How to make right- or left-leaning increases when knitting Norwegian mittens by ARNE & CARLOS.
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- In this week's tutorial, recorded in Nusfjord, a lovely little fishing village in the southern shores of Flakstadøya, we show you how we do right- and left-leaning increases to knit traditional style Norwegian mittens.
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I’m from the USA I couldn’t find a tutorial on increase I love yours it’s easy to follow thx u so much !
Hi Theresa, thank you! We are glad that you found it useful!
So gentlemen , I am fairly new. I began watching about the time COVID attacked your little family. Today I watched past podcasts and tutorials. One Christmas tutorial one of you said some people did not like Arne laughing. I am flabbergasted at that comment. Laughter is a blessing to hear. Please do not be silenced by some Grumpy Gus comment. The laughter is part of the pleasure and calmness I receive from listening to you two. As once said by a famous couple “ As always,”a newly devoted fan. Keep smiling and laughing.
Nice tan gentleman - looks like you are enjoying yourselves. Love the new format - well done Eric. Yes, the older tutorial with grandma, mama and daughter would also be a worthwhile “repeat watch” for clarification. Enjoy your adventures.... 🚗🏔🏔
So happy to see your both relaxing and enjoying life.
Seems a bit wierd to say but your like the nice neighbor who pops in now and then.
Grew up by the beach , stay away from the babies and you’ll be oki 😅.
Your videos in quarantine, i loved. Because it was not perfect. We we’re all thrown up in the air, scared, not really understanding what was going on. And then you guys were our relief. Thankyou.
Enjoy your vakantie.🌷😎
Oh those sweaters 😍 in those surroundings 😍 so much beauty!
Thank you!
Seagulls are so soothing.
Yes, but can also be a bit noisy when you are trying to film:-)
Thank you for sharing, with a beautiful background. It is real. Arne you are funny 😄
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TotLly enjoying the trip and tips welcome back Eric you were missed lol 😷🌍👍🇦🇺
We are glad he is back.
Really enjoyed traveling along with you on vacation. I'm putting Norway on my vacation list, as soon COVID is over in the US...Ugh, Norway is sooo pretty. Thanks for the videos.
It's good to see both of you healthy and enjoying your vacation! Where are we going next...LOL
Thank you!
Here’s a BIG thumbs up 👍
Thank you so much Hazel!
Enchanting place. Thanks Arne & Carlos. Safe journey.
Thank you Diana we will drive safely.
Stunning scenery! Also, your sweaters are amazing.
Missed you guys
Beautiful sweaters & the mittens are fabulous.
Thank you!
Beautiful scenery !!! I loved your sweater, so Norwegian .... continue enjoying your trip .Looking forward for new scenery’s
Yes, there will be more coming up!
Thank you!
First time I used the slowmotion option on RUclips. So I could mirror Arne’s movements
Love your tutorials because they’re simple. Like knitting should be 😊
Sometimes I watch tutorials, which over explains techniques. And then I get confused.
Your videos are simple and when you slow down the video it’s easy to follow.
Thank you very much for your feedback, we were also quite impressed when we found out RUclips had this function.
you should have a group photo with Eric. He has a good relationship with you. I love your background scenery.
He is a bit camera shy, maybe one day we will get him to pose with us.
Those are gorgeous sweaters.
Thank you Anne!
Erik is just invaluable!😁
Tips for using the left leaning increase: if anyone is knitting a seamless sweater top down (starting from the neckline), you should increase towards the right before the raglan stitch and towards the left after the raglan stitch so that the stitches fan out the right way from the raglan of your sweater. I know you guys prefer knitting sweaters starting from the bottom but I think a lot of beginners are taught to knit sweaters top down first😊
I've kinda been having a hard time lately so your come-back couldn't have come at a better time, thanks for cheering me up and reminding me to knit three times now this week💖hälsningar till er från Budapest!
Borbála Buzás I agree that these increases look very good at arm hole yoke increases.
Thank you for watching and sharing!
