Technique Info

Abbreviation

SP2P

Meaning

Slip 1, Purl 2 Together, Pass Over

Type

Double Decrease

Lean

Right

Worked

Purlwise

Facing Stitch

SSSP

Related Stitch

P3tog
SP2P knitting symbol

Step-by-step Instructions

Step 1

Hold the yarn in front, insert the right-hand needle purlwise into the next stitch on the left-hand needle, then slip it onto the right-hand needle.

Step 2

Insert the right-hand needle purlwise into the next two stitches on the left-hand needle.

Step 3

Wrap the yarn counterclockwise 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 back of the slipped stitch on the right-hand needle.

Step 6

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

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