be at least three rows between increases to avoid dents.

Raised increases in a right-hand row (slanted to the right)

Insert the right needle from the front into the stitch under the next stitch and pull the working yarn through.

Then knit the next stitch of the current row as normal.

Raised increases in a right-hand row (inclined to the left)

With the left needle, insert two stitches from the front under the stitch you have just knitted and lift this stitch onto the left needle.

Now knit this pulled up stitch. Work the following stitch in the current row as normal.

Raised increase in a left-hand row (inclined to the right)

Insert the right needle from the back into the stitch under the next stitch and pull the working yarn through as for purl knitting.

Purl the following stitch as normal.

Raised increase in a left-hand row (inclined to the left)

With the left needle, insert two stitches from the front under the stitch you have just knitted and then purl this stitch with the right needle.

Fine stitch tip

Raised increases already fit into the knitting pattern, but should be worked at intervals of at least two rows.

Increases and decreases form knitted pieces that are more complex in their outer contour than squares or rectangles. Depending on the technique used, increases and decreases are more or less visible.

Increases from the cross yarn are particularly popular as they fit beautifully into a stockinette stitch definition. They are also often knitted to the left and right of one or more center stitches. In this case, they are worked in the opposite direction, once to the right and once to the left.

Note

"Make one left / Make one right": In English-language and increasingly also in German knitting pattern, you will find the increase from the cross yarn slanted to the left as M1L ("make one
left") and the increase from the cross yarn slanted to the right as M1R ("make one right").

Inclined to the left from the cross thread (M1L)

Pick up the cross thread between the right and left needle from the front with the left needle.

Knit this cross yarn with the right side interlaced ...

... and let it slide off the left needle.

Inclined to the right from the cross thread (M1R)

Pick up the cross thread between the right and left needle from behind with the left needle.

Knit this cross thread in stockinette stitch ...

... and let it slide off the left needle.

Mnemonic

I will give you a mnemonic for the inclination that results from picking up the cross thread from the front or from the back: "I LEAVE THE FRONT DOOR OPEN" (cross thread picked up from the front results in an increase inclined to the left) and "I am BACK IN TIME" (cross thread picked up from the back results in an increase inclined to the right)

Increases and decreases form knitted pieces that are more complex in their outer contour than squares or rectangles. Depending on the technique used, increases and decreases are more or less visible.

With this type of increase, a small "cross thread" appears in the knitted fabric. As it can be particularly noticeable on plain knitted substrates with very smooth yarn, it is recommended to work this increase at the edge of the knitted piece.

Knit two stitches out of one stitch (kfb)

Insert the right needle into the next stitch as for knit stitches ...

... and get the thread through.

Do not let the stitch slide off the needle yet, ...

... but knit again interlaced (i.e. through the back stitch leg).

Then let the stitch slide off the left needle.

Purl two stitches out of one stitch

Purl the stitch as normal, but leave it on the left needle.

Knit the same stitch again in stockinette stitch.

Let the original stitch slide off the needle.

Knit three stitches out of one stitch (kfbf)

Knit the stitch normally, ...

... but do not let it slide down afterwards, ...

... but knit the same stitch again in garter stitch and still leave it on the left needle.

Knit the same stitch again from the front as normal ...

Then slip the stitch off the left needle.

This is what the double increase on the right needle looks like.

Increases and decreases form knitted pieces that are more complex in their outer contour than squares or rectangles. Depending on the technique used, increases and decreases are more or less visible.

The simplest form of increase is by knitting a yarn over.

For a yarn over, pass the working yarn around the right needle before knitting off the next stitch.

Between two knit stitches

Place the working yarn over the right needle from the front and knit the following stitch as normal.

Between two purl stitches

Place the working yarn over the right needle from the front and bring it further forward before inserting it into the next stitch behind the working yarn to purl it.

Work several envelopes

If you want to work several wraps in quick succession, simply wrap the working thread around the right needle as many times as necessary.

Note

Depending on whether you knit these yarn overs normally or interlocked in the following row or round, a hole will be visible or not.