{"id":2157,"date":"2013-10-03T04:27:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T11:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2024-06-28T20:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T03:26:09","slug":"ssk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/2013\/10\/03\/ssk\/","title":{"rendered":"ssk and sssk: How to work a slip slip (slip) knit decrease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ssk (or slip, slip, knit) has a rather counter-intuitive name because it is not really as it seems. You are doing more than just slipping and knitting, you are in fact decreasing a stitch<\/strong>. It really should be called, slip, slip, knit 2 slipped stitches together through the back loop…but that’s a little less catchy. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ssk is used often in knitting as the opposite, counter, or mirrored decrease to the k2tog<\/a> (knit 2 together). It leans the opposite way – k2tog leans right and ssk leans left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ssk video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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