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Decreasing on a raglan jumper.

(12 Posts)
PinkCosmos Fri 11-Feb-22 14:24:20

I have been knitting jumpers for my DGS and have always just knitted two together at the edge of the raglan edge to decrease.

I think that years ago I saw something where you knit 2 then knit 2 together so that it leaves a kind of ridge along the edge.

I tried to do this. The left hand edge (RSF) looked fine and seemed to lean inwards (IYSWIM) but the right hand edge didn't match.

Can anyone tell me how to do this so that both edges look the same and 'lean in'.

I have Googled but can't find anything other than really fancy edges.

Thanks

grandMattie Fri 11-Feb-22 14:27:19

On the startt edge, I normally do k2 tog. At the end edge, it s1k1, psso then k2. Have you tried that?

tanith Fri 11-Feb-22 14:27:49

I think you have to do one sleeve decrease not knit 2 tog but knit 2 then slip the second k it stitch over the first.
Someone else might explain it better than me.

tanith Fri 11-Feb-22 14:28:36

Yep that's a much better explanation

Petera Fri 11-Feb-22 14:28:50

Google 'left leaning decrease' (essentially instead of knitting two together you have to ssk on the RHS)

love0c Fri 11-Feb-22 16:01:02

Google 'ssk on the RHS in knitting'. You will see video showing how it is done smile

karmalady Sat 12-Feb-22 07:11:09

same as grandmattie here working on the knit side, I usually also slip one stitch at the beginning of each row, makes the edge crisp

Liz46 Sat 12-Feb-22 07:44:22

tanith

I think you have to do one sleeve decrease not knit 2 tog but knit 2 then slip the second k it stitch over the first.
Someone else might explain it better than me.

Or you can knit 2 together through back of loop to make the stitches 'lean' the other way.

aggie Sat 12-Feb-22 07:46:19

As Liz46 says

LadyGracie Sat 12-Feb-22 09:32:28

Beginning of row k2, slip 1, k1 pass slipped stitch over, knit to last 4 stitches k2 together k2.

CraftyGranny Sun 13-Feb-22 13:27:02

I do that LadyGracy but slightly different on the first decrease:
k2, slip next two as if to knit, return the two slipped stitches to the left needle and k2 tog thru back of loop, then knit to last 4 stitches, k2 tog, k2.
That is a recent way I have found and it give a slightly neater decrease, imo

LadyGracie Mon 14-Feb-22 12:03:58

Sounds interesting CraftyGranny I’ll have to try it. Thank you.