Increases & Decreases: Shaping Knitting Without Confusion

Increases and decreases are how knitting takes shape — adding stitches, removing stitches, and guiding your project where it needs to go. When these techniques feel unclear, patterns can become frustrating fast.

This page collects clear, focused knitting techniques for increases and decreases, so you can shape your work confidently, follow patterns more easily, and understand what your stitches are doing as you knit.

You don’t need to memorize every method — use the technique that fits your project and move on.