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Category Archives: Shaping & Fit

Knit Into Stitch Below

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

This is a nice increase that doesn’t leave a visual impact on your knitting as the Bar Increase is prone to do. You can choose to slant your increase to the left or right, based on the order in which …

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Yarn Over Increase

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

An easy way to make an increase in your knitting is to yarn over. This does, however, create a hole in your work. For this reason, it is primarily used as an increase in lace knitting and other pieces where …

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Make 1 Increase

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

The make 1 (also known as the lifted make 1) is an easy and very tidy looking increase. It utilizes the running thread between two live stitches to create a new stitch. This increase can lean to the left or …

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Double decrease

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

sl1, k2tog, psso (or SK2P) – left-slanting double decrease sl1, k2tog, psso is an abbreviation for slip one, knit two together, pass one over. Slip one stitch as if to knit. Insert right needle through 2 stitches at once from …

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K2Tog

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

k2tog is an abbreviation for knit two together. It involves knitting two stitches together as though they were one stitch. Completing a k2tog creates a decrease in your knitting because where once there were two stitches; there is now only …

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P2Tog

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

p2tog is an abbreviation for purl two together. It involves purling two stitches together as though they were one stitch. Completing a p2tog creates a decrease in your knitting because where once there were two stitches; there is now only …

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SKP

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

skp is an abbreviation for slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over. To complete this technique, you must slip one stitch knitwise, knit the next stitch, then pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch and off of the needle. This …

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SSK

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

ssk is an abbreviation for slip, slip, knit. It involves slipping two stitches from the left needle to the right needle (one at a time, please) and then working them as though they were one stitch using an interesting maneuver …

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SSP

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

ssp is an abbreviation for slip, slip, purl. This is quite similar to the ssk, but happens on the purl side. Completing an ssp creates a decrease in your knitting because you are getting rid of two stitches and replacing …

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Short Rows (Wrap and Turn or W&T)

by Knit Picks Tutorials on December 17, 2009 | Leave a comment

Kelley shows you how to use the short row technique (also known as wrap and turn, or W/T) in your knitting to shape your garments.  

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