Easy SSP - Slip Slip Purl

[@janeolaan2875]

This is the BEST ssp instruction I have ever seen!

[@SuzanneBryan]

What a lovely thing to say, Jane, thank you!

[@anunohmouse7460]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm just a beginner so this can all get confusing when I look at a video that tells me to do the SSP one way then another says to do it another way and yet another doing it a different way... and no channel wants to explain the difference or the "correct" way. It's actually a common problem I'm discovering in the knitting tutorial world: Give three quarters of the information and leave the rest to be researched by the learner. You are quite literally the only person I have seen thoroughly explain not just the single technique, but comparing it to other techniques, giving a visual aid and actually SAYING what the standard version is and what the easier version is. I'll definitely be coming back here for more when I need it. You're an excellent teacher, thank you!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

What a lovely thing to say A.N.O.M., thank you! I feel that it's really important to show different techniques so knitters can choose what works best for them or for the particular garment being knitted. I hope you've subscribed to my channel, and I'd love to have you join my Facebook page (same name); it's a supportive place filled with knitters at every level and we especially enjoy helping beginners. ❤️

[@anunohmouse7460]

​@@SuzanneBryan No problem. You put a lot of thought and effort into your video and it really shows. I hadn't subscribed, but I've gone back and done it. I don't normally subscribe to channels on here but you're definitely worth it. If I ever create a FB profile I will for sure check out your group.

[@DeeAnnaWeed]

Beginner knitter here -- I really appreciate your thoughtful, clear video about the easy SSP. It has been a great help with the project I'm doing. Thank you, Suzanne!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome! Happy Holidays.

[@primroads]

Thank you Suzanne for this video. The easy SSP is aptly named. I have tried making swatched for many of your videos to practice before projects, and they have been there for me to consult.

[@marianneknapp4846]

Love your work Suzanne 💓

[@Summy781]

30 + years of knitting and you solved my P2Tog issue ❤❤❤

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yay for you, Sumner, this is so nice to hear! ❤️

[@BeeBee123ist]

Great timing Suzanne. I am doing a hat that requires a ssp and I thought the finished stitch looked a bit sloppy, so I consulted with you on KZbin 😁 Thank you for a timely ‘save’

[@Saratrooper]

Thank you so much for this alternative method! Since switching to continental, I've used Norwegian purling because it's less fussy for me, but was stumped how to approach SSP without losing my mind.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@coutermarsh28]

Genius! Love the “easy” technique.

[@michelleforbes7520]

Your skills never cease to amaze me Suzanne. Always so useful to have more than one method in your arsenal. Thank you for your time greatly appreciated. Michelle UK

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome, Michelle! I appreciate your kind words!

[@maureencapotosto9257]

Love this. So much easier. Thank you

[@lisamillett1]

I have been trying to do a ssp all day and watched a number of tutorial and restarted pattern each time. Thank you your tutorial was very clear and bingo worked perfectly. Thank you again

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lynneguzha9051]

Good instructions and demo. Thank you.

[@vicki1141]

New to lace work and your videos are truly a blessing. Thank you for your concise instructions. I am working on a childs cardigan pattern called "Old Growth" and it has a lovely leaf motif on the back . Also I cannot say enough about life lines at this point in my knitting journey. Cheers from Nova Scotia, Canada.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback, Vicki! I'm sure your cardigan will be beautiful! ❤️

[@patcagle8895]

Thank you, Suzanne. I'm working a lace chart that calls for this stitch, but there's no explanation how to do it. I knew I'd find the answer on KZbin. ❤

[@jlausch]

Just what I need! Thanks again!

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

Wow ! Thanks so much, I have just finished a pair of extra samll double knitted mittens, I wish I would have seen this video before, this seems so much easier, I will try it next time for sure. Thank you, thank you , thank you !!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome! I almost always have a video for you, Nicole! 😉

[@beccabauer1726]

Thank You!! I watched two videos before yours that showed it wrong, and the decrease still leaned right. I appreciate your easier way as well. It works!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're so welcome, Cordelia, I appreciate your very kind words!

[@kahus2135]

That was the loveliest request to subscribe I’ve ever heard. Charming! Much love from NZ 💕

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thanks for subbing!

[@loue6563]

Oh I will have to try this. Very cool. I love all the tips you give. Thanks for sharing.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome lou e! Happy knitting.

[@gadgetgirlretires]

That is so much easier! Thank you!

[@kimgreene9241]

Thank you so much! What a help! I am now a subscriber!

[@AugustBreeze79]

Pure genius! Thank you!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're welcome!

[@alexandrasilva3441]

I just want to say that you are amazing! Thanks a lot for your explanation. Love from Brazil!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wow, thank you! Happy New Year.

