Technique - Add a Frill Edging

This frill can be added either at the end of knitting a sleeve (by increasing) or the beginning of a sleeve (by decreasing), and either flat or in the round.

Here, the example is at the end of knitting a sleeve, knit in the round. Use a needle that is a full size smaller than the one you've been knitting the sleeve with. Note that the depth of the frill can be adjusted by decreasing at a lower rate over more rows. Knit the frill quite tightly to stop it looking sloppy.

Technique:

1.  In the next row, double the number of stitches eg 50 to 100 by increasing every second stitch
2. In the next row, double the number of stitches eg 100 to 200 by increasing every second stitch

Here, the example is at the beginning of knitting a sleeve, knit in the round. 

Technique:

1. Cast on 4 x the number of stitches that the first row of the sleeve requires. eg if the sleeve starts with 50 stitches, cast on 200.
2. In the next row, decrease to half the number of stitches eg 200 to 100, by kniting 2 stitches then passing the first over the second. Knit a further 2 stitches then pass the first stitch over the second.
3. In the next row, decrease to half the number of stitches again eg 100 to 50, by knitting two stitches together than the next two together, etc.