A Better Way to SSK

Рет қаралды 47,737

19 күн бұрын

Learn a better way to create a left leaning decrease!
Get Patty Lyons' Knitting Bag of Tricks
amzn.to/3LdH8e1
Preorder the Knitting Bag of Tricks Workbook
amzn.to/3RUPw61
Sharon on the Trail MKAL pattern
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Knit together on Zoom for Casapinka's upcoming MKAL (mystery knit along)
We'll meet
purltogether.myflodesk.com/mo...
Self Striping Yarn from Woolens & Nosh
www.woolensandnosh.com/
Jana's Perfect Heel
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Sign up for the Purl Together Newsletter
www.purltogether.com
Purl Together on Instagram
/ purl_together
SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL and get some cool perks!
Join the Purl Together Community on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/purltogether
Shop My Favorites:
www.purltogether.com/shop-my-...
Purl Together Facebook group:
/ purltogether
Meet us on Ravelry:
www.ravelry.com/groups/purl-to...
NOTE: Yep, a couple of those links above may be affiliate links. What does that mean? Just that we may get a small commission if you actually click through that link and buy something. It's doesn't cost you anything extra.

Пікірлер: 151

@KathiTrujillo-kn6qn 17 күн бұрын

"Old chicks can learn new tricks". I love it!

@francesjackson2511 14 күн бұрын

This old chick just turned 94 and I'm overjoyed to learn this new trick! For many years I've been unhappy with the un-matching sides of my sock heels, and this is a wonderful solution. Thank you so much for posting this!

@maryannbergeron9531 10 күн бұрын

At 77, I agree “Old chicks can definitely learn new tricks!” Thanks for sharing. I am ordering the book. ❤

@donnas9599 16 күн бұрын

How nice of you to share…I’ve been following Patty’s tricks & classes for ages. The BEST SSK!

@doreensickling7031 11 күн бұрын

In England we’re always taught to place our right hand needle through the back of the two stitches together and knit them off they always come out straight. Much easier.

@vskywark 2 күн бұрын

But twisted

@joycestone5292 17 күн бұрын

AWESOME!!! I’ve always hated that raised leg on my SSKs on my socks! Thanks for sharing that tip. I’ll need to get that book!

@lainieepstein7753 17 күн бұрын

I learned this from Patty Lyons a couple of years ago and works great for all projects but especially for lace. Her book is excellent!

@skhelmick 16 күн бұрын

Thanks so much Jana! I've had Patty's book, but seeing this improved SSK in video made it much clearer for me!

@brokahontis62 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for demonstrating the method! Your video is perfect! You always zoom enough to clearly show what you're doing. ❤❤❤

@PurlTogether 17 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kyleelizabethcook3787 13 күн бұрын

I would love it if, when teaching a stitch, we were also taught to "tink" it! Thanks for the great information!

@beverlyhess611 17 күн бұрын

I so agree with you! It always bothers me too that they are wonky….this seems like a great reprieve! Thanks for sharing!

@alleneileen 13 күн бұрын

so great for socks! I showed this to all my knitter friends after learning it from Patti, thanks for sharing!

@nanfredman1991 13 күн бұрын

This is great! And thanks so much for the pointer to Patty Lyons’ book. It’s pretty fabulous!👍❤️

@3232siobhan 4 күн бұрын

When I started to knit three years ago, I stumbled on Patty Lyons' videos and she is brilliant!!

@LoriNeu19 16 күн бұрын

I discovered Patty Lyon and her books on the recent ITIKH podcast. And I was delighted to find her Tricks book at my local bookstore! Thanks for doing the video, Jana; I learn things much faster from watching your demonstrations.

@ooohlaa13 16 күн бұрын

wow I love elevating knitting into the fine art that it is ... I am heading for my local library to check out Patty' s book. thanx so much love your no nonsense non cutie delivery, just pure professional!

@jeandekeyser6262 15 күн бұрын

Thanks Jana! I got Patty's book for Christmas and agree with you, it's a great book! Glad to see you to the SSK the way she describes, I'll be giving it a try.

@Kate-yx7rk 14 күн бұрын

Ha! - I changed my SSK to Patti Lyon's method just last night!! Getting that stitch through the 'triangle' is a little tricky to begin with but so worth it when you see what a difference in the finished decrease. Thanks for doing this little vid.

