Right-Slanting Decreases - Knit Two Together, Purl Two Together
This is one of the first decreases one learns in knitting.
Pattern Abbreviation: k2tog, p2tog |
To work knitwise:
Step 1: Insert the right needle into the front two stitches on the left needle from front to back and wrap the yarn as if to knit. | |
Step 2: Pull loop through the two stitches and allow these two stitches to slip off the left needle. You have now decreased by one stitch. |
To work purlwise:
Step 1: Insert the right needle into the front two stitches on the left needle from back to front and wrap the yarn as if to purl. | |
Step 2: Pull loop through the two stitches and allow these two stitches to slip off the left needle. You have now decreased by one stitch. |