Basic info and simple steps to help you work the Slip, Slip, Knit (SSK) decrease with ease.
Technique Info: Slip Slip knit
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | SSK |
| Type | Single Decrease |
| Lean | Left |
| Worked | Knitwise |
| Facing stitch | K2Tog |
| Wrong Side stitch | SSP |
| Variations | SSSK |
| Related stitch | SKP |
| Symbols |
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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
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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