@jeanrichards8042 17 күн бұрын

Holy cow! I've been knitting socks (b/c that's why I started knitting to begin with) and I noticed this w/ask too! I had no idea about Patty Lyons book but it's on my must read list now, thanks for always bringing us knitter's such valuable info and your delightful personality too😁

@gailterry3134 15 күн бұрын

What a great way to do SSKs!! Very tidy. Thank you for sharing.

@marymorris6897 15 күн бұрын

6:00 for exact stitch. Wonderful!!!

@laurabeatrizlanglegarcia9225 Күн бұрын

Very interesting! I'll try it for sure! Thanks for sharing!

@marsy1480 14 күн бұрын

Lovely sock yarn!

@PurlTogether 6 күн бұрын

This swatch is actually a worsted weight called Berroco Renew.

@sueholubeshen9960 17 күн бұрын

I have always knit together through the back loop as taught by my grandmother many many years ago as it's one step and basically the same thing as the book

@jnz9389 13 күн бұрын

K2tog tbl is the way my Scottish grandmother taught me

@ingernordli8626 2 күн бұрын

Thank you from Norway 😊❤

@ingriddurfee6582 17 күн бұрын

I LOVE Patty Lyons’ book! Full of excellent tips.

@ursulamanwiller5630 17 күн бұрын

Wow. I’m anxious to try it. Very tidy. Thank you.

@yvonnemariereibin9891 10 күн бұрын

Thank you very much. This is an awesome idea. I need to practice,practice,practice.

@EvieO1950 16 күн бұрын

We certainly can!! Thanks for sharing a great tip!

@cozycomfy589 17 күн бұрын

Been doing that technique for a year and love it.

@ginnyc 16 күн бұрын

Patty Lyons book is great! Thanks for demonstrating. 💜

@melsharp4613 17 күн бұрын

I just knit my last pair of socks with this decrease...soooo much neater!!

@oppositeofh8 17 күн бұрын

wow, thanks for all the valuable information. i had never heard of that author/book. i'll be picking one up soon. 😻😻😻😻😻 5/5

@auntylinda7640 17 күн бұрын

Whatever happened to sl1, k1, psso? That looks the best as long as you don't stretch your stitches. X

@PurlTogether 17 күн бұрын

That works too, it's just a different look.

@shllybkwrm 13 күн бұрын

If you think about the direction your yarn is going thru the stitches by the end of this, I'm pretty sure it's the same as a k2tog

@shllybkwrm 13 күн бұрын

However, slipping knitwise can make something different!

@Darvit_Nu 11 күн бұрын

I had to come back to say a HUGE thank you for recommending Patty Lyon's "Knitting Bag if Tricks" book & providing the link! I ordered it & took a peek at the ebook sample pages. I've been knitting & crocheting most of my life & am really excited to read Patty's book. I saw some great information already in the sample pages. ❤ The workbook is most likely going to be pre-ordered as well. I enjoy the style of her writing & the information. The illustrations really are fantastic. I'm a very visual & hands on learner so I thoroughly appreciate tutorials in the style that you upload on your channel! Very clear to see what you're doing & the explanation is very clear of what you're doing, why & the effect it creates in the work. 😇

@44jaxmom 16 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for this!! I'm excited

@anitawessels3932 17 күн бұрын

Thanks Jana. I will practice on my after through heal.

@crochetlady_ 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing will be doing this one now 😊

@lynnechinnock4020 15 күн бұрын

Absolutely brilliant Jana, thanks 👍🏻

@tinaporubsky 15 күн бұрын

Very timely & helpful because I just started decreases on sweater sleeves. I can’t wait to try this technique.

@carolynrockafellow417 17 күн бұрын

Wow so awesome. Thank you for sharing this.

@karenalbery2773 17 күн бұрын

I just started doing this too. I saw her book of knitting tricks now has a workbook! With stickers!!!

@jodydcrawford5470 15 күн бұрын

I’ve just recently ordered her book and am very much looking forward to sinking my teeth into it. Thanks for sharing, Jana.

@sydssong 16 күн бұрын

Love this book! Have been using her technique ever since getting her book last year. Thank you for this demonstration!

@andreasissons7766 17 күн бұрын

This is such great info. I'm going to try it on my next knitted hat.

