I had to edit the first Esmerelda instructions a bit in order for the stitch counts to work out right for the cable pattern in this next step…  I don’t think any of you should have to rip out more than two rows to adjust to the new instructions…

Here’s the sketch again, if any of you are new, so you know what I’m talking about. I’m designing this shrug as a knit-a-long and posting the instructions here on my blog and in the Fiber Fiends Ravelry Group.

And now, for the second installment….

NEW ABBREVIATIONS
K2tog: Knit two together
Rep: Repeat
RS: Right Side
SSK: Slip, slip, knit
St: Stitch
T8B rib: Sl next 4 sts onto cable needle, hold to back of work, k1, p2, k1 from left-hand needle, then k1, p2, k1 from cable needle.
T8F rib: Sl next 4 sts onto cable needle, hold to front of work, k1, p2, k1 from left-hand needle, then k1, p2, k1 from cable needle.
WS: Wrong Side

Sizes 30 (38, 54)” / 76 (96.5, 137) cm: Next Row * K until 1 st before mkr, k2tog, k1, sl mkr, k1 ssk, rep from * once, k until 1 st before mkr, k2tog, k1, sl mkr, k to end of row, slipping mkrs as you come to them. 96 (128, 192) sts.
Size 34” / 86.5cm: Next Row: *K until 1 st before mkr, m1L, k1, sl mkr, k1 m1R, rep from * 2 times, k to end of row, slipping mkrs as you come to them. 128 sts.
Size 42” / 107 cm: Next Row: *K until 1 st before mkr, m1L, k1, sl mkr, k1 m1R, rep from * 2 times, k until 1 st before mkr, m1L, k1, sl mkr, k to end of row. 160 sts.
Size 46” / 117 cm: *K until 1 st before mkr, k2tog, k1, sl mkr, k1 ssk, k until 1 st before mkr, k2tog, k to end of row, slipping mkrs as you come to them. 160 sts.
Size 50” / 127 cm: Work one increase row. 192 sts.

All Sizes: Purl 1 row, removing mkrs. Work rows 1-24 of Centered Cables pattern 6 (8, 8, 10, 10, 12, 12) times around shrug. See chart or instructions below.

Centered Cables (worked back and forth over 16 sts):
Row 1 (RS): K1, p2, (k2, p2) 3 times, k1.
Row 2 (WS): P1, k2, (p2, k2) 3 times, p1.
Row 3: T8B rib, T8F rib.
Row 4: As 2nd row.
5th to 14th rows: Rep 1st and 2nd rows 5 times.
Row 15: T8F rib, T8B rib.
Row 16: As 2nd row.
17th to 24th rows: Rep 1st and 2nd rows 4 times.

Expect the next instructions sometime around mid-March! =)

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