[@alexandrasilva3441]

Happy New Year dear!

[@sherylkrohne3683]

Great way to do this, much easier. Thanks!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're so welcome, Sheryl!

[@sylviajackson3239]

Thank you Susan Rian

[@cyndidaves5313]

Hi, I'm watching your video on "Easy SSP = Slip Slip Purl" my Q is how do I accomplish these decreases when I'm knitting in the round? I'm knitting a hat with circular needles. thank you for your videos and for sharing all your knowledge.

[@SuzanneBryan]

If the directions call for an ssp when you are knitting in the round, you would work it just like it is demonstrated here. But, sometimes when you are working in the round, you may be doing short rows, in that instance you would also do it just as described here.

[@mariabonet5618]

Thank you 🤗

[@bdavis7801]

Thank you for this!

[@csdurch]

That makes the SSP so much easier! You're doing the same thing, just putting those stitches on the left needle to knit through the back loop like a "normally" mounted purl. Thanks!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yes. Happy Knitting!

[@patiharville8210]

Very nice. Thanks!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You bet!

[@suzannekick3239]

Thank you for the video.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You bet!

[@bohorustica8545]

Thanks so much for sharing. I have not done any really advanced knitted patterns or one that has called for that particular stitch yet but I certainly appreciate your taking the time to show the variations in execution. Maybe the next pattern I choose will have that stitch and I'll be ready... : ))

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wonderful BOHO RUSTICA! Happy Knitting.

[@annab8401]

I like this much better that the traditional method! I just happen to be working on a project that uses SSP and I really dislike working them. I’ll be using this method from now on!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wonderful Anna B! Happy Knitting.

[@marianneknapp4846]

Do any of these methods twist the stitches? Thanks for all the Great teachings ❤😊🌹

[@SuzanneBryan]

These do not twist the stitches.

[@SuzanneBryan]

If you want to twist the stitches, purl through the back loops without reorienting the stitches first.

[@marianneknapp4846]

Thanks so very much 💕😊

[@XtopherCB]

seeing a standard SSP done correctly, vs an 'easy' SSP... i think i'll stick with the former - less twisting of hands, needles. still, i appreciate you taking the time to show the technique!

[@SuzanneBryan]

I agree, I also use the standard method. It is my preferred. But, for many people the standard method is difficult or impossible for them to grasp. And therefore they slip the two stitches correctly, but then purl them through the front, resulting in a twisted decrease stitch. This video is geared towards those people. For them, it is easier to perform. In all of my teaching students, I think the SSP is the most difficult of the basic knitting stitches for people to "get". Thank you for your comment and happy knitting.

[@cheryls.1664]

Brilliant! Thank you :)

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're very welcome! Be sure to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already, happy knitting.

[@zia_kat]

i love this technique, thank you so much! subscribed!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome ichauchful! Happy knitting.

[@jq7136]

Is there a way to make those left leaning loops smaller in MagicLoop- front side only?

[@maureenstewart6816]

Thank you for your help. I am fascinated with your European style f knitting. Does it take long to learn your style of knitting. I've seen people knitting thie way and it is much faster than the way I knit in Australia.

[@SuzanneBryan]

It takes some time to train your fingers to do it. But it is worth learning. Some people can do it in a few weeks, others make take a few months.

[@stephiehellyeah2557]

Love!!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you.

[@batya7]

Very clear. Thanks.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you Just Having Fun! Happy knitting.

[@LindaLKA]

Very clever!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you Linda Alvarado! Happy knitting.

[@pennyb2245]

Thanks!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are welcome!

[@michaelmich6111]

The middle did look better, but it seems like the very two last easy SSP looks pretty good! I was trying to picture if the traditional and the new way are exactly the same stitch except you make that twist onto the left needle (easier) instead of making the twist with the right needle through the back loop ( way harder)? So it's same orientation/ordering/ layering but using different needle to access the loops at an easier angle? If I'm understanding it correctly, it should look exactly the same but easier to do?

[@SuzanneBryan]

You got it exactly.

[@JemmaMeadowsweet]

Thank you. I was doing them wrong and they always came out kind of ugly. Do you have any suggestions for how to do a yarn over(yo) then an ssp? My yo always disappears. Thanks in advance!

[@SuzanneBryan]

when you make the yarn over, make sure it is going around the right needle counterclockwise. Bring the yarn forward between the two needles, take it over the top of the right needle and then back to the front between the two needles to make the ssp.

[@JemmaMeadowsweet]

@SuzanneBryan I suspect I have been doing my yo wrong all this time! No wonder they weren’t working! Thanks again :)

[@ilknurtaran263]

Çok güzel göstermişsiniz. 3 ilmiği düGün nasıl kesebiliriz

[@SuzanneBryan]

Merhaba! Kusura bakmayın ama düğünde 3 dikiş atmaktan kastınız nedir anlayamadım.

