Knitting Socks: Decrease Stitches

By Pam Grushkin
Pam Grushkin

Pam Grushkin learned to knit at a young age from her mother. First as a passion and lifeline, knitting is now her chosen career. Grushkin has been teaching knitting to people of all ages for four years both at yarn stores and independently. Knitting is not only her hobby and job, but it also represents being part of a greater community of people who share in their joy of yarn, fiber, color, creating and people. Knitting (and crocheting) is a wonderful hobby that enables people to be creative, meditative in a craft and productive in a unique way. In today's fast paced lifestyle, it's a way to slow down and relax.

Decrease stitches when knitting socks to narrow the foot towards the toe. Decrease the number of stitches with tips from a knitting teacher in this free video on yarn crafts.

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When you've knit your foot to its desired length which is approximately 2 inches below the edge of your toe you're going to begin to do your toe shaping. So on needle 1 you're going to knit to three stitches before the end of the needle and you're going to knit two together. Knit one. And then you're going to work on your instep shaping so you'll have decreases on either side. So you'll knit one then you'll do a slip, slip, knit. Knit those two together. And work across to the last three stitches. And knit two together. And knit one. And then you'll go to your last needle, needle 3 and you're going to knit 1, slip, slip, knit. Knit to the end and that's your first decrease round. For the next round you'll just knit your stitches evenly across the row.