@user-cv4ii7hd7x 15 күн бұрын

Very nice and thanks for the new book. ❤

@debreischool 9 күн бұрын

Great tip, thanks! I am a TKGAMHK and very open for good tips, it’s the result that counts 😍. Ordered Patty Lyons book and workbook (delivery in Europe in October 🤪) and I look forward to the mystery call, also ordered. Casapinka is new to me and I love your humor and way of presenting. I’ll be following you from the Netherlands (the crazy orange bunch)! When you’re around Holland some time, please visit my knitting school on Wednesday afternoon, they won’t understand the language but we’ll have fun knitting! Cheers ❤

@laurieosterndorf 14 күн бұрын

Credit where credit is due. I learned this years ago at Meg Swanson’s Knitting Camp. She learned it from her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, the OG of knitting brilliantly.

@carmeslynn 12 күн бұрын

Hi Jana, Thank you so much for sharing the modified ssk technique. I used it on a pair of socks today and could not believe how even and tidy the ssk stitches turned out. I will use it from now on. Carrie from Northern San Francisco Bay Area.🥰❤🐕🐑☕🧵🪡🧶

@CourtReporter7 16 күн бұрын

OMG. I have that book! I bought it a couple years ago after I finally taught myself how to knit (been a crocheter for 40 years), but I’ve barely cracked it open. I’m going to be scouring it now that you’ve reminded me of it! 😂

@joejames2167 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this tip! it's something I've never noticed probably because I never really looked. I looking forward to trying this out as I'm currently working the gussets on a pair of socks. Happy 4th!

@MrsGump 7 күн бұрын

Ive never noticed the "step" of the stich before (still new to knitting) until i saw this & now its driving me INSANE 🤣

@pollyolaughlin2762 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for showing us this technique. I'm trying to knit a tank top with lace pattern at the bottom. I'm loving using this left leaning decrease. ❤❤❤

@aquinnahsun 17 күн бұрын

Great tutorial, Jana. I had seen Patty demonstrate this in a video a few years ago, and it’s become my go-to SSK.

@Melanie-Jay77 15 күн бұрын

Hello ! Great to see you! Have a great weekend!

@gabriellejacobs1192 16 күн бұрын

That is really useful. I'm going to try it today on my raglans!

@cynthia2553 3 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video!!!!!!❤❤❤

@Knits-WIPs-N-Chains 16 күн бұрын

OMGosh. I'm definitely going to be trying this. Thank You. I just always assumed that I was doing something wrong.

@theastewart6721 17 күн бұрын

Great technique. Thanks for sharing.😊

@midwestkatie4 16 күн бұрын

Love this! Going to have to practice it!

@nobleelf 16 күн бұрын

I did get Patty's book. I do have to say that, as great as the illustrations are, having YOU talk through the steps and show them, really made a difference! ❤ I will also mention that I wish I'd either bought the Kindle or the spiral bound edition, as it's a bit difficult holding the book open and working through her ideas. I will definitely do that with the Workbook, and use my tablet to more easily access and see what she is teaching!

@jaggcalgary.7938 16 күн бұрын

I bought this book immediately! There's always a use for new ways of doing things. You are so right about the illustrations too. That was the first thing I checked when looking at a sample of the book. The illustrations are great. I also have the Vogue book which is also a good resource but their illustrations will make your eyes go curly.

@lisalloki 17 күн бұрын

❤ Book ordered. You rock.

@kjrussell8831 17 күн бұрын

I wish I had known about this better method when I knitted a raglan sweater. I haven’t completed the seaming yet so I’m hoping blocking will improve it.

@lindacornelius3451 16 күн бұрын

Thank you, I have this book. Thank you

@evaromain3199 16 күн бұрын

Really great tip. Thanks a lot👌

@trixieknits 17 күн бұрын

That’s fantastic!!!!

@carlytasmith5754 16 күн бұрын

This is my favorite dec st when an SSK dec is called for in a pattern. It makes my SSK sts look much neater. I have Patty’s book. It is a very good reference book🧶

@maryfrank2175 13 күн бұрын

I LOVE this book...and learned the same trick from it! It DOES work well... Definitely an Old Chick! 😂

@dianeazzopardi6269 15 күн бұрын

That was the best ever SSK.

@karenb136 17 күн бұрын

Thanks. I will try that.

@TheSuzberry 16 күн бұрын

I think I’ve seen this in one of the Russian knitting videos but without the instructions. Thanks so much!

@aggiemakes 9 күн бұрын

Awesome thank you!❤❤

@adrahtaylor7993 16 күн бұрын

Thank you for great information.

@carlacrazymom 17 күн бұрын

very awesome. thanks for this.

