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SSK – Slip, Slip, Knit

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Video: SSK – Slip, Slip, Knit







Slip, Slip, Knit is an easy decrease that is good for beginners. It leans to the left in a mirror image of a k2tog.

The Slip, Slip, Knit decreases your stitch count by one stitch. It turns two stitches into one.

Abbreviation: SSK



Instructions

Slip 1, slip 1, knit 2 slipped sts together.

  1. Insert the right-hand needle from front to back (knitwise) into the first stitch on the left-hand needle. Slip the stitch to the right-hand needle without knitting.
  2. Repeat step 1 with the next stitch on the left-hand needle.
  3. Insert the left-hand needle from front to back into the two stitches on the right hand needle. Knit the two stitches together as if they were one.




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