[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Help Request - Double Decrease

[Sarah Sykes]

Marvelous work, Annette. Great job describing this method!

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Sarah M Sykes
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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Karen <butterfly05 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Awesome Annette, I can do this!
>
> Thanks a million!
>
> Karen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <
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> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Help Request - Double Decrease
>
>
> Hi Karen,
>
> There are many ways to accomplish a double decrease.  When a pattern does
> not specify how they want you to do it, my first choice is usually to Slip
> 1, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over.  Here is a step by step of
> how
> to do this.
>
> 1.  Put your right needle into the first stitch on your left needle as if
> you are going to knit it.
> 2.  use your right needle to slide the stitch off of the left needle, while
> keeping it on the right needle.
> 3.  Now knit the next 2 stitches on your left needle together.  This means
> to push the first 2 stitches on your left needle together and treat them as
> one stitch as you insert your right needle knitwise and knit them as if
> they
> were only a single stitch.
> 4.  The final step is to lift the slipped stitch that is sitting on your
> right needle up and over the new stitch you created when you did the knit 2
> together, and off of the point of the right needle.  Use the point of your
> left needle to lift the slipped stitch (This is the second stitch from the
> point of the right needle) up and over the first stitch on the right
> needle.
> This will take some practice to get the slipped stitch off without knocking
> the first stitch on the needle off.  As far as how to insert the left
> needle
> into the slipped stitch, I insert the left needle from left to right on the
> front of the stitch.  The front of the stitch is the leg of the stitch
> facing you.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Annette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Karen
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:17 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Help Request - Double Decrease
>
> Greetings All,
>
> Can someone explain how to do a double decrease on the needles please? I've
> encountered the double decrease in a pattern and as a newbie am not sure
> the
> best way to go about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karen
>
>
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