SSSK | Slip Slip Slip Knit: Technique info & Steps

Technique Info

Abbreviation	SSSK
Meaning	Slip Slip Slip Knit
Type	Double Decrease
Lean	Left
Worked	Knitwise
Facing Stitch	K3tog
Wrong Side Stitch	SSSP
Related Stitches	SSK, SSSSK

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

Repeat the same step with the third stitch.

Step 4

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

Step 5

Wrap the yarn counterclockwise around the right-hand needle.

Step 6

Pull the new stitch through all three stitches.

Step 7

Drop three stitches off the left-hand needle.

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