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Decreasing

Decreases should always be worked in such a way that they rnatch the knitted piece as perfectly as

possiblc. This also applies to decreases at the edges and within a piece.

Decreases slanted to the Ieft: Knit I stitch afuu lite soi-tedge surc/i, f/ien uork u single de-cicmc. s!t/i the ne.xt stitch biit-u tsc. knit I stitch. itml l>ass the sltftfkul stitch ot er it.

W hen working roundcJ or slanted shnpcs at the sitlc edges—such as armltolc*. V-necks, or rnglan pattems—indieid-ual śtitches havc to be Jecreilsod at the edges. These decreases should always match the design of the piece and the knirred parrern.

If only I stitch has to be decreased at the nmihole or the neckline. you can simply knit .>r purl the selvedge stitch together wtth the stitch ncxt to it as needed. i Iowcver, tor raginn >leevc$ or V*necks, ir looks hetter it you >hilt the deerease I or 2 stitchea in trom the edge and knit rhe second and rhird, o: third .md fourth stitch* es toyot hor. In the examplc$ shuwn, rhe third and fourth snrchcs wcrc knit together or worked together, as appropriatc.

Decreases within a piece aro worked rhe sanie way as at the edges. If you want to dccrea.se symmctrically on hoth sides, you musr knit or work two Mitches together two times. You need such double decreases tor V-neck edgings, picot, or ojsjnwork pattems.

Decreases slanted (o the right: K'nu

to u uhin 4 stttches /mrn the erd of the row, but the next 2 stiichcs together. but I stitch. then work the seliedgc suich.

On the nglu sicie, a single decrease to the Icfi is worked u itii the las sweh nf the stoebnette rih and ilu■ nexi stitch. On the left sidc. the fint stacli of the Hb ts but together with the stitch m front of it.

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