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Red Emperor Chart A

bold: garter stitch selvage

italics: the ‘odd’ stitch, far-right stitch in the chart but not in the repeats

Kb: knit in the back of the stitch

YO: yarn over the needle to make a stitch

K2tog: knit two stitches together

P2tog: purl two stitches together

SSK: slip first stitch to right needle, knit next stitch, pass first stitch over and off right needle

S2K: slip two stitches as though to knit, knit next stitch, pass two stitches over and off right needle

SSK2: as SSK but knitting two stitches together instead of one

CL2/CL3/CL5: yarn back, slip stitches to r. needle, yarn front, slip stitches to l. needle, yarn back, slip stitches to r. needle; pull TIGHT, continue

Chart A

Row 1: K3, K1, [YO, [Kb, P3] x 5, Kb, YO, K1] x 4, K3

Row 2: K3, [P3, [K3, P1] x 5, P1] x 4, P1, K3

Row 3: K3, K1, [YO, Kb, YO, [Kb, P3] x 5, Kb, YO, Kb, YO, K1] x 4, K3

Row 4: K3, [P5, [K3, P1] x 5, P3] x 4, P1, K3

Row 5: K3, K1, [YO, Kb, YO, SSK, YO, [Kb, P2tog, P1] x 5, Kb, YO, K2tog, YO, Kb, YO, K1] x 4, K3

Row 6: K3, [P7, [K3, P1] x5, P5] x 4, P1, K3

Row 7: K3, K1, [Kb, YO, SSK, YO, SSK, YO, [Kb, P3] x5, Kb, YO, K2tog, YO, K2tog, YO, Kb, K1] x 4, K3

Row 8: K3, [P8, [K3, P1] x5, P6] x 4, P1, K3

Row 9, K3, K1, [K1, YO, K2tog, YO, K2tog, YO, Kb, YO, [Kb, P2tog] x 5, Kb, YO, Kb, YO, SSK, YO, SSK, YO, K2] x 4, K3

Row 10: K3, [P10, [K1, P1] x 5, P8] x 4, P1, K3

Row 11: K3, K2tog, [YO, SSK, YO, SSK, YO, SSK, Kb, YO, [Kb, P1] x 5, Kb, YO, Kb, K2tog, YO, K2tog, YO, K2tog, YO, S2K*] x 4, K3

Row 12, K3, [P10, [K1, P1] x 5, P8] x 4, P1, K3

Row 13: K3, K1, [K2tog, YO, K2tog, YO, K2tog, K1, Kb, YO, SSK, SSK, SSK2, K2tog, K2tog, YO, Kb, K1, SSK, YO, SSK, YO, SSK, K1] x4, K3

Row 14: K3, [CL3*, P7, CL5, P7] x 4, CL2, K3

Row 15: KNIT ALL

Row 16: KNIT ALL

*except in last repeat, which is K2tog

**except in first repeat, which is CL2

Red Emperor: Budget Royalty Version, originally uploaded by Machineplay.

So far, so good.

It’s cast on, and the first row is done.  I’ve calculated that it requires 343 rows, which seems awfully small, but I suppose since it’s 95 stitches wide, that makes sense with the proportions.

4 / 343 (1.2%)