Have you tried all left-leaning decreases known to man and just resigned to the strange and floppy look that they have in comparison to the one right-leaning decrease we all love:
the K2tog?
the K2tog?
Well... me too: The SSK, the PSSO, the K2tog through back loop, and many more... they all end up with a huge loop underneath the left leaning stitch that bunches everything up and makes a strange zig-zag instead of a clean, smooth line of decreases, like the k2tog does....
But I now "found" a way to work a decrease that has nothing to be embarrassed about...
But I now "found" a way to work a decrease that has nothing to be embarrassed about...
This decrease needs some practice to get used to. I found it quite cumbersome at the beginning, but was too delighted with the result to just let go - and I can confirm, that after some happily executed LK2tog-decreases they now are really quick and easy to make!!!!
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To see a larger version of the tutorial, you can click here.
... and you can also check out some other tutorials here, if you like .
... and you can also check out some other tutorials here, if you like .
Update: we have started a discussion on the subject of this decrease-technique on my group on ravelry here (since it is easier to exchange ideas there than in the comments) and I wanted to invite everybody to come to the ravelry forum to post questions, remarks or impressions on the LK2tog.
Tell me if you like it or hate it or whatever you think about it...
...everything interests me!!!
:)
Tell me if you like it or hate it or whatever you think about it...
...everything interests me!!!
:)
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