Slip slip knit (SSK) is a popular and essential knitting technique used to create a left-leaning decrease. It’s perfect for adding shaping to your knitted garments and creating beautiful patterns. If you’re new to knitting or looking for a guide to master this technique, you’re in the right place! Here, we will walk you through seven simple steps to perfect your slip slip knit technique.

1. Prepare your knitting needles and yarn: Before starting, make sure you have the right yarn and knitting needles for your project. The yarn label will usually recommend the most suitable needle size.

2. Begin knitting your pattern: Follow your knitting pattern until you reach the point where a left-leaning decrease is required. This is where you’ll be using the SSK stitch.

3. Slip first stitch: Insert the right knitting needle into the first stitch on the left needle as if to knit. Instead of knitting, though, simply slip this stitch off of the left needle onto the right needle without working it.

4. Slip second stitch: Repeat Step 3 for the next stitch, slipping it from the left needle to the right needle.

5. Reinsert left needle: Now that both stitches have been slipped onto the right-hand needle, insert the left needle into these two slipped stitches from front to back, making sure both stitches are securely held by both needles.

6. Knit slipped stitches together: With your two slipped stitches still held on both needles, wrap your working yarn around your right-hand needle counter-clockwise as if you were making a regular knit stitch. Then pull this loop of yarn through both slipped stitches on your needles.

7. Complete SSK stitch: You’ve successfully created an SSK stitch! Gently slide both slipped stitches off of your left-hand needle while keeping the new stitch on your right-hand one. Continue following your pattern until another SSK stitch is required.

And there you have it! With a little practice, slipping slip knit will become second nature, allowing you to effortlessly create left-leaning decreases and enhance the design of your knitted projects. Be patient with yourself as you learn, and soon enough, you’ll be a slip slip knit expert!