SSPP | Slip Slip, Purl, Pass Over - CDD on WS

Technique Info

Abbreviation	SSPP
Meaning	Slip Slip, Purl, Pass Over
Type	Double Decrease
Lean	Center
Worked	Purlwise
Facing stitch	SS2P
Right Side stitch	R3K3tog
Partners	S2KP, S2SK

Step-by-step Instructions

SSPP is a centered double decrease worked on the wrong side. It reduces three stitches to one, placing the center stitch on top.

It produces the same result as R3K3tog on the right side. Follow the 7-step guide below to learn how to work SSPP.

Step 1

Hold the yarn in front, insert the right-hand needle knitwise into the first 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, then slip all stitches onto the left-hand needle.

Step 4

Insert the right-hand needle from left to right into the two stitches through their back loops, then slip them to the right-hand needle.

Step 5

Purl one stitch.

Step 6

Insert the left-hand needle into the back of the two slipped stitches on the right-hand needle.

Step 7

Pass the second and third stitches over the first stitch off the right-hand needle.

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