Unsightly Increase Ladders

When a knitting pattern asks you to increase at the same point on alternate rows; have you noticed that ladders form? There’s a quick fix to get rid of unsightly increase ladders.

I find that the most common place that this happens in on heads. The increase is always in the same spot, and the ladders occur, and there always tends to be a ladder right up the front of the head, just where you want to crease a face.

The trick is when you sew the head to the main cosy. Attach the head using mattress stitch, and when you get to the bottom of a ladder, make sure that your needle goes through the stitch at the bottom of the ladder, to close it at the bottom. Once the bottom of the ladder is closed the stitches further up will re-adjust and close up, you can speed this up by stroking the ladder.

Closing the ladders will help to make your projects more pleasing and give you better results, especially in prominent places, like heads.


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