Worked identically to a normal knit stitch except you insert the right needle through two loops on the left needle instead of one.
Slants to the right, when viewed from the knit side of stockinette stitch

Worked identically to a normal purl stitch except you insert the right needle through two loops on the left needle instead of one.
Slants to the right, when viewed from the knit side of stockinette stitch

1. Slip two stitches, one at a time from the left needle to the right as if to knit.
2. Insert the left needle through the front of these two stitches and knit them together -- you'll feel like you're knitting them through the back loop.

This decrease slants to the left, when viewed from the knit side of stockinette stitch.

1. Slip one stitch from the left needle to the right as it to KNIT.
2. Knit one stitch
3. Using the tip of your left needle, slip the slipped stitch up and over the knit stitch.

This decrease slants to the left when viewed from the knit side of stockinette stitch.
Yes, we know many instructions for this decrease do not have you slip as if to knit but this way matches the k2tog decrease more closely! Give it a try.