Technique Info
Abbreviation |
SSP |
Meaning |
Slip Slip Purl |
Type |
Single Decrease |
Lean |
Left |
Worked |
Purlwise |
Facing Stitch |
P2tog |
Right Side Stitches |
SSK, SKP |
Variations |
SSSP, |
Step-by-step Instructions
Step 1
Hold the yarn in front, 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 through two stitches on the right-hand needle from left to right, then slip them back to the left-hand needle.
Step 4
Insert the right-hand needle through the back of two slipped stitches on the left-hand needle from left to right.
Step 5
Wrap the yarn counter clockwise around the right-hand needle.
Step 6
Pull the yarn through two stitches.
Step 7
Drop these stitches off the left-hand needle.
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