Get to know the Slip, Slip, Purl—a helpful method to decrease one stitch on the wrong side, with step-by-step instructions.
Technique Info: Slip Slip Purl
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | SSP |
| Type | Single Decrease |
| Lean | Left |
| Worked | Purlwise |
| Facing stitch | P2tog |
| Right Side stitch | SSK |
| Variations | SSSP |
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Step-by-step Instructions
Step 1:
Hold the yarn in front, insert the right-hand needle knitwise into the next 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 through two stitches on the right-hand needle from left to right, then slip them back to the left-hand needle.
Step 4:
Insert the right-hand needle through the back of two slipped stitches on the left-hand needle from left to right.
Step 5:
Wrap the yarn counter clockwise around the right-hand needle.
Step 6:
Pull the yarn through two stitches.
Step 7:
Drop these stitches off the left-hand needle.
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