SSSK: What It Is and How to Do It

Basic information about the Slip, Slip, Slip, Knit — a left-leaning way to decrease two stitches, with clear step-by-step instructions.

• Technique Info
• Step-by-step Instructions
• Key Actions

Technique Info: Slip Slip Slip Knit

Field	Details
Abbreviation	SSSK
Type	Double Decrease
Lean	Left
Worked	Knitwise
Facing stitch	K3tog
Wrong Side stitch	SSSP
Related Stitches	SSK, SSSSK
Symbols

Step-by-step Instructions

Step 1:

Hold the yarn in back, 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:

Repeat the same step with the third stitch.

Step 4:

Insert the left-hand needle into the front of three slipped stitches on the right-hand needle from left to right.

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 three stitches off the left-hand needle.

Key Actions

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