yea!!

So glad it helped!

I'm starting with the cowl to make sure I can tackle the shawl lol now I'm excited after this tutorial!

That's a different increase called a make one. The abbreviation for that stitch is M1. There are many types of increases and decreases that all have a different look.

It would be from row 1, not the cast on. It is worked into the stitch just worked

Do you mean can this decrease be done on purl stitches? Yes, there is a WS version of LLI and RLI

Try watching again. I'm not lifting up a "thread", but rather working into the row below. I think you might be mixing it up with tutorials for a m1 (make one) that lift the RUNNING THREAD (that's the working yarn between two needles) and then twist it to add a stitch where there was no stitch. For the right lifted, I am for sure not turning or twisting the loop in any way. Try watching again, it is lifted straight up. In order to not twist a stitch you have to put the needle in the hole. That means working through the leading leg. Try watching it again in slow motion. You'll see that for the LEFT lifted, the leading leg is in the back, so you put the needle into the back loop. For a right lifted increase the leading leg is in the front.

They are not on two separate rows. The increase is done on the same row. Try looking at the video again. Say you are doing an increase on row 9, notice how the RLI is done ONE row below the st you have not yet worked on the LH needle (row 8). The LLI is done TWO rows below the st just worked (row 8). They are on the same row.

@@PattyLyonsKnitting Oh yes, I understand that the RLI and LLI are on the same row. What I meant was that each increase is in itself spread over two rows, with the sort fishhook shape it creates. My question is about counting the rows between the increases, such as when you are increasing every 8th row for a sleeve. When you do a KFB or an M1, you can see exactly which row it happened on, and count from there. But with these, I can’t seem to see which row the RLI and LLI are on after the fact. Maybe it’s obvious to everyone else. I haven’t seen anyone asking about it except me :-)

It's not really spread over two rows. All increases and decreases are only made in one row. Think about a M1, you are lifting up the running thread from the row below, but you are knitting it in the increase row. Think about a K2tog. You are putting together the two stitches from the row below, but you are are knitting into it in the decrease row. No different here. You are working into the row below, but you are knitting into it in the increase row. There is only one row that is counted as the increase row.

An increase can't look the same as a decrease. An increase is a new stitch emerging from an old (either from underneath, between or from the stitch itself). A decrease is two stitches turning into one.

@@PattyLyonsKnitting thanks for the quick reply!

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They are two different increases. There are many ways to increase and decrease. A m1 is an increase made between to stitches by twisting the running thread. A lifted increase is worked into the row below.