Thanks. Your videos are always clear, concise & very helpful. And you don't gabble on for ages, unlike some other people do, but get straight to the necessary info.
I just wanted to thank you for all of your videos. It is so nice to know, if I don't understand something in knitting, I can come here and get a quick video that makes it very clear. I have become a fairly confident knitter because of your videos - I subscribed when I first decided to teach myself to knit, and you haven't let me down yet!
A hat pattern is using p2tog as a left-leaning decrease as seen from the right side for shaping a cap brim. I found the tidiest way to retain the leaning stitches is, on the purl side, slip the first as if to knit and replace onto left needle (reorienting) then purl through back loop of two stitches. I am happy with this outcome. Thank you so much for all your wonderful ideas and videos - you are my "go-to girl" for knitting stitches.
@@verypinkknits that has *not* been my experience. just like SSK isn't "slip slip, return to left needle and K2tog" (it's K2tog tbl), patterns use SSP to mean slip slip P2tog tbl. the stitch doesn't lean the right direction otherwise.
I also have learned that an ssp is supposed to be purled through the back loops. However I came up with a way to avoid that. If you change the order of the two stitches as if you were wanting to make a 1-1 left cross, THEN you can purl them together in the normal way. No need to slip as if to knit onto the right-hand needle.
I used this method for a neckline knitted flat (a v neck) and the ssp done this way did not look the same as the ssk, something to think about before starting the decreases if you want both sides of your neckline to look alike and neat.
my guess is that it would have looked ok if you'd purled through the back loops. i just finished a project with SSP and that was my experience. check out other people's videos on SSP.
I am knitting a cardigan which utilizes SSK and SSP decreases. The designer included her video on how to do SSP. My stitches looked vastly different from the opposite side SSK. My knitting teacher told me I was "doing it wrong", and showed me how to finish by purling through the back loops, which was a perfect mirror to the SSK. So I checked here (my go to) and found the same instruction as the sweater designer! Several other SSP videos show the 'through the back' , which is how the stitch works best for my project.
Well shoot, now I don't know which is correct. I just watched a video stating you purl them through the back loop not a normal purl both together. So slip 1 kw, slip 1 kw, move them to left needle and purl both through the back loop (the hard way, turning it.) Then she had an easy ssp. That I can't explain. But I'll post the link so you can see it.
UA-cam won't let you post a link, so it's okay, you don't have to. Let me tell you this - if you've found another way to decrease that you're happy with, either is fine. There are no knitting police. In the video, I demonstrate the way I do it.
@@verypinkknits okay, as long as it looks the same, I'm assuming, with the left lean. And yours is so much easier than both I saw! I figured I probably shouldn't post a link anyway 😉 etiquette 🙂 Thanks for responding so quickly.
@@tlneill I'm figuring this out too! And for where I'm using it, on a front v-neck the two methods result in a much different look. My preference, to match the other side is to purl the 2 slipped stitched through the back.
i actually think it SHOULD be the back loops purled because doing it the other way produces a RIGHT leaning decrease on the back, and if you needed a left one, you won't get it by purling though the front
in my experience, patterns use SSP to mean "slip, slip, return to left needle and purl through the *back loops*." yes, technically you could tell the designers to say 'SSPtbl' but they don't. just like "SSK" is knit 2 tog through the back loops and no one tells them it should be abbreviated "SSKtbl". i just finished a sweater with some lace trim using SSP and most definitely it needed to be purled through the back loops to lean in the correct direction on the front side. i love most of stacy's videos but this video should be redone because it's misleading.
Thank you for your instruction video's. Momentarily I am making the log cabin blanket with your explanation which was very clear. About the SSp i have a question. Some pearl the stichtes the normal way, other instructionvideo's show the pearling from the back to the front. (Excuse for my bad english). Does it make a differente in the endresult?
Yes - purling the stitch through the back loop would make a difference in the stitch, but such a teeny difference that it probably isn't worth the effort. You can work this stitch both ways, right next to each other, and see if you prefer the look of one way over the other, to be sure.
I'm using your ssp stitch in my Celia luxe cocoon cardigan which is a lace pattern. I've encountered problems maintaining the pattern. I've broken down the pattern into 12 stitches and count each stitch. But I still can't maintain the pattern. Any suggestion.
Imelda Netsel - I suggest emailing the pattern designer (Ravelry message is a good way to reach most designers). Chances are she has had this question before!
Thanks. Your videos are always clear, concise & very helpful. And you don't gabble on for ages, unlike some other people do, but get straight to the necessary info.
I just wanted to thank you for all of your videos. It is so nice to know, if I don't understand something in knitting, I can come here and get a quick video that makes it very clear. I have become a fairly confident knitter because of your videos - I subscribed when I first decided to teach myself to knit, and you haven't let me down yet!
I know it is pretty off topic but do anybody know a good website to stream new movies online?
