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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