Make One (M1, M1L, M1R)

[@lorelome]

THANK YOU for adding that part where you explain that when a pattern doesn't specify right or left, they mean left! That's exactly what I was trying to figure out.

[@missmfa]

This is the best M1 video I've seen. Clear and very easy to follow. Thanks knitpurlhunter!

[@kimberlis79]

Thank you so much for your video! It is so clear and easy to follow and I love that you explain that when a pattern calls for an M1 it means a left leaning M1. Before I saw your video I was having a really hard time figuring that out. Thank you!

[@8Legrand8]

I have to add to the great comments. The lighting in the video and the camera person did an awesome job. The stitches are close enough, easy to see and you go slow enough...something that veteran knitters forget to do when taping a tutorial! THANK YOU!!! I am making a stuffed animal for a dear friends newborn son and the pattern calls for an invisible increase, so I hope this is it.

[@The_Angry_General]

Thank you very much! I'm a knitting beginner and am starting to learn how to do various basics, and videos always help my the most. So I thank you again!

[@shoulier]

This was just perfect for my needs this morning. I appreciate the time you took to go slowly, show a clear example of how the end result should appear, and then repeat so that I didn't have to stop, go back, repeat as with so many instructional videos. Thank you so much!

[@theprincessandromeda]

You are amazing. I wish all knitting video's/demonstrations were as good as yours. thank you so much for the help.

[@bvillalobos4908]

Like all the other comments listed, your videos are excellent. I, too, am a visual learner and your verbal and visual directions make it all seem so easy. Thank you.

[@BeatlesFanSonia]

That was the best video I have seen on those increases! Thank you for posting!

[@lemoncrinckles]

I am a visual learner and your videos are simply excellent! I have already learned some new methods by watching your demonstrations. Thank you very much.

[@Sheila-gz1st]

Thank you. I've read many descriptions on how to do this, but nothing helps more than actually seeing it done!

[@mommyandkeiki]

Seeing the technique several times, slowly, was great. Also helpful, seeing a knitted item with both increases as well as specifying which sides of a marker to put the left and right increases. Thank you! Terrific job.

[@loringsmith773]

Thanks for this video, which I have returned to now and then as a refresher when it has been awhile since I've knitted a pattern calling for M1R / M1L. Your videos are always clear and easy to understand.

[@Melatina77]

I loved this video. It was the first one that explained the M1R and M1L that I had on my pattern. I am so glad you made this video. Thanks.

[@littlebdancer]

Excellent explanation of the differences. Seeing how the M1L and M1R are used in your mitten was very helpful. Thanks!

[@janetdavis1732]

Thank you for this video. This, and all the rest of your videos, has helped me a lot in my return to knitting after a multiple-decades-long hiatus.

[@dianamh5438]

You video is very helpful! I love that you explain the difference between the 2 make ones and which to use when the pattern doesn't specify.

[@rosanna1952]

Thanks for the very clear explanation, every step is visible thanks to the colors you use and the dark backgound.

[@arsenicosnapdragon3685]

I find Knit Purl Hunter videos are very easy to follow and more helpful than other knitting help videos

[@susanwayne6582]

So very clear and so very helpful! Thank you so much for your great tutorial and explanation of why you should use one as opposed to the other. My new mittens look terrific thanks to you....Susan from NJ

[@brendaf1964]

Thank you for explaining so that a newbie can learn and do it too!! Very well made video and the lighting was just perfect!

[@betha.ostrander4127]

Brilliant increase! Beautiful shooting. Thanks so much!

[@4977abc]

Thanks for an excellent demo of invisible increasing, both left and right examples! Very nice close up with great explanations. :)

[@mikdonaw1982]

You have made It so simple to do after watching your tutorial. Thank you very much for your time and caring to teach.

[@VocalFox]

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! Your close up video was so helpful for me and you explain things clearly. I am legally blind and many other tutorial people on youtube hold their examples so far away i cant even see what they are doing! So happy i found your video! ^-^

[@Tinkerbelll89]

Thank you so much for your demonstration! Greetings from Nuremberg, Germany!

