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Y Sunday, July 15, 2007

Ways of Decreasing Stitches


Have you been practising what you have learnt? What we have so far...

  • casting on
  • knit stitch
  • purl stitch
  • garter stitch
  • stocking/stockinette stitch
  • rib stitch
  • increasing stitches

to complete the basics of shaping a piece of work, following are the different ways of decreasing.

Purl 2 Together (P2tog) - http://www.knittinghelp.com/dynamic/php/video/index.php?file=/increase/bar-purlside-eng.mpg

Knit 2 Together (K2tog) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBpbLmgwHFA

Slip 1 Knit 1 Pass Slip Stitch Over (S1K1PSSO) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIlNNYt-Q94

K2tog and S1K1PSSO usualy goes hand in hand when decreasing on both sides of a piece of work. K2tog is done on the right side and S1K1PSSO is done on the left.

Practice Piece:

  1. cast on 20 stitches
  2. do single rib for 4 rows (K1P1 throughout the row for 4 rows)
  3. increase one stitch at each side on last row of single rib (knit increase on 1st stitch and purl increase on last stitch) - you shd now have 22 stitches to work on
  4. continue in stocking stitch for 4 rows (1 row knit and 1 row purl)
  5. K1 K2tog K16 S1K1PSSO K1 (knit 1 stitch, knit 2 together, knit 16 stitches, slip 1 knit 1 pass slip stitch over, knit 1)
  6. Purl whole row
  7. repeat step 5 and 6 for 5 times (10 rows) - you should have balance of 12 stitches
  8. cast off - see next post

The above would bring you through what you have learnt other than the garter stitch which is kniting on every row.

will post some simple projects for all to work on and feel free to send me a message if you need help.

have fun.... :)

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