How To: Decrease Stitches on a Purl Row

Usually you decrease on Knit rows, but there will be times when your patterns tells you to decrease on a Purl row. It's easy to do and here's how.

1. Put your needle through 2 stitches as to Purl.
2. Put the yarn around BOTH STITCHES and Purl off.
3. You have decreased one stitch.
4. Continue to do this decrease when ever needled.

Tips

• Decreases are usually at the beginning or end of a row, but sometimes you will need to decrease all through the row.
• Use the 2nd and 3rd stitches in if you are decreasing at the beginning of a row.
• Use the 2 stitches before the last one if you are decreasing at the end of the row.

To learn how to Purl, check out this article.