How to Decrease (p3tog)
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Tutorial Overview
Purling three stitches together is a method to decrease the row by two stitches.
Top Tip: Remember to keep your yarn at the front of your work when creating a purl stitch.
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Step-by-step guide
Step 1:
Insert your right needle through the front of the next three stitches on your left needle.
Step 2:
With the yarn in front of the needles, wrap it anti-clockwise around the tip of the right needle.
Step 3:
With the tip of the right needle, draw a loop through and out of the 3 stitches towards the back.
Step 4:
Slide the 3 combined stitches off the left needle.
Step 5:
You have now decreased by purling three stitches together.
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