Slip Knit Pass Over: Step-by-Step Decrease Instructions

Basic information about the decrease technique known as Slip 1, Knit 1, Pass Slipped Stitch Over, along with clear step-by-step instructions to help you work it correctly.

• Technique Info
• Step-by-step Instructions

Technique Info: Slip Knit Pass Over

Field	Details
Abbreviation	SKP
Type	Single Decrease
Lean	Left
Worked	Knitwise
Facing stitch	K2Tog
Variation	SK2P
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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

Insert the right-hand needle knitwise into the next stitch on the left-hand needle.

Step 3

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

Step 4

Pull a new stitch through the two stitches and drop these stitches off the left-hand needle.

Step 5

Insert the left-hand needle into the front of the slipped stitch on the right-hand needle.

Step 6

Pass the slipped stitch over the stitch you just knitted off the right-hand needle.

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