tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post8902897539316908144..comments2024-01-27T08:09:59.618-05:00Comments on she shoots sheep shots: question for you: ssk and k2tog memory trick: sept post 5gale (she shoots sheep shots)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10085790132325029548noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-41277097288790194802016-09-08T08:29:05.695-05:002016-09-08T08:29:05.695-05:00I so wish I could go! Sadly this event always seem...I so wish I could go! Sadly this event always seems to fall on my DH's birthday. :-( Have a fabulous time. Looking forward to living vicariously through your photos.Manisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095470993838863913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-33730247153731186132016-09-07T23:22:47.145-05:002016-09-07T23:22:47.145-05:00The place I use these most is when I knit socks. I...The place I use these most is when I knit socks. I can never remember if the ssk goes at the beginning of a needle or at the end... So now I always say to myself: Begin behind, end together (so at the beginning of the needle I use the ssk - which I never do, I k2tog through the back loop, or "behind" then at the end of the needle I do a k2tog and "end together." Don't think it's helpful to anyone else, but I thought I would share, belatedly. I'm good that way. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15506448702018832116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-71402346775395071672016-09-06T19:35:57.168-05:002016-09-06T19:35:57.168-05:00I tell my students to look at the direction the sy...I tell my students to look at the direction the symbol is leaning. If the slant is to the right make the stitch lean that way, if the symbol slants to the left make the stitch lean that way. And if you have symbols on the WS - does the symbol lean toward or away from the stitch you previously executed? <br /><br />And if you want to use the same stitches that Shetlanders use (SSK was invented by Barbara G Walker and is therefore fairly new) instead of the SSK use a knit 2 together through the back loop or a slip, knit, psso.<br /><br /><br /><br />LostCityDenisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-14641151649317954172016-09-06T14:11:09.358-05:002016-09-06T14:11:09.358-05:00The upright on a 2 leans right, as does a k2tog. ...The upright on a 2 leans right, as does a k2tog. The upright on an S leans left, as does a ssk. Thats my trick. I write 2s and Ss in the air and mutter. I suspect it scares people in coffee shops.Susan in Katonahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-14229025654840706782016-09-06T13:46:13.509-05:002016-09-06T13:46:13.509-05:00I love charts, because, as lots above me have said...I love charts, because, as lots above me have said, the slash points in the direction the working needle goes and it is visually very clear to me. However, if I have to follow DIRECTIONS!! WRITTEN ones!! I can never remember and have to find a chart to see what I should be doing..jordi https://www.blogger.com/profile/01231592235682151842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-32941909545942069552016-09-06T13:02:46.344-05:002016-09-06T13:02:46.344-05:00So, I look at the chart. The SSK/left symbols poi...So, I look at the chart. The SSK/left symbols points left and the K2tog symbol points right. Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13146235098983709647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-60986571886429896332016-09-06T12:03:05.426-05:002016-09-06T12:03:05.426-05:00Thanks for asking the question, because I wonder t...Thanks for asking the question, because I wonder the same thing all the time.<br />Thanks k2o for your reply. I think I'll use that in the future!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289789292556148393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-76945697208880330682016-09-06T11:08:04.749-05:002016-09-06T11:08:04.749-05:00I'm with Patience--I look at the chart and do ...I'm with Patience--I look at the chart and do the right-leaning one or the left-leaning one and don't care what they're called. In general shaping instructions, I just figure out whether the left=leaner or right=leaner makes more sense and do that one.Ptarmiganhttp://ptarmiganptracks.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-59725690853635953862016-09-06T10:46:48.927-05:002016-09-06T10:46:48.927-05:00Lean to the right- k2tog -right leaning
Skip to t...Lean to the right- k2tog -right leaning <br />Skip to the left- ssk- left leaning<br />Manisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621020191382916648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-26564244381609558872016-09-06T10:24:01.349-05:002016-09-06T10:24:01.349-05:00Frankly, I was hoping for a better answer in the c...Frankly, I was hoping for a better answer in the comments, but I use letters: sLip sLip knit would be Left. Similarly, for lifted increases, I think of knitting through the fRont of the stitch as a Right-leaning increase.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686807331034530248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-61826509422182461922016-09-06T10:07:22.049-05:002016-09-06T10:07:22.049-05:00I think your needle is pointing in the direction o...I think your needle is pointing in the direction of the slant. Towards the right with k2tog and left with ssk. HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-65009541156332259292016-09-06T08:35:32.984-05:002016-09-06T08:35:32.984-05:00It feels "right" to K2tog, so SSK is lef...It feels "right" to K2tog, so SSK is left. :) AsKatKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176601489544011641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-56317239129061168052016-09-06T07:38:06.614-05:002016-09-06T07:38:06.614-05:00I dunno. I just memorized 'em back in the day....I dunno. I just memorized 'em back in the day.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09438414339444169303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-70365901330977566382016-09-06T06:09:28.928-05:002016-09-06T06:09:28.928-05:00I think of K2tog as being on the right and SSK as ...I think of K2tog as being on the right and SSK as being on the left. So a slant that points right has to be K2tog, and a slant that points left has to be SSK. It's sort of a "feeling" combined with a visual thing.mkgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-14429310884566672832016-09-06T05:40:05.951-05:002016-09-06T05:40:05.951-05:00Lean the decrease in the direction of the slant. ...Lean the decrease in the direction of the slant. Afterwards I think whether that's a K2Tog or SSK.Patiencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10738749.post-5156258723745170152016-09-06T00:06:59.366-05:002016-09-06T00:06:59.366-05:00Hello,
My first comment here :) Thank you for you...Hello,<br /><br />My first comment here :) Thank you for your beautiful shots!<br />Mine is not a cool rhyme but this works anyway. I am right-handed and as executing k2tog is simpler and faster, it has to lean right as everything is easier with right hand.k2ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001284710252121676noreply@blogger.com