Abbreviations

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[ ]: Encloses instructions to repeat.

BOR: Beginning of round

brk: Brioche knit. Knit the st that was slipped in the previous row together with its yarn over.

brk3tog: Brioche right-leaning decrease (2 sts decreased). Slip the first st knitwise, knit the next st, pass the slipped st over, place the st on LH needle and pass the following st over. Transfer the resulting st to RH needle.

brkyobrk: Brioche increase (2 sts increased). Brk, leaving stitch on LH needle, yarn over, then brk into the same st.

brp: Brioche purl. Purl the st that was slipped in the previous row together with its yarn over.

brsssk: Brioche left-leaning decrease (2 sts decreased). Slip the first st kwise, brk the next 2 sts together, pass the slipped st over.

CC: Contrast colour

cdd: Central double decrease (2 sts decreased). Slip 2 sts together knitwise onto the RH needle, k1, pass both slipped sts over.

CN: Cable needle

CO: Cast on

DPN: Double pointed needles

DS: Double stitch (in short rows)

k: Knit

k1fb: Knit front and back (1 st increased). Knit into the stitch without taking it off the LH needle, then knit into the back loop of the same stitch.

k1tbl: Knit through the back loop.

k2tog: Knit two sts together (1 st decreased). Right leaning decrease.

k3tog: Knit three sts together (2 sts decreased).

LH: Left hand

LLI: Left lifted increase (1 st increased). Insert LH needle through the st two rows below the first st on RH needle. If the st two rows below is a purl st, insert needle from front to back, if the st is knit st, insert needle from back to front. Lift the left leg of this stitch onto the LH needle and knit through the back loop.

LLPI: Left lifted purl increase (1 st increased). Insert LH needle through the second st below the first st on RH needle. Lift the left leg of this st onto LH needle and purl through the back loop.

m: Marker

M1: Make one. Create a backward loop over the right needle (1 st increased).

m1L: Make one Left (1 st increased). Left leaning increase. With left needle tip, pick up the running thread between stitch just worked on first stitch on left needle from front to back. Knit the running thread through the back loop.

m1P: Make one Purlwise (1 st increased). With LH needle, pick up the running thread between stitch just worked and first stitch on LH needle from back to front. Purl the running thread through the front loop.

m1R: Make one Right (1 st increased). Right leaning increase. With LH needle, pick up the running thread between stitch just worked and first stitch on LH needle from back to front. Knit the running thread through the front loop.

MC: Main colour

p: Purl

p1fb: Purl front and back (1 st increased). Purl into the stitch without taking it off the LH needle, then purl into the back loop of the same stitch.

p1tbl: Purl through the back loop.

p2tog: Purl two together (1 st decreased). Left leaning decrease (on the side that it is worked).

patt: Pattern

PT: Previous turn (in short rows)

RH: Right hand

RLI: Right lifted increase (1 st increased). Insert RH needle through the st below the first st on LH needle. If the first st on LH needle is purl st, insert needle from front to back, if the first st is knit st, insert needle from back to front. Lift the right leg of this stitch onto LH needle so that it doesn’t slip over the st next to it, knit through the front loop.

RLPI: Right lifted purl increase (1 st increased). Insert RH needle through the st below the first st on LH needle. If the first st on LH needle is purl st, insert needle from front to back, if the first st is knit st, insert needle from back to front. Lift the right leg of this stitch onto LH needle so that it doesn’t slip over the st next to it, purl through the front loop.

RS: Right side

sl: Slip. Slip stitches purlwise wyb unless otherwise stated.

sl1yo: Slip one st purlwise with yarn over. The working yarn must always be in front before slipping the stitch.

slm: Slip marker.

ssk: Slip slip knit (1 st decreased). Left leaning decrease. Slip two stitches knitwise, one after the other; slip them back to LH needle in their new orientation, then knit together through the back loops.

ssp: Slip, slip, purl (1 st decreased). Right leaning decrease (on the side that it is worked). Slip two stitches knitwise, one after the other; slip them back to LH needle in their new orientation, then purl together through the back loops.

sssk: Slip slip slip knit (left-leaning decrease, 2 sts decreased). Slip three stitches knitwise, one after the other; slide them back onto LH needle, and knit together through the back loop.

st(s): Stitch(es)

WS: Wrong side

wyb: With the yarn at the back of the work

wyf: With the yarn in the front of the work

yo: Yarn over