Technique Info

Abbreviation

K2TOG

Meaning

Knit 2 Together

Type

Single Decrease

Lean

Right

Worked

Knitwise

Facing stitch

SSK

WS stitch

P2TOG

Partners

Variations

K2TOG tbl, K3TOG, K5TOG
K2TOG knitting symbol

Step-by-step Instructions

Step 1

Hold the yarn in back, insert the right-hand needle knitwise into the first two stitches on the left-hand needle.

Step 2

Wrap the yarn counterclockwise around the right-hand needle.

Step 3

Pull the new stitch through both of the stitches.

Step 4

Drop the two stitches off the left-hand needle.

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