@maeleetieman4403 15 күн бұрын

Mind = blown! I'm about to abandon my current WIP to start a hat just to try this out! 🤣 Thanks!!

@reenafleischhauer1140 16 күн бұрын

Wow that’s pretty neat.

@BrigitteSchoeppl 2 күн бұрын

thank you so much - that's really great!❤ I tryed it immediately - absolutely perfect! May I ask you a favour? please, next time, if possible take some yarn in white, beige, yellow, light blue or something like that. In dark colours it is very difficult to see the pattern... thank you so much❤

@janetg4551 11 күн бұрын

OMG 🤩 Thank you ❤❤❤

@countyofcaptivatingcorgwn4784 16 күн бұрын

That is amazing!! My SSK’s are definitely not very smooth!

@Craftingbug92 16 күн бұрын

Wow, great tip. Now to order the book 😂

@dianastrub3669 17 күн бұрын

This is very helpful

@vivianpowell1732 15 күн бұрын

I have found that Slip one knitwise, Slip one purlwise, Knit2tog works just as well.

@Tinacrafts2 17 күн бұрын

Yes, I have tried that technique. A little fiddly at first. I just have to remember to do it this way. 🤭 Someone on IG also posted a tip for socks. After doing the SSK on gusset decreases, just K tbl on next row to straighten things better. I’m also an “old” chick who needs that book too!

@PurlTogether 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

@doreenarcher8543 16 күн бұрын

Thank you thank you❤️Finally.

@tracya6702 17 күн бұрын

brilliant!

@CornbreadOracle 15 күн бұрын

I’ve been doing this for years. Don’t even remember where I picked it up. It’s just how I do a left leaning decrease and substitute it for ssk without even thinking. I note it as K2togL. In my head cannon it’s knit two together left.

@user-wg9ij2ro5l 16 күн бұрын

great stuff thankyou

@susannehoward3718 Күн бұрын

Ha funny, I came to the same conclusion by myself, but since I have trouble with going into the second stitch and then coming back out, i just slip the stitch to the right and back to the left, twisting it, and just knitting both together. Of course, thats more than 1 step, plus i cant adjust tension, so I may have to try again....

@balgrantango460 17 күн бұрын

Wonderful !!! Thanks so much. It always bothered me too that my sock gussets were not the same on each side. Thanks again!

@NYKnitter 13 күн бұрын

I searched for Patty Lyons and found One Move SSK (Improved Slip Slip Knit) video for her technique .

@lbaker4222 12 күн бұрын

Nice! Thanks! (I just turned 68 btw)

@barbarawood3209 16 күн бұрын

Me, too!😁😁😁

@streakyj2 17 күн бұрын

i learned a lot from PL's columns on MDK, but she is enshrined in my heart as the person who called out Seth Myers [during the pandemic, iirc] for commenting that knitters were little old ladies who didn't swear, or something--if you haven't seen their back & forth, def search for it! 🙂

@PurlTogether 16 күн бұрын

Oh I remember all of that! I might have to watch it again just for the entertainment value.

@lindas5964 17 күн бұрын

I wonder if taking the 1st stitch off the needle and placing it back on in the other direction would help you not having to use a twisted path with your needle and stretching out the stitch? For instance 100% linen often doesn’t want to self correct, even after blocking if it’s been stretched out too much. I need to practice this but currently working on a fuzzy alpaca mohair furball at the moment so you can’t really see any special stitches but def with lace or linen this would be awesome to have symmetry! Thank you for making this video!

@denisebriese6414 16 күн бұрын

I love that you said “Janke😂”

@dianastrub3669 17 күн бұрын

❤

@omaeve 5 күн бұрын

I love it. I’d rather be called an old chick. At 70 today, July 15 I just turned 70 then an old dog any day.

@carolinesheffield5434 6 күн бұрын

I love seeing alternate ways of performing different stitches. I'm not sure how this would be rec'd by the MHK committee, as a MHK myself, I recall that the requirements for certain techniques are that they have two valid sources backing up the technique.Have you checked with the TKGA MHK committee as to whether or not this would be accepted? Not sure I would rule it out in the program without verifying.

@PurlTogether 23 сағат бұрын

According to Arenda Holladay, President and Executive Director of TKGA, this method is not acceptable, as it twists one of the stitches and is not an exactly mirror of the right leaning increase (k2tog). You can see her response to a comment on one of her videos here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNuijLdyqbKwaIE.htmlsi=Y2UphUz6b8TToy_L