[@ilknurtaran263]

@@SuzanneBryan kesmede 3 İlmek birden nasıl kesildiğini düzgün bir şekilde olması için nasıl olduğunu sordum

[@TheDollyce]

Thank you Suzanne! GREAT TIP! And your gold pointer is a US 3, SNA dpn Stiletto tip, right?

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yes, that pointer is a Signature Needle Arts Stiletto dpn. Thanks Dollyce.

[@gschultz63]

I figured out that an even simpler way to do the first step is to just change the order of the two stitches as if you were going to do a 1-1 left cross. No need to slip them as if to knit onto the right-hand needle and then put them back onto the left-hand needle. Then purl the two stitches together normally (not through the back loops). This also works for an ssk, though I don’t know that it makes it any simpler. Switch the order of the two stitches as if to make left cross, then knit together normally. I saw your video where you try to make ssk’s “tidier.” Would my method help in that regard?

[@SuzanneBryan]

I love this, thanks for sharing. I will try it out on my ssks

[@QueenViolet8]

Hi thanks for the videos.😁 I had a question about twisted stitche knitting. say I had a basic sweater pattern and wanted to use a twisted stitch pattern would I need to add stitches to the pattern. Or do you just knit the pattern as is.

[@SuzanneBryan]

If the pattern does not call for twisted stitches, but you do use twisted stitches, yes you would have to compensate. You would need to swatch with and without the twisted stitches, then compare the width of each swatch. Google Suzanne Bryan Stitch Equivalency for more videos on this topic.

[@QueenViolet8]

@@SuzanneBryan Thanks 😊

[@AftonGroveKnitter]

Suzanne, I want to learn how to put short rows at the back of the neck of a sweater that does not incorporate short rows (as in the MILLIE sweater). Do you have any videos that cover this?

[@SuzanneBryan]

Go to this video - then to the 27 minute mark. I show how to do it there.

[@qltygrl3187]

I personally think the middle decrease looked the best.

[@SuzanneBryan]

I do too. But, there are many people who have difficulties understanding or performing the traditional SSP, therefore, the easy SSP. I have taught hundreds of people to knit and I think the SSP is one of the hardest basic knitting stitches for knitters to grasp. In fact, most of the "experienced" knitters I have taught, work it incorrectly to begin with, and have twisted decreases in their work. Thanks for the comment and happy knitting.

[@ks9066]

I agree. I do not think they look the same. The one in the middle of the fabric looks better.

[@marianneknapp4846]

Does either one of the SSP methods shown twist the stitches Thanks Lovely knitting ❤

[@SuzanneBryan]

Nope. Both are untwisted

[@marianneknapp4846]

@@SuzanneBryan Thank you so muchy work was popping open the other way Thank for all your teaching me 💜😘🌺

[@jomcginty1870]

Hi, Suzanne. Thank you for the tip. I'm curious: You often diagnose why something goes wrong with a knitting technique, and I wonder if you have any insight as to why SSPs tend to look neater than SSKs.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Great comment. I have another video on the SSK which show why it is always a little bigger than a K2tog. I will link that here and also to the SSP video itself. It has to do with the untwisting of the yarn when the stitches are moved from the left needle to the right. When you do an SSK, they untwist and then by working through the back, you untwist them a little more. When working the SSP, they untwist a little when moving from the left to the right, but when you purl them through the back loop, you re-twist them, so they are tight again. This is why an SSP always looks nicer than an SSK. But, the easy SSP purls them through the front, and therefore also contributes to the untwisting. Notice that the easy SSP looks more like the SSK. Both a little bigger than a K2tog. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@jomcginty1870]

@@SuzanneBryan Thank you! I'll check out your other videos on this topic. You are always so informative--much appreciated.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Great. I forgot to give you the link - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpKpp4ONmtOgjac

[@despoina_kypraiou]

Is the same as ssp p2togtbl?

[@missree1995]

Thank you!!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome missree1995! Happy knitting.

[@michelleestes8897]

That's cool thanks

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome Michelle Estes! Happy knitting.

[@joan9569]

I think that some people don't "Like", or "Subscribe" because of how inteusive that Google & KZbin are with peoples' info. They make money by stealing & selling one's info. Maybe?💗

[@SuzanneBryan]

I can understand that, along with Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp.

[@angelapennock2639]

I don’t knit continental style. Can’t do this 😓

[@SuzanneBryan]

I'm sorry to hear this, Angela. I will add an Easy SSP in English to my video request list.

[@ev.adelemandagie4589]

With text how can we see

[@SuzanneBryan]

what text are you referring to?

[@maryraab9066]

Thank you very much!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're welcome!