If you knit, you may already know about the SSK decrease, which is in my opinion the best looking left-leaning decrease. It involves slipping two stitches knitwise, one at a time, and then knitting these slipped stitches through the back loops.
You can also work this decrease without taking the stitches off the first needle. It especially works well with wooden or bamboo needles, but metal works, too.
Here's how to do it (captions are below the photos they reference):
Insert the needle knitwise into the first stitch, but do not take it off.
Bring the needle to the front of your work without removing it from the stitch.
Insert the needle knitwise through the next stitch.
Wrap the yarn around the needle,
pull it through the second stitch,
take yarn and needle between the two stitches to the back of the work,
bring them through the first stitch,
and slip both stitches off.
This method will save time and (more importantly) add variety to your knitting repertoire. I find it eminently satisfying to have more than one way of working the same stitch.
Many thanks to Cole for the photography.
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