@Kyson Jamal lately I have been using flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
A hat pattern is using p2tog as a left-leaning decrease as seen from the right side for shaping a cap brim. I found the tidiest way to retain the leaning stitches is, on the purl side, slip the first as if to knit and replace onto left needle (reorienting) then purl through back loop of two stitches. I am happy with this outcome. Thank you so much for all your wonderful ideas and videos - you are my "go-to girl" for knitting stitches.
Great! To the point. Well explained!! You are my "go to" channel
thank you so much! very helpful! Working on my first sweater and it called for this stitch. thank you so much
Just read your answer to another poster. I am all set. Will definitely use your method, It seems much easier.
I prefer the look of working it this way, but there are a few different ways of working it - really just a personal preference.
Thank you! Working on a new lace pattern!
Thank you so much for this clear, helpful video! (And happy new year!)
Thankyou. Your tutorials help a lot
Very clear. Thank you!
This is wrong. If you don’t purl through the back loop, your stitch will be twisted.
No, what I show here is correct. The pattern would specify "ssp tbl" if that is the stitch you need.
@@verypinkknits that has *not* been my experience. just like SSK isn't "slip slip, return to left needle and K2tog" (it's K2tog tbl), patterns use SSP to mean slip slip P2tog tbl. the stitch doesn't lean the right direction otherwise.
my pattern didn’t specify. i did it the way this video shows and the neckline on one side of my sweater is extremely crooked.
I also have learned that an ssp is supposed to be purled through the back loops. However I came up with a way to avoid that. If you change the order of the two stitches as if you were wanting to make a 1-1 left cross, THEN you can purl them together in the normal way. No need to slip as if to knit onto the right-hand needle.
I used this method for a neckline knitted flat (a v neck) and the ssp done this way did not look the same as the ssk, something to think about before starting the decreases if you want both sides of your neckline to look alike and neat.
my guess is that it would have looked ok if you'd purled through the back loops. i just finished a project with SSP and that was my experience. check out other people's videos on SSP.
I am knitting a cardigan which utilizes SSK and SSP decreases. The designer included her video on how to do SSP. My stitches looked vastly different from the opposite side SSK. My knitting teacher told me I was "doing it wrong", and showed me how to finish by purling through the back loops, which was a perfect mirror to the SSK. So I checked here (my go to) and found the same instruction as the sweater designer! Several other SSP videos show the 'through the back' , which is how the stitch works best for my project.
Thank you! 🤗
I've seen others do it different buy going up into the back of the two sts and then purling. Why do you do it this way?
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Well shoot, now I don't know which is correct. I just watched a video stating you purl them through the back loop not a normal purl both together. So slip 1 kw, slip 1 kw, move them to left needle and purl both through the back loop (the hard way, turning it.)
Then she had an easy ssp. That I can't explain. But I'll post the link so you can see it.
UA-cam won't let you post a link, so it's okay, you don't have to. Let me tell you this - if you've found another way to decrease that you're happy with, either is fine. There are no knitting police. In the video, I demonstrate the way I do it.
@@verypinkknits okay, as long as it looks the same, I'm assuming, with the left lean. And yours is so much easier than both I saw! I figured I probably shouldn't post a link anyway 😉 etiquette 🙂 Thanks for responding so quickly.
@@tlneill I'm figuring this out too! And for where I'm using it, on a front v-neck the two methods result in a much different look. My preference, to match the other side is to purl the 2 slipped stitched through the back.
Other demostrators show ssp as purling through the back of the slipped stitches. But you purl them directly. Which looks better?
i actually think it SHOULD be the back loops purled because doing it the other way produces a RIGHT leaning decrease on the back, and if you needed a left one, you won't get it by purling though the front
This stitch should be purled through the back loops. Doing it otherwise causes the stitch to be twisted.
in my experience, patterns use SSP to mean "slip, slip, return to left needle and purl through the *back loops*." yes, technically you could tell the designers to say 'SSPtbl' but they don't. just like "SSK" is knit 2 tog through the back loops and no one tells them it should be abbreviated "SSKtbl". i just finished a sweater with some lace trim using SSP and most definitely it needed to be purled through the back loops to lean in the correct direction on the front side. i love most of stacy's videos but this video should be redone because it's misleading.
Thank you for your instruction video's. Momentarily I am making the log cabin blanket with your explanation which was very clear. About the SSp i have a question. Some pearl the stichtes the normal way, other instructionvideo's show the pearling from the back to the front. (Excuse for my bad english). Does it make a differente in the endresult?
Yes - purling the stitch through the back loop would make a difference in the stitch, but such a teeny difference that it probably isn't worth the effort. You can work this stitch both ways, right next to each other, and see if you prefer the look of one way over the other, to be sure.
Thank you
Thank you, you made it very clear
Hello, why do some people then Purl the 2 stitches from the back? you just purled from the front.
I am confused
I'm using your ssp stitch in my Celia luxe cocoon cardigan which is a lace pattern. I've encountered problems maintaining the pattern. I've broken down the pattern into 12 stitches and count each stitch. But I still can't maintain the pattern. Any suggestion.
Imelda Netsel - I suggest emailing the pattern designer (Ravelry message is a good way to reach most designers). Chances are she has had this question before!
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