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Decrcasing

Double Decrease Slanting to the Left or to the Right

](you want to dccrcaM* 2 stitches, you c .m kntt ) stitches togetlłcr fora decrease slanted to che right. For n Jcercasc slantcd to the lelt, you can knit ? stitches together rwisted. i>r you can work as dcscribcd on the rifiht.

IFor a double decrease slanted to the right, slip the first stitch knitwise. knit the next 2 stitchos together,...

2...then pass the slipped stitch over the 2 knitted-together stitches.

Double Decrease with Center Stitch on Top

This decrease, also cnlleJ a decrease with 2 stitches passed over, is fre-guently used for lacy openwork pat-terns. Ir is also the most artraeme decrease for the center of V*neck ncck hands rhnt aro knitted on (startlng on page 80). Working a dotiNc decrease with the center stitch on top is descrihed on the right.

ISlip the stitch in front of the center stitch, together with the center stitch, knitwise.

2 Knit the next stitch and pass tho slipped stitches over it.

For decreases in the wrong sidc rows, slip 1 stitch. On the right side, knit this stitch together with the stitch in front of it. On the left side, work a decrease slanted to the right.

On both sides of the edge. purl together 2 stitches. For the band lip. knit together 2 stitches on the right side of the center, and a decrease to the right is worked on the left side.

For this band, 3 stitches are purled together 3 limes. The last decrease is worked with the knit stitches slanted to the left (see above).

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