Thank-you for posting. Most patterns are written for the western style of knitting. Substituting SSK for K2tog has really improved the look of my projects.
Thank you for sharing, i also knit eastern uncrossed, but didnt know it ( i am greek-american and didnt know i "knit wrong" until i found the internet. LOL.) AnywaY, this is very good info, thank you!
Um, well known that SSK is a LEFT slanted decrease, which is why on patterns charts it is a line slanting up to the left!
A right slant is a knit 2 together, shown as a line slanting up to the right - which is almost what you have done. A ssk is not what you have shown here.
In my style of knitting, Eastern Uncrossed, continental style, K2tog is left slanted. This IS different from mainstream knitting. In SSK, I have to reposition the orientation of the stitich by slipping and then knitting, which is SSk for me.
Forgive me for pointing this out so long after you've made the video. If you wrapped the yarn the other way your stitcheswould already be alligned correctly for that k2tog. That would make lace a bit easier.
I knit this way as well and have found two ways to do this decrease. One is the way you show. The other way is to knit the first stitch and pass the next stitch over it -- it yields the same result and is somewhat faster, because you don't have to reorient the stitches.
In the style I knit (Eastern Uncrossed) you have to reorient the stitches. Yes, it looks like Knit two together in Western style. This is how I get a right slant decrease. Comes in handy when doing lace, when you want a decrease slant going a certain direction.
Thank-you for posting. Most patterns are written for the western style of knitting. Substituting SSK for K2tog has really improved the look of my projects.
flashcablelights 10 months ago
Thank you for sharing, i also knit eastern uncrossed, but didnt know it ( i am greek-american and didnt know i "knit wrong" until i found the internet. LOL.) AnywaY, this is very good info, thank you!
j8nnyl 1 year ago
Um, well known that SSK is a LEFT slanted decrease, which is why on patterns charts it is a line slanting up to the left!
A right slant is a knit 2 together, shown as a line slanting up to the right - which is almost what you have done. A ssk is not what you have shown here.
WestEndCal 2 years ago
In my style of knitting, Eastern Uncrossed, continental style, K2tog is left slanted. This IS different from mainstream knitting. In SSK, I have to reposition the orientation of the stitich by slipping and then knitting, which is SSk for me.
knitordi 2 years ago
Forgive me for pointing this out so long after you've made the video. If you wrapped the yarn the other way your stitcheswould already be alligned correctly for that k2tog. That would make lace a bit easier.
triel77 2 years ago
I knit this way as well and have found two ways to do this decrease. One is the way you show. The other way is to knit the first stitch and pass the next stitch over it -- it yields the same result and is somewhat faster, because you don't have to reorient the stitches.
tamerlano 3 years ago
In the style I knit (Eastern Uncrossed) you have to reorient the stitches. Yes, it looks like Knit two together in Western style. This is how I get a right slant decrease. Comes in handy when doing lace, when you want a decrease slant going a certain direction.
knitordi 4 years ago
nothing happened you just knit 2 together from stocking stich
aje2103 4 years ago