How to Knit: Increasing - The Yarn Over Increase
![The Yarn Over Increase Step 1](https://www.lionbrand.com/s/files/1/0286/1504/9309/files/yarnOverIncrease1.jpg?em-origin=cdn.shopify.com&em-format=auto)
To work a yarn over increase, bring the yarn to the front and knit the next stitch in the normal way. This leaves an extra loop (new stitch) on the needle.
![The Yarn Over Increase Step 2](https://www.lionbrand.com/s/files/1/0286/1504/9309/files/yarnOverIncrease2.jpg?em-origin=cdn.shopify.com&em-format=auto)
On the next purl row, purl the loop in the normal way as shown.