The most common of these is known as the centered double decrease, which is a great design element when you don’t want a decrease that leans. In that case you will want to use what’s known as a double decrease. it only covers single decreases, which are the most common kinds of decreases, but sometimes you want to decrease more than one stitch at a time. The page linked above has written instructions for each decrease, as well as links to videos if you need them. For example you can also pair a knit 2 together with a slip, slip, purl instead of a slip, slip, knit, which makes a tighter looking decrease than a ssk. I have always loved this visual guide to knitting decreases from Knitting Help, which shows you what all the different decreases look like and how you can pair different decreases that lean different ways. (For reference, knit two togethers slant to the right, while slip, slip, knits slant to the left.) K2tog is usually the decrease most people learn first, and when you want to be a little fancier and start using mirrored increases you can add in ssk. Most of the time you will use either knit two together or slip, slip, knit.
I feel like there are fewer options for decreases in knitting than there are increases, but it may just be that there are a few that are used really commonly. Last week I shared a little bit about knitting increases, so it makes sense we’d continue our learning with a look at knitting decreases.
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