Centered Single Decrease (csd)
The Centered Single Decrease is magically slant-less. It is worked over three stitches, decreasing one, and resulting in a remaining two stitches, all without creating a left or right lean.
Oh and fun fact… some people refer to it as Bunny Ears Back!
First, work a left-leaning decrease over two stitches, similar to an ssk, but you slip both stitches knitwise…
Slip one knitwise.
Slip a second stitch knitwise.
Insert the left needle into the front of both slipped stitches, knit together.
Next, you’ll work a right-leaning decrease over two stitches, the first of those stitches you will have to pick up…
Insert the left needle into the second of the just-decreased stitches, placing it onto the left needle, ready to be worked…
Insert the right needle into the next two stitches to k2tog.
Practice, Practice, Practice
Put this new technique to work with our Top + Bottom Top.
The Top + Bottom Top is worked from the bottom-up. Cast on in a fingering weight and then rapidly decreased using csd to continue at a larger gauge!
Very interesting. In all the years I have knitted have never seen that before. I will be sure and save it in mt favorites. Thank you.
These crochet hats are amazing. We can add corchet flowers to them if we want to make it look cooler.
Sharing some crochet flower designs!
http://ideas4diy.com/amazing-diy-crochet-flowers/
Thank you! I am trying to duplicate a pattern from a photo and need to decrease an eyelet row smack in the center. Right or left left decreases just didn’t look right. And having no pattern to work with I was stumped. This is perfect.