What does “ssk” mean in a knitting pattern?
It’s a decrease; it means, “slip one stitch as if you were going to knit it; slip the next stitch the same way; put both stitches back onto the left needle and knit them together. Here is a tip from Helene Rush, sent in by Doa Bumgarner: Okay, here’s my contribution to the list. This technique I came up with several years ago and some of you may like to use it. Work “ssk” as follows: Insert needle in front of first st and in back of next st and k2tog. This will look exactly like the traditional “sl 1, k1, psso”, or “slip, slip knit (ssk)”, but is done in one movement.
