Just curious....

[hydeemarie]

I was curious as to which ssk everyone used!

[jimmy bean]

uh oh! what is the improved ssk?? i should probably know this

[marykz]

uh oh! what is the improved ssk?? i should probably know this

LOL- me too- I thought- "there's more than one SSK? no wonder I keep screwing up...."

I'd better go look it up! then I'll vote later....

[brendajos]

It's in the video glossary right under the original ssk.

I voted improved because that is what i used last... but truthfully i do what the pattern says if it specifies and if it doesn't i use whatever pops in my head first and just keep doing it that way.

My eyes honestly don't see much of a difference and i think that the original one is a little less ackward to do.

[dustinac]

I voted for ssk original.. cause I'm just used to doing it that way and automatically slip knit wise

[JoeE]

Bummer, SKP wasn't an option. I'm evidently too clutzy to do SSK, but SKP works very well for me.

[Knitting_Guy]

What's an SSK?

[dustinac]

What's an SSK?

It's a left slanting decrease you can see under Decrease on Amy's videos.. I use it a lot when knitting socks when you get to the gusset and toe part.. but a lot of patterns call for it..

SSK= slip, slip, knit... slip, slip, knit slipped stitches tog (old way) or check brendajos below for new way

[brendajos]

Originally Posted by Knitting_Guy

What's an SSK?

It's a left slanting decrease you can see under Decrease on Amy's videos.. I use it a lot when knitting socks when you get to the gusset and toe part.. but a lot of patterns call for it..

SSK= slip, slip, knit... either you slip the stitches knit wise (old way) or slip them purl wise (new way)

Okay i thought i was about to have a moment... i thought i was doing it wrong all this time and figured that's why i think the improved seems a little clunkier...


but i went looking and found this...

...Slip one stitch as if to knit, slip the next stitch as if to purl, knit the two together through the back loops.

*whew*

[dustinac]

it is a good thing I stick to the original then