![Tutorial working a purl-side Right Lifted Increase (RLIP)](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Working-purl-side-Right-Lifted-Increase_sq-1024x1024.jpg)
People usually shape knitwear by increasing or decreasing the number of stitches. There are, of course, lots of different versions possible. In this tutorial, I’ll focus on the purl-side right-leaning version of the lifted increase. If you’re looking for the knit-side right-leaning lifted increase, just click here.
What is a lifted increase?
Basically, it’s exactly how it’s called: an increase that you work from a stitch below the one next on the needle. This stitch is lifted to be able to work into it. The purl-side version is called the same as the knit-side version, only with “purl” added after it. Right Lifted Increase (Purl) with the abbreviation RLIP.
Materials used
Yarn: * Paintbox Yarns Simply DK, a good value, good quality 100% acrylic yarn, here in the color Marine Blue.
Needles: * KnitPro Nova Cubics Special Interchangeable Needle Tips, pictured here in the 4 mm (US 6) size, combined with a * KnitPro Purple Single Cable with a length of 100 cm (40 inches).
Working a purl-side Right-Leaning Lifted Increase step by step
I’ve made a little swatch (continuing the same one from the RLI tutorial!) and will be making the increases 4 sts in from the garter stitch border when viewed from the wrong (purl) side.
![Swatch](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tutorial-RLIP_1-1024x1024.jpg)
1. To start, insert your right-hand needle from bottom to top into the horizontal purl bump directly below the first stitch on the left-hand needle.
![Start of the RLIP](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tutorial-RLIP_2-1024x1024.jpg)
2. Next, place the lifted stitch on the left-hand needle, making sure that you place it non-twisted. In other words: the left leg of the stitch is behind the needle and the right leg is in front.
![Step 2 in working a RLIP](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tutorial-RLIP_3-1024x1024.jpg)
3. Now insert the other needle into the front of the stitch as if to purl….
![RLIP tutorial](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tutorial-RLIP_4-1024x1024.jpg)
4. … and complete the stitch by wrapping the yarn around the needle, pulling it through and slipping the worked stitch off the needle as usual. You have now increased one stitch.
![One stitch increased](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tutorial-RLIP_5-1024x1024.jpg)
5. I worked a couple of more rows, with increases on the WS (purl-side) rows only and 4 sts in from the garter stitch edge. This is how the piece looks:
![Tutorial working a purl-side Right-Leaning Lifted Increase (RLIP)](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tutorial-RLIP_6-1024x1024.jpg)
Let’s turn the piece around
When turning the little swatch around to see how the RS of it looks, I found this:
![Tutorial working a purl-side Right-Leaning Lifted Increase (RLIP)](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tutorial-RLIP_7-1024x1024.jpg)
Turns out that a purl-side Right Lifted Increase gives a rather lovely left-leaning result when viewed from the right side of the fabric. I’ve searched the internet to see if I could find any more information about it, but alas. So this is for now, good to know though!
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