Cat Bordhi - LA-Link and La-Rink - the Paired Increases

[robynwalton8888]

Thank you Cat. I love your books but here's why this video was MORE helpful (to me): in New Pathways, you give a great explanation of stitch mounts and I imagined that the leg closest to the needle's tip was the front leg.

When I then read the description of LaLinc, I looked closely at my knitting and was confused about knitting through the back leg -- because for all the world, it looked like the front leg was behind the needle (on my knitting). The video cleared it up, thanks!!

[sazji]

I'm so glad to learn this one. I find yarn-ups (make one left/make one right) so tedious, especially when I'm knitting small and tight. I'm surprised more people making videos haven't mentioned this!

[j8nnyl]

Thank you, very nice demo of the lifted increases, just what i needed. The gmother/mother/daughter device will help me very much. Do you find you like this increase better than the make-one left/make-one right increase?

[catbordhi]

@j8nnyl

I do prefer this increase to the other one you mention. I also find it faster to work.

[j8nnyl]

@catbordhi I agree, it does seem faster. The one book i have that describes this increase does so in such a convoluted fashion that it seemed more of a hassle to remember how to do a left or right leaner! i like the way you explain it much better. so i looked here to find a better instruction. Now i just need to do some Make ones and some lifted increases to see how i like the way each looks in my knitting.

thanks again.

[lovisluchai]

Thank you! I was just looking at the Skew Socks pattern and scratching my head about the LLincs and RLincs, and this totally cleared it up!

[annahsos]

Thoroughly enjoyed your vid, thanks for posting and inspiring me :)

[ooman56]

Finally, after over 45 years of knitting and still using the beginner's increase (duh me) I UNDERSTAND how to do this and will never forget it. Thank you so much for the great explanation!

[sylverscale]

Works wonderful and looks fantastic. ^^ Love it!

BTW text in de beginning says "paired decreases" instead of "increases". ^^;

[cleopatress]

Cat you are a genius and i am sad i didn't get the nerve to chat with you at Sock Summit. i have learned so much from your videos over the years! thanks a buncha!

[pacopichawko]

Love it! what's the yarn? it's so pretty.

[crklod1]

I am a new knitter. I started a purse to felt. I have 2 circular needles, how do you knit one to the other ie, basically forms the bag and attaches a ruffle to it.

[javawebgrrl]

Hello. Do you have a version of this if you are increasing on a purl side of a row? This lesson is so incredibly useful, thank you so much for posting it. Your delivery is so fun!

[catbordhi]

It would work the same way - same mother or grandmother - go ahead and try it.

[annarrogance]

THANK YOU!!! I just finished a double-knit project that used the LLinc and the way it was worded in the pattern just didn't make sense to me. I ended up doing it wrong and had huge ladder-y gaps where I had done them. Now, having seen it, and having had you explain it so clearly, I totally get it! I'm ready to try this pattern again now and do it right! Thanks so much for sharing your knitting genius with all of us!

[flank264]

Was it intentional to knit the LLinc stitch through the back loop? There wasn't anything said about it in the video.

[catbordhi]

Yes - otherwise it would be twisted when knit. The general rule is to always knit any st so that the "roots" of the legs - where they are rooted to the knitting - are not twisted.

[jerseehippee]

acne free knitting...love it

[isis425]

Great video. I'm loving this series and can't wait to start sock knitting

[Halalsilks]

Dear Cat, so happy to see this! I am having issues trying to learn this so I really ENJOY this video, blessings, grace

[Cap4mor]

Very helpful info on mirroring increases (right- and left-leaning) in your knitting. Not just for sock knitters. (Docked one star for mediocre sound quality.)