Hope you are feeling better now. Many people have been struggling during these tough times. I hope your knitting is bringing you some joy.
@@Rosesandtea thank you for your kind message💖 things are better now, my knitting and yarn stash have definitely brought me joy in these tough times
I understand Carlos’ dislike of seagulls. I once took my children on what I thought would be a nice picnic on the shores of Lake Superior. The minute I took the sandwiches out we were dive bombed by about 30-40 gulls, screeching and grabbing right out of our hands. I had to throw the food up and we ran to the car and off to a local eatery, where we peacefully ate inside. I use left and right leaning increases when mirroring a section, like in a shawl. I was taught first the pick up the strand between and knit in the back for left and front for right, Arne's demonstration looks easier to me so will try it next time. Thanks again.
There is a local seagull that regularly poops on my car.....dislike!
It is good to learn about the various situations where you need to know whether to work a left-leaning or right-leaning decrease. I am working on Stephen West's "Boneyard Shawl" now, and the pattern is very specific about which one to use at this point or that.
You can see very clearly in that shawl how using the correct direction of M1 increase is essential. The shawl is worked predominantly in stockinette with a center "spine", a knit stitch surrounded by M1 increases, M1R and M1L. So, as Arne has pointed out, sometimes these increases also serve as a design element.
I apologize if someone has already said this, but -- it's important to know that when Arne does the left leaning increase, he is then knitting the new stitch, once its placed on the left needle, by putting his right needle into the BACK of that stitch. Not the front. As opposed to when he knits the regular increase (right leaning), he knits the new stitch as normal- into the front of that stitch. If, when doing the left increase, you knit that new stitch through the front as you would normally knit- you will get a hole. It's also really difficult to do.
So-- Right leaning increases get knit into the front as normal. Left leaning increases get knit into the back of the stitch.
If you slow the video down, you will be able to see how he does it.
Welcome back!!! I am so happy to see you living your best lives! (Erik too!)
Thank you!
Hi guys. Thanks for the tutorial. i think you're such excellent, experienced knitters it's difficult for you to notice what you're doing. One difference you did but didn't mention between left and right-leaning increases, is that in the left-leaning increase you're knitting into the back of the stitch.
Enjoy the rest of your beautiful trip. And thanks for sharing the Norwegian scenery with us!
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I was a little lost, I’m not a regular knitter but who cares, I still enjoy watching your tutorials and the scenery on this one is awesome! Thanks for a enjoyable moment
You are welcome!
Welcome back Erik and thank you Arne and Carlos I love the scenery on this tutorial. Enjoy your vacation
My dear friends Arne and Carlos, I am using this tutorial to help teach my students how to knit the mitten gusset on Norwegian Mittens. It is important that you both agree on the technique to not confuse my students. I will be forwarding this link to my students as a warm up to my lesson tomorrow, and hopefully they don't get caught up in the discussion that several examples are not necessary when applying the left leaning increase to a make 1 situation. I know you are away in this video and having a mitten example may have been out of the realm of possibilities, however, if you could revisit this with a mitten example that might be helpful as the viewer can actually see the contrast in colours and how the gusset colour stands out. It is my objective to give my students a joyful experience when knitting mittens. Mitten knitting is joyful. Thank you for all you do.
You are welcome!
Thanks for the great video. The sweaters that you are wearing look great. Love your designs. They always fit well.
Thank you!
Visiting Norway is on my bucket list! I am enjoying these tutorials while on location. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Lisa, we will.
Great video. Yes we need to see any thrift store finds.
Good.
Thank you guys for the useful tutorial 👍
You are welcome Irene.
Hi Arne and Carlos! I am so glad you two are well! I was so worried about you two having gotten COVID -19. I am glad to see you two healthy and chipper!!!! Love you guys, and I enjoy what you do. Have a blessed day!!!!
We are feeling a lot better thank you for your concern.
