Could someone please tell me if it is done differently on the knit and purl side? I am doing a mock cable pattern on a handwarmer and just had to switch from circular knitting to flat knitting for the thumb hole, so everything is reversed, k=p and pattern of row reads back to front…
I managed a nice SSK in every row before (all purl on circular needle) but now going backwards and forwards on my 2 needles and doing the same SSK it looks slightly different…
Do you have a link please?
I would think if the decrease lands on a purl side you would SSP. It will look slightly different, but would probably be fairly close.
Assuming the SSK was at the START of a knit row, the corresponding decrease on the END of the purl row would be SSP (S, S, P2tog tbl).
If the SSK was at the END of a knit row (though my preference would be a K2tog), the corresponding decrease would be a P2tog at the START of the purl row.
Nice explanation/examples here…
http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/decreases