How To Knit: Ribbed Double Decreases | Brooklyn Tweed

[@shaynaformity1384]

Thank you for showing how to switch stitch positions without a cable needle. So much easier than I had been doing it!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!

[@tahoelp]

Thank you ! I was able to see how you made your stitches very well with the light background , light needles and dark yarn. Your explanation was clear and your method speed was a good rate. Looks easy and is a beautiful decrease.

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@joannejanas7768]

Thank you so very much!!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

You're so welcome! Happy knitting!

[@skyaperez7962]

I love your decreasing method. Could you please show us the double increasing methods too?

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Thanks so much! That's a great idea, we don't have a tutorial on double increases yet!

[@noriskern7385]

Very clever, Thanks!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

You're welcome! Happy knitting!

[@jsio3820]

Thank you so very much for this!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

You are so welcome! Happy knitting!

[@feliciaweatherspoon2303]

Thank you for sharing your tutorial video!!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

You are so welcome!

[@osmia]

So this is great! I was actually looking for a centered decrease but now I think I will try these.

[@osmia]

I mean I was looking for a centered double decrease 3 into 1, which of course was not working with my paired knit purls for ribbing so of course this is going to work much better :-)

[@osmia]

8:55 for my reference start point to follow

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Thanks for watching! Let us know how you like this technique!

[@lisaarreola]

Thank you for showing how to do this.

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

You are so welcome!

[@noriskern7385]

Is it possible to do the saem thing on increases?

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Great question! Here are a couple of tutorials we found for increasing in ribbing: 1x1 rib: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp2apHR7oradl5o multiple kinds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl7UfXqcpb2sp9k

[@roisree]

If you’re using this decrease when working flat, do you follow this dec pattern on the wrong side too? Or just knit and purl as they are for the wrong side?

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Hello! You'd generally be working decreases on just one side of your work, with some rows in your ribbing pattern in between, so for example if you worked your decreases on a right side row, you'd knit your knits and purl your purls on the following wrong side row. Happy knitting!

[@angelawalton3162]

Is it possible to apply this if you have to start with a purl?

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Great question! You'd probably need to reverse the order of operations so that you're starting with two purls followed by two knits, then working a P2tog and SSK for an RDD-R, or an SSP then K2tog for an RDD-L - try it out on a swatch and see how it looks! Happy knitting!

[@Speechie1991]

Could you explain how to do this on a circular needle when shaping a ribbed hat?

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Hello! You'll work the decreases just as shown here - since you're not turning the work at any point, this works great whether in the round or knitting flat. We use this technique in our Hansmire Hat (brooklyntweed.com/products/hansmire ) and Mawson hat (brooklyntweed.com/products/mawson ). Happy knitting!

[@marybethmartin4777]

Great video! A lighter yarn would show the stitch detail more clearly.

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Thanks for watching! You're so right, we'll be sure to use lighter colors in future!

[@vivienneclarke2421]

Something is telling my mathematically impaired brain😄 that this won't work for a 5x3 rib,,any suggestions~?? Btw,,the way you keep your stitches on your needles gives e massive anxiety lol......

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Decreasing multiple-stitch ribbing elegantly is always a fun puzzle! (I've just been sitting here drawing little pictures of 5x3 ribbing trying to work it out!) I'm thinking that you could try this technique at the beginning and end of your knit stitches in your ribbing (where you have a P & K then a K & P meeting) - you'd have to work out how to do it in reverse to start with the purl stitch though. Cable needles are always handy for decreasing stitch anxiety!

[@vivienneclarke2421]

@@BrooklynTweed_Official Thanks for answering my question,,I'll take your suggestion and see if I can follow thru with it so it'll work~!! If not then,my baby grandson isn't getting a hat to match his sweater lol......✌🧶🥢😄

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

@@vivienneclarke2421 have fun experimenting! Hats are always great for trying out new decrease methods.

[@brkosta]

Hmm. I’m having lots of trouble learning from this video. Needs: pale/bright yarn, close-up camera, verbal discussion slowed down and simplified into clear, concise, pertinent bits-give the theory at the beginning or end, not in the middle. I am doing this decrease for the first time in a Brooklyn Tweed pattern, so I felt I should learn it from the pattern-writers, but it’s very hard to do so. Looking at another knitter’s teaching videos, but it’s hard to know if I’m getting the right technique.

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Thank you for your comments! We'll definitely keep these in mind for future tutorials!

[@sheiladevin6034]

Thankyou...but it still terrifies me!

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

We're here if you need help!

[@Alaska2446]

This is a great technique but to be honest.. you go too fast for the second half of the row... when you get to the other end it zoms by like your tired of showing it ..but its different then other end they are reversed so ita not like your just repeating it

[@BrooklynTweed_Official]

Hi Brandi! Thanks for watching! We've got the steps timestamped in the description so that you can jump right to each decrease for another look - we'll make sure to give equal time for each step in our next tutorial!