Knitting Tutorial kfb (Knit front & back) • [increasing]
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Check out this little knitting tutorial on how to kfb. If you have never done this before it’s worth taking a few minutes to learn this one. It’s a super simple way to increase by a single stitch at a specific location.
The Essence of the stitch: KFB
- Essentially this stitch is simply a way to knit into the same stitch twice.
- This will allow you to increase by one stitch.
- KFB blends nicely into your work leaving you with a minimally visible increase line.
Video (Knitting Tutorial kfb):
see the video below for a quick demo (knitting tutorial: kfb)
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Steps for how to kfb:
- knit into the front of the stitch as you normally would *but don’t remove the stitch from your left needle*
- now swing your right needle over and knit into the back loop of the same stitch you just knit into the front of
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That’s all there is to it, you now know how to knit front and back! 🙂
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* Photo taken from Fingerless glove pattern.
