SSP - LL Decrease - Knitting with Rosee Woodland
Classes with Rosee Woodland • Educational, G, 01-Mar-2018
Another decrease that you work from the wrong side of knitting, but which produces a really nice, neat firm edge.
This is left leaning, so could be used in conjunction with a right leaning decrease (Pearl 2 tog) to create a neckline.
SSP stands for slip, slip pearl and Rosee thinks this is a little tricky at first. You can stop the video and re-run as many times as you like until you get the hang of it.
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