SSK | Slip Slip Knit - A Left-Leaning Classic

Technique Info

Abbreviation	SSK
Meaning	Slip, Slip, Knit
Type	Single Decrease
Lean	Left
Worked	Knitwise
Facing stitch	K2TOG
Wrong Side stitch	SSP
Partner	SKP
Variations	SSSK, SSSSSK

Step-by-step Instructions

Basic info and simple steps to help you work the Slip, Slip, Knit (SSK) decrease with ease.

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

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

Step 4

Wrap the yarn counterclockwise around the right-hand needle.

Step 5

Pull the new stitch through all stitches.

Step 6

Drop the two stitches off the left-hand needle.

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