Thanks for the video! It answers several questions! .....Love the background....Enjoy your trip...Vicki
Not having made mittens, I never thought of a right or left increase; of course left and right is used for decreases. I loved seeing the harbor and docks and listening to the seagulls. Hearing seagulls always reminds me of my grandfather taking us for early morning walks on the boulevard in Gloucester, Ma, USA which is a fishing community. They can scream!! But I love them. Don’t worry, Carlos, as long as you don’t have food in your hand or feed them they will leave you alone. If your throw out even the smallest scrap of food your will have the whole flock surrounding you and they won’t leave! Love you both and thank you for continuing your video journals; I have learned much and I love being a part of the world wide Arne and Carlos family. Can you tell I don’t get out much still due to Covid by how long my post is? :-)
Ha ha Lynette, thank you for joining us on our road trip and for your kind words, make sure you stay safe!
You guys are great!
Thank you Lorraine.
Hi Eric! You do a great job. Thank you!
In your book "Knitting Scandinavian Style" your Mittens pattern does include M1R and M1L in the thumb gusset, so you're already doing this! It's great to have a video to show how it works as well. Thank you!
You are very welcome!
Welcome back Eric! We all missed you.
Erik says thank you!
Loved your sweaters! Same pattern but how different they appear. Love the location and the sea gulls in the background. As I am dealing with 105 degrees in Central California. However I did travel to Santa Barbara this past weekend for much cooler weather and coastal breezes! Thank you for your input on M1L and M1R.
If I tell you that the photography is beautiful, will Erik then ask for more money? I'm so glad he is part of your team. Stunning scene; the colours are stupendous. Thank you for sharing your vacation.
Thank you for watching Carla, Erik is very good at what he does.
I don’t knit but watch you two for so many other reasons - you are both fab! Look forward to your RUclips videos!! 💕☀️
Your temporary relocation for doing tutorials is a great idea. Thank you for the content and the stunning locations. I have been looking up the places on your road trip on a map to see exactly where you are. Did I understand correctly that each tutorial in this series will be in a different location in the Lofoten Islands? If so, would it be possible to have a little scenic minute at the end of each tutorial, perhaps a 360 degree panorama or something like that? Just wishing ...
nauthyifications...... lol that gave me my Sunday giggle. Your county is so beautiful I am speechless, thank you for sharing.
You are welcome.
Hello
Thanks Erik for bringing us ArneCarlos and the lovely scenery.
Thank you for watching Sharon!
I so look forward to seeing your beautiful Norway videos! And the sound of the birds is lovely (sorry, Carlos!) Thank you for everything.
Good to see you both looking so rested. It’s either the benefits of being on holiday or that Eric is back with you and eased the burden of the camera work from you. What a beautiful location you have chosen. Your sweaters are beautiful by the way.
Thank you Angela, we are very glad that Erik is back.
Leaned increases are important for a shawl or lace pattern. There it is a design element even in a solid color
Thank you for sharing this information Wendy.
Hello Eric! 👍
Erik says hi.
I love the sea gulls. They sound good in the back ground. Just need to watch that they don’t drop anything!!!
That is very true.
Thanks so much.
You are welcome Linda.
I’m so glad you guys know what your doing, your so far more advanced then I am, but I still enjoy watching and learning...thanks
Keep up the good work Rebecca.
Love your knitting, I knitted a Guernsey jumper it took me 4 months when I was unemployed, it was a present for my boyfriend, an d someone stole. It. I went to Oslo a few years ago I thought the weather was like England and took summer clothes, it was quite cold, I loved it.
Oh, that is such a sad story.
I’m new to your tutorials but love them..they are feel good videos and we do need that right now. Your crazy quilt video was awesome and can’t wait to see all your craft tutorials. Love your road trip..beautiful country. Carlos...I’ve lived in and around beach areas for years. Sea gulls won’t hurt you but you do have to watch where you walk and if they are flying above you..watch out! 😂😂.
Thank you for the tip, I will keep an eye out!
Gorgeous backdrop! And the mitten is stunning! Thanks for posting. ⚘
Thank you for watching.
