R2K3tog | Reorder 2, Knit 3 Together

Learn to work the right-leaning double decrease — a step-by-step method that slips two stitches knitwise one by one, rearranges them, then knits three stitches together. Clear instructions and close-up visuals help you follow each move with ease.

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Technique Info: Reorder 2, Knit 3 Together

Field	Details
Abbreviation	R2K3tog
Type	Double Decrease
Lean	Right
Worked	Knitwise
Facing stitches	SK2P SS2K
Wrong Side stitch	R3P3tog
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Step-by-step Instructions

Step 1

Hold the yarn in back, insert the right-hand needle knitwise into the first stitch on the left-hand needle then slip it onto the right-hand needle.

Step 2

Repeat the same step with the second stitch.

Step 3

Insert the left-hand needle into the front of two slipped stitches on the right-hand needle from right to left, then slip all stitches onto the left-hand needle at once.

Step 4

Insert the right-hand needle knitwise into the first three stitches on the left-hand needle.

Step 5

Wrap the yarn counter clockwise around the right-hand needle.

Step 6

Pull the new stitch through all three stitches.

Step 7

Drop the three stitches off the left-hand needle.

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