Increase
The full illustrated descriptions of increasing stitches.

Loop Cast-on

	Put on the working yarn on your right forefinger.
	Turn inside your hand and hook the yarn with the left needle as the illustration.
	After the loop was made, pull off the finger.
	A loop-cast-on-stitch was made. Repeat it until you required. This stitches tend to loosen when you knit on them.So, you had better keep tight the loops.

Strand Increase

There are two method of 'Strand Increase'. Usually, you can use each of them you prefer. In some case, you need to use the both method distinctly in a same project.

Strand Increase(1)

	With the left needle, hook up the strand between the stitches,from back to front.
	Insert the right needle in the strand on the left needle, like the blue arrow, and knit one stitch on it.
	The strand is twisted and it makes a new extra stitch.

Strand Increase(2)

	With the left needle, hook up the strand between the stitches,from front to back.
	Insert the right needle in the strand on the left needle, like the blue arrow, and knit one stitch on it.
	The strand is twisted and it makes a new extra stitch.

Left Increase

Left Increase

	With the left needle, pick up the stitch-two-row-below of the stitch on the right needle.
	Insert the right needle into the back loop, and knit on it.
	One stitch(res stitch) is increased.

Right Increase

Right Increase

	With the right needle, pick up the stitch below of the stitch on the left needle.
	Slip the stitch to the left needle.
	Knit on the needle.
	Knit on the next stitch.
	The red stitch is increased.

Yarn Over

Yarn Over

	Hook the working yarn with the right needle.
	Knit on the next stitch.
	The red stitch is a yarn-over.

Over Increase

Over Increase

	Knit.
	While keeping the stitch on the left needle, hook the working yarn on the right needle.
	Knit on the same stitch.
	Three stitches stand on the stitch. This increases 2 stitches at a time.