As always your videos are great. I have had many pattern, shawls, sweaters etc that have specified for either the left or right increase. However, I do agree w Carlos it would be important to maybe include or specify which increase to do for your patterns b/c eventhough it may be understood as a Norwegian custom in order to get the beautiful patterning shown on your mitts a person wanting to learn may be discouraged if they are trying to increase and b/c the pattern doesn't specify ; they wouldn't be getting the proper results. It may not come naturally to them to try a left increase or they may not know there is such a thing depending on their experience level.
We are glad you found it useful.
Hey you guys, welcome back Eric. Carlos and Arne did a great job with the camera. Thank you for the tutorial about increasing R or L. Have fun on your vacation. Love, love the scenery and boats behind you.
Thank you Sandi and we are glad to be back with Erik!
Beautiful background choice, thank you for explaining increases and decreases, very good to know. ❤
You are welcome.
We want to meet Erik next time!!
Maybe!
🤗👍😁👋 Thank you!
You are welcome!
Thanks for another great video. Love the comment about “naughty-fications”. You are both so very talented and entertaining. Thanks for sharing the beautiful scenery and welcome back to Eric.
Thank you so much and we are glad to be back with Erik.
Those mittens looks complicated to knit but they are not i have made some like that less work into lol love your sweaters beautiful
Thanks for the tutorial. Have a great evening
Love love love your great sweaters and scenery.
Thank you Cyndi.
Just in time as I’m picking out patterns to make mittens for winter. I first learned your way of increasing knitting the Christmas balls. Nearly 60 years of knitting and I’m still learning. 💖
We are never done learning, keep up the good work.
I'm enjoying these postcards from your trip north. Today's is a treat for me, as I am knitting on a Save the Children pullover myself, and both of you have yours on.
Have fun knitting.
Guys thank you so much. So helpful! You guys look so relaxed. I’m so happy for you. Eric so nice to have you back. Isn’t it cool you’ve gotten to go to the islands too? Best of weeks to you all!!! Hugs
Yes, Erik is enjoying the road trip as well.
Hi Arne&Carlos, and Erik:)
Lovely background scenery 😀
Thank you for sharing a great tutorial 🙂
See next time
KimX😘
See you next time Kim.
So relaxing boys. Thank you xx
You are welcome!
Thank you Arne and Carlos! This is really useful and I will be watching the matriarchal stitching video too!
Love the podcast guys. Keep up the great work.
I just found you guys as I was searching for a way to knit to hold the yarn in my left hand. I was tired of 'throwing' and your videos are amazing and I seemed to "get" the Norwegian method immediately! I was still increasing using my throwing method and ending up with holes in thumb gussets, so this was especially helpful. Thank you for all you do - I'm now a loyal fan and catching up on the back episodes of Sit & Knit for a Bit. Happy New Year! Angie
I think left and right decreases would be a great review also. Thank you!!
Thank you for the tutorial suggestion Susanne.
I love the sounds of the birds makes me want go to the beach 🏖
That's very interesting. A right or left leaning increase is made with the bar between stitches as I know them, and the left leaning increase is always the one used if the pattern doesn't specify right or left. It's nice to learn some new ways.
Glad that you found it useful!
Your left leaning increase is what I've been using for a long time on toe up socks.
aww so darn cute in matching sweaters! and such a breath taking backdrop, excellent tutorial. xx Cat
Thank you Cat!
I’ve often wondered how you don’t get your glasses mixed up. Just today, I noticed the temple arms are different. Very clever. Also, thank you for this charming video....simply beautiful setting!
Thank you Maureen.
You both look robust and tanned from the Midnight Sun. So happy for you. Do you dine at the local eateries a lot or do you cook in the room mostly? Talk about fresh fish and seafood, doesn’t get any closer to the source than where you are. Can you share what you are eating?
I have some of your mitten patterns and I will learn how to make them if it takes me a year..As always you guys make my day...Carlos referral to the Birds..just watched it for the 100th time in all my years..the gylls will not hurt you..I live in Milwaukee by the lake..they are everywhere..beautiful island...I would be fishing.🐟🐟🐟do you see any whales there.??
Not yet!
