Increase and Decrease Calculator for Even Shaping

Subtract your current stitches from the target to get the change count, then divide the current count by that change and round down for the interval. Work that many stitches, make one, and repeat across the row, working any remainder plain at the end.

The interval is how many stitches to work before each shaping point. For increases you work the full interval then make one. For decreases the tool works two of those stitches together, so the plain stitches you work first are the interval minus two.

Stitch counts rarely divide cleanly. For 44 to 50 the change is 6 and the interval floors to 7, which uses 42 stitches over six repeats. The leftover 2 stitches are reported as a remainder to work plain so the increases stay spread across the row.

Yes. The spacing math is identical for both crafts. Read make 1 as your preferred increase, such as a knit front and back or a lifted increase, and read work 2 together as your chosen decrease like k2tog or sc2tog.

The tool reports the Mode as No change with a change count of zero and tells you no shaping is needed, since you already have the right number of stitches.

It is evenly distributed rather than mirror symmetric. Many patterns nudge a stitch or two at the edges for a tidy selvedge, so feel free to shorten the first or last plain segment if you want the borders to match.

Use whole stitch counts, since you cannot work a partial stitch. Both fields must be greater than zero, and the interval is always rounded down to keep the shaping points on real stitches.

Press Copy result and the tool copies a short summary with the mode, change count, interval and the full instruction line, ready to paste into your project notes or a row-by-row plan.

No. The calculation runs entirely in your browser, so your stitch counts never leave your device and nothing is stored on a server.