What does SSK mean in knit?
slip, slip, knit
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 illustrated below.
What direction is a SSK?
The ssk is used often in knitting as the opposite, counter, or mirrored decrease to the k2tog (knit 2 together). It leans the opposite way – k2tog leans right and ssk leans left.
What is SSK and SSP in knitting?
ssk = slip, slip, knit One stitch is decreased. This decrease slants to the left. On the purl side of the work, the decrease is called slip, slip, purl (ssp). In the same way as ssk, slip the 2 stitches on at a time as if to knit to the right needle.
Is SSK the same as K2tog TBL?
K2tog-tbl does not produce the same result as SSK: with k2tog-tbl the stitches get twisted (they don’t in the SSK). The two stitches do look different. It’s more noticeable in some fabrics than others, and as long as you’re consistent it’s not a bad substitute.
Is SSK same as K2tog TBL?
Is SSK the same as SKP?
Slip, slip, knit decrease (ssk) Ssk looks the same as skp. It is another method of working Single left leaning decrease. In ssk you slip two stitches instead of one and knit them together through back loops.
What is the purl equivalent of SSK?
Ssp (slip, slip, purl) is the purl equivalent of ssk and leans to the left when looked at from the right side.
Is SSK slip Knitwise or Purlwise?
To work an ssk, you slip one stitch knitwise with the yarn in back (wyib) from the left needle to the right needle, then you slip one stitch purlwise wyib. Next, insert the tip of the left needle knitwise into the two slipped stitches on the right needles.
Is K2tog a left-leaning decrease?
Knit two together = right-leaning decrease, which is done on the left side of the row. Most often seen in patterns as “K2tog.” Slip, slip, knit = left-leaning decrease, which is done on the right side of the row. Most often seen in patterns as “SSK.”