Knitting abbreviation - SSPP2

Knitting abbreviation SSPP2 stands for slip, slip, purl, pass 2. This is a centred double decrease on the purl side. It's a tidy stitch but can be a little tricky.

With yarn held in front, slip the next two stitches knitwise individually from the left-hand needle to the right-hand needle. Return both stitches to the left-hand needle. Insert the right-hand needle into both stitches as if to purl both through back loops and slip them from the left-hand needle to the right-hand needle. Purl the next stitch, insert the left-hand needle into both slipped stitches and bring it over the purl stitch and off the needle.

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