[@annwithaplan9766]

Very clear instructions, and helpful that you included what the right and left are good for. Thank you.

[@KellyDannemann]

Thank you for clarifying this. I have been confuse on my sweater sleeve knitting in round have to add one before and after the marker, this will make the sweater sleeve look more professional. Thank you. This video is very clear and explains both.

[@bikihonko1468]

You have the best video showing how to do this increase. Thank you very much!!

[@smallsmileysewing]

Thank you! I'm left handed and still a novice knitter. I can't wait to have a go at this! Best wishes from the UK!

[@Elisah209]

Thanks so much for sharing. I'm Dutch and need to translate a pattern and this vid. helps a lot. Now I know what to do. I added this one to my favorites. Thanks!!!!

[@knitpurlhunter]

My condolences on your mom's passing. How wonderful that she shared her love of knitting with you!

[@smudgewhite55]

Great video - clear photography and explanation - thanks so much!

[@sdparky]

Really Really good - both the verbal explanation and the good photography. I can actually see what you are doing unlike some other knitting explanations on the web. Thank you very much!

[@hhhfashion]

thank you so much! Your instructions are so clear and so easy to follow!

[@patgriffin1925]

Wow this video is awesome!! Thank you so much for the clear instructions!!!

[@bronny2000]

Thanks so much. I've just gotten back into knitting and since my Mum passed I have no-one to help me - I needed to M1 in a pattern I'm using and was stuck until I looked at your video. :)

[@michellesnarr2234]

I watched 3 videos. Yours is the best. Thank you so much!

[@knitpurlhunter]

@SlayerKat I am knitting with the Addi Lace needles. They are brass plated and I am addicted to the sharp tip.

[@AFriendlyWeirdo]

Awesome! I didn't know about the left and right! I'll use that on my next pair of mitts! I couldn't figure out why one side of the gusset always looked nicer.

[@beachgrandmother1]

Thank you for the great video. You really helped me to knit something that is beyond my expertise. Now I can tackle something a little harder. I would not have been able to do this without your most welcome assistance. Again, thank you.

[@kerrym6807]

Best explanation and visual of this I have seen! Picking up bar with left needle and specifying direction of yarn from front to back is more clear than picking up yarn with right and slipping on to left without mentioning which direction yarn should lay. Can clearly see how you do knitting through back loop. Do you have demo on increase technique using bar from right needle two bars down from working row? And one bar down for left?. Do these increases have have names? Very invisible. TY!

[@JennyLory]

I have just discovered your videos - they are excellent. Great job! Thank you. Happy Knitting!

[@Elisah209]

Thanks so much for sharing. I'm Dutch and need to translate a pattern and this vid. helps a lot. Know I know what to do. I added this one to my favorites. Thanks!!!!

[@Kristonia69]

Your grandma is very wise. I love the scarf, I'm wearing it tonight to work, I'm sure no one will notice, it's just me lol btw, pretty nail polish in the vid.

[@knitpurlhunter]

@AnarchoFeminist Without seeing your knitting and how you are executing this stitch it is tough to know why you have a hole. Are you lifting the running thread with the left hand needle?

[@eutopiandreamer]

Thank you! So simple and completely helpful.

[@knitpurlhunter]

@wibbus123 Using the right hand needle to pick up stitches is just fine. I teach using the left hand to create one less step in the process. If your stitches are tight, try "coaxing" the strand over the top of the left hand needle to give your needle a bit more wiggle room in the back. I am a huge fan of the addi lace needles - their pointy tips really come in handy in these situations.

[@knitpurlhunter]

@Suzannesings37 At the beginning of a row you would need to knit one stitch and then increase to give yourself a running strand to pick up. I prefer this method as you get a more professional look to your garment. At the end of a row M1 before the very last stitch.

[@janetran4225]

thanks so much for the video . It helps me very much when I got stuck,, forget what my teacher at the senior center taught .Thanks again. Love it ..

