FL1 & BL1

FL1 & BL1

Backward Loop & Forward Loop Increase 

M1L & M1R Reading FL1 & BL1 1 minute

a photo tutorial from the First Ziggurat Book

Brief Instagram video tutorial of FL1/BL1.

FL1 – left-leaning

1. Make a loop with long yarn end layered on bottom. Insert RN from behind to place loop on RN.

2. Tighten. Done. 
On the next row or round: knit or purl this loop as a normal stitch

BL1 – right-leaning

1. Make a loop with long yarn end layered on top. Insert RN from front to place loop on RN.

2. Tighten.
Done. On the next row or round, knit or purl this loop through the back loop.

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