FASHION DECREASES TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT ON NEEDLES

Author: Natalia Savchenkova 

From the author:
I will show how I make styled decreases to the right and left on knitting needles.
They look exactly the same as decreases on a knitting machine and are performed similarly.

1) Styled decrease to the left — retreat from the edge the required number of stitches (I have 2), the next two stitches are placed on a auxiliary needle.
Then, we knit pairs of stitches from both needles.
We have made a styled decrease to the left.

2) Styled decrease to the right — knit the row to the end, leaving the last N+4 stitches, where N — the number of stitches you retreat from the edge (I have 2), then temporarily slip two stitches to the right needle as they lie, the next two stitches are slipped to the auxiliary needle, and the first two stitches are returned back to the left needle.
Similarly, we knit pairs of stitches from both needles.
We have made a styled decrease leaning to the right.