[@wibbus123]

I love your videos - so clear. And when you do it, it looks so easy. I'm having a hard time though, getting the left hand needle twisted down to pick up the running thread (gave up and did it with the right hand needle) and knitting through the back is difficult also. It may be because I'm increasing with a size 8 needle from garter stitches on a size 5 needle and my knitting is too tight. Or maybe my needles aren't pointy enough or are too slippery (Addi-Turbo). Anyway, I haven't given up!

[@knitpurlhunter]

The instructions are asking you to increase one stitch before and after the knit stitches on each side of each marker (I am assuming there are 2 markers) and to knit all the other stitches in the row.

[@wibbus123]

Thank you - I'll try that (coaxing to get more wiggle room). I think Addi-Turbo lace needles are in my future - I have the Addi-Click and some other Addi's (using straight ones for this project) - straight, double point, circular. One can not have too many Addi's, in my opinion.

[@maquelquerry6206]

This is a great tutorial!

[@handmadestitchbystitch6528]

Excellent video, very helpful. Thank you for sharing!

[@purplecatlily]

I cant specify in this video how to do the Invisible increase. Also what is the difference between invisible increase and knitting increase?

[@lisaray2081]

Hi& help. My pattern calls for 2 st b4 marker, p1, m1R , k1, sm, k1, m1L. The reverse is to (ws row) p the purls & k the knits. How to I treat these m1L/R on the ws? Are they purls or knits?

[@cristinaoliveras1717]

Thank you, your explanation has been very helpful. I have a problem with the following command: K to within 1 st of marker, M1, K1, sm, K1, M1; repeat to las marker, K to end of row. Could you help me to untangle the dilemma? Thank's again

[@WoAiKanShu]

This is so helpful, thank you!

[@ilonagraciasflor5]

This is so good!! I've added it to my list

[@jacquiehoulder6024]

Thank you - I am just about to start on a sleeve that called for increases both ways.

[@francesca1950hk]

Thanks so much for detailed tutorial .... the best ever !

[@knitbow14]

THANK U SO MUCH . UR VIDEOS HELPS ME ALOT IN MY LEARNING KNITTING!

[@AnarchoFeminist]

Any knitters that can help? I have tried this and another way to do the make 1 increase and I still get a hole. Any other way to do it?

[@lonegustavsen6598]

Thank you. I think it must take a lot of time to wrap the thread around the needle for each and every stitch instead of just letting the needle work.

[@PlixPlixPlixTowanda]

Wonderfull! Thank you from Sao Paulo - Brasil.

[@pegschr]

is there an increase that doesn't lean to either right or left and is just an increase that is invisible? I hate to see my increases especially when I am making a round afghan such as a basketball or baseball for my grandsons. I want it to just look circular without seeing the increases.

[@Kristonia69]

so does that mean m1purlwise means you purl it instead of knit it?

[@knitpurlhunter]

@Kristonia69 My guess is the designer is asking you to create a make one right since it is picked up as if to purl (sort of) and then knit through the front (sort of). I suppose you could purl the lifted strand at this point. You have me very curious! What are you making?

[@knitpurlhunter]

@Kristonia69 The pattern is very cool and I am positive you are the only person who will notice the less than invisible increases. My grandma always says, "If it were perfect it would be knit on a machine." Embrace your knitting!!

[@KennelGirlBC]

Awesome explanation and detail. Thnks so much!

[@NerakGreen]

I kept getting holes in M1R because I was picking up the running thread from front to back with the right needle and doing a knit stitch through it. I'm doing the Three Leaf Mitts by Debbie Stoller, so this visual really helped me out!

[@jennmichelle70]

I have a question: my project seems to have two running threads or bars between the stitches on the second row of my pattern. This only happens when I'm working the second row of this pattern; on the first row the bar is more distinguishable. Which bar am I using to create the increase, the front bar or the back one? Please help, as I've taken this hat down once already and I keep getting stuck at this point.

[@knitpurlhunter]

If you are on the right side of the fabric then I would use the front bar. Just be consistent and all will be fine. Happy knitting!

[@jennmichelle70]

Actually, I listened to your video again (I say listened because I was watching my own knitting) and I heard you refer to the bar as the line that connects the left and right stitches together (at least I think you said it). So I went back to look at it again, and in my case it's actually the bar in back, not the front. So thanks again, I'm really sailing along now!

