Why does opening a sock pattern sometimes feel like you’ve stumbled into a math exam written in another language?
*K2, P2, SSK, KFB, repeat from …
Suddenly that cute sock you fell in love with on Instagram looks considerably less cute.
Don’t worry. Sock patterns aren’t actually written in code. Once you understand the basic vocabulary and learn how to find the information you need, those rows of abbreviations start making sense.
Let’s decode one.