Decreasing

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In order to reduce the number of stitches on the needle, a decrease must be worked. There any many different ways to decrease. Different decreases are worked for their different resulting effects. A single decrease eliminates only one stitch; a double-decrease eliminates two stitches in one action. Some decreases create a top stitch that leans right or leans left. In the case of double-decreases, the center stitch may also sit vertically on top of the decrease or be hidden below it.

A series of left- or right-leaning decreases can be worked at the same column of stitches in each row as the top stitch, to create a vertical-running line.

The opposite of this effect is a "fully-fashioned" decrease, made with a series of decreases that lean in the direction of the decreasing edge and are worked the same number of stitches from the edge on each decreasing row, creating a stepped look to the decrease.

[edit] Methods of Single Decreases

SSK - left-leaning

SKPSSO - left-leaning

K2tog - right-leaning

[edit] Methods of Double-Decreases

SSSK - left-leaning

K3tog - right-leaning

S2tog, K, P2SSO - center stitch on top

S, K2tog, PSSO - center stitch on bottom

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