Comments on: Do these look different?

By: susoolu

susoolu — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:44:58 +0000

Another way to do TSKP (assuming I’ve followed correctly - it’s early for me, and I haven’t had enough coffee) is to insert right needle into stitch purlwise, as if to slip purlwise, but leave stitch on left needle, then knit normally, completely, into second stitch on left needle. As you take the knit stitch off, the first, purl/slip is automatically passed over. Something I learnt from Sharon Miller of Heirloom Knitting. Just what you wanted to know!

By: lucia

lucia — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:43:58 +0000

That sounds like it would work. Now, I’m going to need to try it and take a photo! (Some techniques are harder to photograph by myself than to do.)

By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Raglan Shaping

The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Raglan Shaping — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:23:43 +0000

This older blog article uses the ssk in a raglan decrease. Relevant tutorials: 1) how to work an ssk. raglan decrease.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:34:51 +0000

Thanks so much for this with the pics! I’m doing my first sock, and wasn’t sure about the ssk. I feel better now!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:19:40 +0000

I simple adore your blog. I will have to move it from my favourite blogs list and put it on “if you really wanna larn knitting”.
BTW, SSK is k2tog here in Croatia - I have had many missunderstandings whan I started using knitting instructions in english!
But, now everything is all right!

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:40:55 +0000

What about the SSK “improved”? I saw this on Knittinghelp.com and I do think it looks a bit better than regular SSK, but I’m not sure how it compares with SKP or twisted SKP?

Thanks for the tutorial! I can always count on learning something different when I read your blog…

By: peggy

peggy — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:59:10 +0000

Thanks. I just happened on this today when looking to find out how to decrease on the bottom of a tote bag. I am to k2tog on right side of the four markers and ssk on the left. I THOUGHT I was to slip as if to purl, but I wasn’t sure. Now I know.

By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Short Row Toe or Heel– Increasing portion.

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:27:07 +0000

[…] 3. Handy illustrations for true beginners: how to work an ssk; how to work a ptbl, that is “purl through back loops.” Amazingly enough, I don’t show k2tog in an individual lesson! Previous posts: ( Chewy Haiku | Home ) […]

By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Slip knitwise vs slip purlwise.

The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Slip knitwise vs slip purlwise. — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:31:07 +0000

[…] The most common reason to slip knitwise is to work an “ssk” type decrease, which I illustrate in an article where I compare left leaning decreases. […]

By: hetty

hetty — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:04:59 +0000

thanks for the explanation!!! im from holland and had a real hard time reading the english abbriviations. your pictures made it so much clearer for me

By: Barb Brown

Barb Brown — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:23:46 +0000

I am making a sweater and it says to sskp What does that mean. I never heard of that before.

Thanks
Barb