Monday, May 25, 2015

Decreasing, or Why You Should count Stitches

Skip a stitch. This will leave a hole. This is not usually how a pattern directions tell you to skip a stitch (sk a st).
 Decrease 1 dc (Dec 1 dc) pull up the first loop as if you are making a dc.
Pull up a loop in the next st. You have 3 loops on your hook.
 Yo and pull through all 3 loops.
 Dec sc is similar. Pull up a loop for the first stitch...
 Pull up a loop for the 2nd stitch...
 Yo and pull through all 3 loops.
 This is the hole left by skipping a stitch.
 This is a dc dec.
This is a sc dec.
Decreasing is used for shaping. Patterns to follow....

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