{"id":1454,"date":"2012-05-01T14:17:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T21:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2019-10-26T07:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T14:10:11","slug":"how-to-knit-the-purl-two-together-decrease-p2tog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/how-to-knit-the-purl-two-together-decrease-p2tog\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Knit the Purl Two Together Decrease (p2tog)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-s7iqxxblsd465d7ce12664f7366290069\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 510 \/ 287\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.274510%\"><\/span><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-s7iqxxblsd465d7ce12664f7366290069\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/S7iqXXbLSd4?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/S7iqXXbLSd4?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newstitchaday.com\\\/how-to-knit-the-purl-two-together-decrease-p2tog\\\/#arve-youtube-s7iqxxblsd465d7ce12664f7366290069\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/S7iqXXbLSd4?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the purl two together decrease (p2tog). This method of shaping your work by removing stitches is used on the purl side of your fabric, usually the wrong side. It creates a left leaning slant on the purl side and a right leaning slant on the knit side when doing stockinette. It mirrors the slip slip purl (ssp) and looks the same as the <a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/knit-two-together-decrease\/\" title=\"How to Knit The Knit Two Together Decrease (k2tog)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">knit two together (k2tog)<\/a><br>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Easy<\/p>\n<h3>Instructions:<\/h3>\n<p>Step 1: Insert your working needle into the first two stitches on your main needle, purlwise.<br>\nStep 2: Wrap the working yarn over the working needle, going over the top and around the bottom.<br>\nStep 3: Push the working yarn through both stitches on the main needle.<br>\nStep 4: Pull both stitches off the main needle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-right-side.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-right-side.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Purl Two Together Decrease right side close up\" title=\"Example of the Purl Two Together Decrease right side close up\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1456\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-right-side.jpg 815w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-right-side-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-right-side.jpg\"><\/a><em><small>Example of the Purl Two Together Decrease right side close up (click for larger)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-wrong-side.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-wrong-side.jpg\" alt=\"Example of the Purl Two Together Decrease wrong side close up\" title=\"Example of the Purl Two Together Decrease wrong side close up\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1457\" width=\"620 srcset=\" https: sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/NSAD-p2tog-wrong-side.jpg\"><\/a><em><small>Example of the Purl Two Together Decrease wrong side close up (click for larger)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n[sidebar alias=&rdquo;after-post&rdquo; ]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the purl two together decrease (p2tog). This method of shaping your work by removing stitches is used on the purl side of your fabric, usually the wrong side. It creates a left leaning slant on the purl side and a right leaning slant on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"stitch-attributes":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}