Lv your podcast location! My favorite sweaters too!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the new video format. Scenery is beautiful as always. How about a stop by the island of Lovund on your way home to see the puffins and give a shout out to the local salmon farm.
That is a great suggestion, maybe next time.
Wonderful trip to the Lofoten, enjoy ! There are a lots more ways for in/de creases left or right. It can give such a nice effect on our projects. I use the loop between to stitches, left or right. Amazing the differents.
I use a M1A [ make 1 away... wrap around my thumb] for my gusset increases....the only difference is that one wrap is clockwise and the other is counter-clockwise. Thanks!
You are welcome.
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I don't know what I like better. I understand not moving your finger up to move the yarn to the front to purl. I was moving the yarn to the front with right needle if it was stuck behind. I do think your way may have better tension. I'm not sure yet. I'm gonna do some more rounds of each. I have to get used to your method so it's unfair descisions right now. I kind of liked twisting and untwisting. I'm supposed to be learning twisted rib. Had to learn your purl to do your twisted ribbing. I think others are twisting the purls. You're twisting the knits.
Have a nice vacantie !,,
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The 07:28 mark brought back a great argument in the film CONAN THE BARBARIAN, where Grace Jones gets mad and shuts them up:
“.... My cousin’s sister’s brother never said anything about bars! .... after your sister’s brother’s cousin.... cousin’s sister’s brother! ... you said your sister’s brother’s cousin!
Grace Jones: “WHO CARES WHOSE BROTHER’S SISTER’S COUSIN IT IS?! WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE!?”
Can listen to it here👇🏾
ruclips.net/video/rQSinn-seEw/видео.html
Hi Eric!!
I’m so glad you did this video because I only do right leaning increases on my sweaters (knit flat) and someone asked me about it and I said: “ I don’t know, you’d need to watch Arne and Carlos for that, cause that’s where I learned to increase.”
Because of your videos though, I no longer stress over knitting, it’s like art, and enjoyable. I’m almost done with the Vegard sweater, and I’m so happy with it. I chose a levi colour and the roses are the cream white kidsilk ..
I do have one question: I want a sweater that I can wear in the winter, that is sort of water proof..if I were to knit a chunky wool, on 4mm needles, would that create the density and protection I’m looking for? Or would there be a better way to approach it?
Instead of looking at the thicknessC we’d recommend you focus on the quality. Wool in general is naturally water resistant. What you need to look for is a 100% wool which is not super washed. That will be a great choice for a sweater that will keep you warm and dry.
As always, really look forward to your videos and just love to watch you two interact. I am wanting to knit your Save the Children cardigan with Plotulopi yarn. Do you think that would be a good choice? If so, would I need to knit with double strands? Also, I am wondering if mixing it with mohair would soften it. I have been told that mixing mohair with an Icelandic wool will not soften it at all so it was a waste of money. Please share with me your opinion and guidance please. Thanks so much for all you do for us.
Cookie
Just watched this video on increasing.....would the left increase be used on a sleeve when it calls for an increase on each side of the sleeve??
You could yes, but probably best to use the one the pattern suggests!
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Thank you!
Our patterns often call forr a left leaning "knit two together" and a right leaning "SSK" -- or is it the other way around? I'll have to go knit a row and see!
The best way to find out!
I too have a bird issue - I am Finnish Canadian, and I was raised to believe that a bird at the window, or one that gets into the house, means death. In theory, I like birds - but at a safe distance ...😁
Make sure to keep your distance!
I would love to meet Eric too.. and see all of you eating and drinking... coffee and cake.. or whatever.. love to see your holiday..
Thank you Judy, maybe one day Erik will pop up.
Please do the bear and rabbit tutorial!
Thank you for the tutorial suggestion.
I just wrap the needle, then on the next round,knit into the back of the wrapped stitch for thumb gusset. What do you think? I learned it from a Norwegian lady.
What do you think about increasing by knitting into the back loop in addition to usual front loop?
I do the left and right leaning increase even on another way, I think.
Good.
What about increasing on Purl?