[kittenosmall]

Hi all,

I am looking for something to do besides make socks and use my stash of leftover sock yarn, red heart super saver, to make mittens.

I found a real good pattern I am thinking of trying when I finish my socks but I got confused by m1.

Can anyone of you nice people help me?

Thanks

 

[GrumpyGramma]

What's your pattern? M1 can be make 1, an increase. In DROPS patterns it can refer to a chart.

 

[MaggiMoonwytch]

Usually it will explain abbreviations on the pattern itself. There should be a list of them somewhere on the first page. m1 has always meant make 1 new stitch on any pattern I've ever knitted.

 

[Cyber Granny]

m1 is to make a stitch which can be done either by putting the yarn over the needle (which will make a hole) or by picking up the bar between two stitches and knitting into the back of it.

 

[dragonfly7673]

Aside from the Drops pattern (which does confuse things sometimes), m1 usually means "make 1". Depending on the pattern it may refer to a specific type of increase (like lifting the bar between two stitches and knitting it) or it may just mean to do an increase of your choice. It should be listed in the pattern somewhere

 

[kittenosmall]

What's your pattern? M1 can be make 1, an increase. In DROPS patterns it can refer to a chart.

Its a mitten pattern, I don't know what drops is either!

 

[kittenosmall]

Hi, thank you all for your help. I did find an explanation of it on the last page of the pattern but it is confusing.

It says insert left needle in top of loop just below next st, knit loop or pick up stitch with right needle and place it onto left needle. Now that is confusing!

Any more help greatly appreciated, thanks all

 

[oneofthegriffins]

Maybe you are like me, and it helps to be able to see someone do the stitch. Youtube is great for short videos. Some are better than others, so you might have to look at a couple to get the idea clearly. Here's one that might get you started:

 

[IndigoSpinner]

Its a mitten pattern, I don't know what drops is either!

Drops is a brand of yarn. They have lots of patterns available for their yarns, and, while I haven't tried any of their patterns, judging by the questions on them here at KP, they seem to excel at making them as confusing as possible.

 

[GrumpyGramma]

Hi, thank you all for your help. I did find an explanation of it on the last page of the pattern but it is confusing.

It says insert left needle in top of loop just below next st, knit loop or pick up stitch with right needle and place it onto left needle. Now that is confusing!

Any more help greatly appreciated, thanks all

That sound more like a raised/lifted/kll increase.

If you don't like that video there are lots to choose from.

 

[GrumpyGramma]

Drops is a brand of yarn. They have lots of patterns available for their yarns, and, while I haven't tried any of their patterns, judging by the questions on them here at KP, they seem to excel at making them as confusing as possible.

Most of the confusion lies in not being familiar with how an item is constructed, basic techniques, and the way the patterns are written out makes them hard to read and follow. They can be reformatted in a text document to separate the lines out make them easier to follow. I've not done this but read about it here and will next time. I've learned a lot from DROPS patterns. Currently I'm stuck on determining the best way to make slippers to suit myself and the DROPS slipper patterns are to blame for my current obsession. Thanks to working through the pattern I now can do them without one. Next I'll start at the bottom instead of the top to see how that goes.

 

[Jessica-Jean]

Hi, thank you all for your help. I did find an explanation of it on the last page of the pattern but it is confusing.

It says insert left needle in top of loop just below next st, knit loop or pick up stitch with right needle and place it onto left needle. Now that is confusing!

Any more help greatly appreciated, thanks all

So, the M1 specified in your pattern will make it almost invisible.

Just do exactly what the directions say. Look at your work hanging below the needles. Look at the loop from which the next stitch on your left needle comes. Now, poke you right needle into that loop and pull up a stitch through it and place that new loop onto the left-hand needle and knit it before you go on to knit the rest of the stitches waiting on that needle.

Hope this helps.

 

[gin-red]

Google Garn Studio and you will find tons of free patterns featuring Drops yarns which in my opinion are very reasonable. The patterns really appeal to me but they are translated-not sure from where) and sometimes difficult to follow. They do get my creative juices flowing!

 

[kiwiannie]

Make one,make a new stitch,the pattern will explain how to do it.

 

[damemary]

Drops is a British company. They have beautiful patterns that confuse Americans to no end. I have no answer but I'll keep reading trying to find one.

Drops is a brand of yarn. They have lots of patterns available for their yarns, and, while I haven't tried any of their patterns, judging by the questions on them here at KP, they seem to excel at making them as confusing as possible.

 

[IndigoSpinner]

Drops is a British company. They have beautiful patterns that confuse Americans to no end. I have no answer but I'll keep reading trying to find one.

If they're a British company, why is Garn Studio, the company that makes Drops yarn, situated in Oslo, Norway?

https://www.facebook.com/Garnstudio.DROPS.design

Another person on this thread said that Drops patterns have been translated, which seems likely.

 

[laceandbits]

Drops is a British company. They have beautiful patterns that confuse Americans to no end. I have no answer but I'll keep reading trying to find one.

They confuse UK knitters too, they simply aren't well written.

Apart from cast off instead of bind off, USA and UK knitting terminology is much the same, unlike crochet where there is a difference of one movement between the two countries.

Where we logically do two hook pulls for a double and three for a treble, in American terminology it's one and two respectively, or is it three and four? And therein lies the problem, I always have to check, whereas for Americans to work our patterns they just have to be logical. A treble? That's three moves.

 

[cathbeasle]

Sounds like lifted increases to me. Here is another link. Shows right and left lifted increases.

 

[Betty2012]

If they're a British company, why is Garn Studio, the company that makes Drops yarn, situated in Oslo, Norway?

https://www.facebook.com/Garnstudio.DROPS.design

Another person on this thread said that Drops patterns have been translated, which seems likely.

I think they are Norwegian, not British. They offer many (most??) of the patterns in multiple languages, and you will see noted sometimes that a given pattern is not yet available in US English--so yes, translated. And if you're looking at their patterns, do note that they offer both US and UK English versions, so be certain to pull up the right one. I've seen some more complex patterns that seemed a bit confusing, but I get the general feeling that the primary difference between their patterns and what we're usually accustomed to is that European-derived patterns simply tend to be written a bit differently, and often in a much shorter format. There is a huge selection of patterns (all free) on their website, and I think they're well worth a look if you're not familiar with them.

 

[Ask4j]

Drops is a British company. They have beautiful patterns that confuse Americans to no end. I have no answer but I'll keep reading trying to find one.

Sorry NOT British:
Jerikoveien 10 A, 1067 Lindeberg Oslo, Norway

Founded on January 1, 1982

I have an issue from 1987 that I purchased in Oslo printed in Norwegian--lovely magazine--their website and FB page is Garnstudio.com

Knitting is something learned at a very early age in all of Scandinavia so yes their patterns are simple and don't need much explanation, however, the later issues are more detailed because Drops is now printed in 15 languages including English.