[@sradefarras]

thank you, thank you sooo much! i love it! u just gave me a great lesson i need to make my first split collar poncho.

[@theHookdudewest]

this is great tutorial and very well explained thank you

[@twirlygirlie1]

Great explanation to go with a well-lit video!

[@LillyvetteOstenson]

such a great job explaining this! Thanks!

[@kitaro320]

Can you show how to LL1-p and a RL1-p ????

[@Guineababies]

Thanks for the help. And also may I saw your needles are AMAZING! Are they goldplated or something? They are lush

[@colettenorton2362]

I like this tutorial better than the others I've seen because it shows using the left needles to go into the bar. Most others use the right needle. I am right-handed so it doesn't have to do anything with that. It is just easier for me to use the left needle when doing this.

[@karioca93]

WONDERFUL AND EASY.. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@ShirleyDeeDesigns]

Thanks, your video is very clear!

[@tiffanyr4460]

Very helpful and your nails are pretty. ツ

[@paulabarrow5785]

I originally used your wonderful video on M1L and M1R to learn this technique. I am now working on a sweater pattern the makes shoulder seams using a yo on the RS and then you purl the yo on the way back (WS). This makes large holes that I do not like. If I use the M1L and M1R techniques instead, do I do this on the R side and if so, what happens on the WS? Do I just purl the added stitch? Thanks!

[@knitpurlhunter]

Perform the M1on the right side and purl it on the following row.

[@sbn49ajc98]

Very helpful video. Thank you.

[@knitpurlhunter]

You are very welcome!

[@doreneevans1457]

Thanks for this video! I am new to chart reading, and the chart for the pattern I'm working now indicates a M1R as the final stitch in the row. This leaves one stitch left on my left needle after the M1R. Do I presume the last stitch is a knit stitch? Thanks!

[@knitpurlhunter]

+Dorene Evans Hmmm....Sounds like a reasonable assumption, especially if you are on a knit row.

[@gwydion1400]

+Dorene Evans I know this was a while ago... Did you end up doing this? did it work out just fine? Can I find your project on ravelry? I'm visualizing finding the "running stitch" or "bar" on the edge of flat knitting and wondering if that is what they meant, and why they would create such an evil technique lol

[@stevedago]

Knit front to back

[@knitpurlhunter]

@tabithawizard Unfortunately, knitting instructions are not standardized. The directions you have are the same as the ones you see here. The ones demonstrated in this video are the only ones you need for a Make One on the knit side. I also have a video for a Make One Purl to execute this on the purl side. Happy knitting!

[@patriciagabrielides3146]

Thank you, now I can move on with the pattern. 🐨🇦🇺

[@knitpurlhunter]

Glad I could help!

[@stephanieweber8247]

Is m1B the same as m1L and is M1F same as m1R?

[@knitpurlhunter]

Those are not the standard abbreviations, but I believe it is the same. Hopefully the abbreviations in your pattern will help confirm your assumption.

[@smajlik1]

+nonnie knitter I know it is probably too late for you, but maybe it will help others. From my pattern I understand that M1B = M1R and M1F = M1L, I believe the abbreviation means "back" and "front".

[@vp6298]

Thank you for the great video

[@1Jakesgranny]

Very helpful. Thanks so much!

[@knitpurlhunter]

It's interesting how one small change makes a world of difference.

[@Lindalouise333]

Thank you, very clear explanation

[@rosewater3111]

Well that explains what I was doing wrong! Off to frog the last 6 rows and do them right this time.

[@mustangmagick]

Wonderful video! Thank you :)

[@MyiDestiny]

Thank you very much love it always got them mixed up :)

[@janzupancic5436]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@Kristonia69]

@knitpurlhunter A scarf hood thing. It turned out nicely, my only complaints are that these make1 stitches weren't exactly invisible considering I didn't do the cabling in the center of the pattern, and I need a new cable needle very badly! .ravelry.com/patterns/library/cable-hood-scarf