Q&A for How to Slip Slip Knit

Knitting two together is a right-slanting decrease, and slip-slip is a left-slanting decrease.

There are two types of slip stitches. One where you move the working yarn to the front, then slip the stitch on the left needle to the right needle and one where you hold the working yarn in the back before slipping the stitch. You might do one or the other depending on if you want the slip on the front of your project, on the back, or both. The Linen stitch does this by alternating on which side the yarn is held. When working the right side, the yarn is held in front and when working the wrong side, it's held in back. However, for a slip, slip, knit as in this article, the yarn is usually held in the back.

There is also a "slip as to purl", meaning you insert the needle as you woukd for a purl stitch. However, I don't think that works for SSK.

Check the pattern. It's all dependent on yarn weight, stitches used and size of sweater. Most patterns will give you an idea of how much yarn you will need for a specific size, usually the smallest. Just buy more than you need. Most places will refund unused skeins.

Simply knit two together (k2tog). This gives the stitch a left lean while the slip, slip knit (ssk) gives the stitch and right lean.

Make sure you are skipping the correct number of stitches in the "valleys," or the bottoms of the V-shapes. If this still doesn't work, check the number of increases. As a last resort, you may need to modify the pattern and increase less or decrease more.