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Old 12-23-2012, 03:37 PM   #1
Alanamoya
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Accidentally increased stitches!!
Hello,

I just started knitting (as of yesterday) I have been practicing with Red heart super saver yarn. It reads "Worsted estambre 4". I've been using size 8 needless. I cast on 20 stitches and now I have 46 stitches! I really donīt know what I did wrong. I was not trying to increase the stitches, just practicing the knitting stitch (I have not tried the purl stitch). What am I doing wrong?
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Many thanks in advance!!
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Old 12-23-2012, 08:55 PM   #2
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Welcome to Knitting Help!
You may be pulling the working yarn strand up when you begin the row. That makes the first stitch in the row look like two stitches and when you work b