Make One Right: How to Do It Step by Step

Make One Right is a knitting stitch that makes nearly invisible right-leaning increase. Makers reach for it for paired increases with m1l, gussets, shaping. It is rated intermediate here, so it helps to be comfortable with the basic stitches first and to practice on a swatch before a project.

1. Find the horizontal bar between the stitch just worked and the next stitch. 2. With the left needle, lift the bar from back to front. 3. Knit the lifted bar through the front loop. 4. Slide the new stitch to the right needle. Work slowly for the first few repeats, keep your tension even, and check the result against the steps before continuing across a whole row or motif.

US patterns abbreviate make one right as M1R. UK patterns use the same abbreviation, M1R, so this one reads the same on both sides of the Atlantic. Pattern keys list every abbreviation used, usually near the materials list.

Make One Right suits paired increases with m1l, gussets, shaping. To size a project before you start, the increase or decrease evenly calculator will space the paired increases, and how to measure knitting gauge walks through a full project from the beginning.

The most common problems are: knitting through the back loop, which is awkward and untwists it into a hole; mixing up m1r and m1l so shaping lines do not mirror. Most are easy to spot if you pause after a few repeats and compare your work with the steps. Good light helps a great deal, especially with dark yarn or thread.

Stitches closely related to make one right include Make One Left, Knit Front and Back. Learning them together makes patterns easier to read, because many designs switch between related stitches to change texture, height or line. Each has its own step-by-step page in the stitch dictionary.