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    basic techniques,  machine knitting

    Machine Knitting: Decreasing

    Knitting garments usually involves shaping and that means you will need to increase or decrease stitches. In hand knitting is easy to increase and decrease stitches across the row but in machine knitting it is really only possible at the ends of the row. If you wanted to decrease across the row, then you would need to use a long circular knitting needle and then put back with some needles having two stitches. Or you could knit the row with decreases and then put back on the machine. Simple one stitch decrease The image above shows how to decrease on the left side of knitting. First pick up the edge…