Decreasing stitches means making the work narrower by knitting stitches together. This is used, for example, when shaping sleeves, necklines or waists in a garment. There are several ways to decrease, and the one you choose depends on how you want the decrease to look.
1. Knit two together (right-leaning decrease)
2. Insert the right needle through two stitches at the same time, as if they were one.
3. Knit one stitch through both.
4. Drop the stitches from the left needle.
The result is a decrease that slopes to the right.
1. Lift, lift, knit together (for left-leaning decrease)
2. Slip one stitch as a knit stitch, without knitting it.
3. Lift the next stitch in the same way.
4. Insert the left needle into the two lifted stitches from the front and knit them together.
The result is a decrease that leans to the left.
1. Two purls together
• When you knit on the wrong side, you do the same thing as “knit two together”, but instead you knit two purl stitches together.
• This gives a decrease that fits on the wrong side of the work.
Tip:
• If you want symmetry, use two knits together on one edge and lift, lift, knit together on the other.
• If you always decrease on the same side, you get a slanted edge, which can be used as a design detail.
• Note which rows you decrease on so that both sides of the garment are the same.
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