'Knit next st and fywd together'

Struggling a bit with the wording of this pattern. I am unsure what to do at row 2 (I didn’t get far yet, I know…) after the sl 1 purlwise.
It was knit next st and fywd together. I just don’t know what this means.

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Welcome to the forum. This looks like brioche to me. What pattern are you using? The pattern name and designer’s name might help us find it if you don’t have a link handy. The yfwd on the previous row makes a yo and on the next row you knit the stitch and yo together.

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Thank you for replying. It’s indeed brioche. It doesn’t state the name of pattern or designer (I have a photo copy of a book of someone else).

The video seems to show a bit of a different pattern, but I might be wrong (new to it all). I’m confused between forward yarn and yarn over. Is it just a different way to achieve the same thing?

I’m sorry but I still don’t quite understand. I read it as if, in row 3, i need to knit a stitch and then yarn forward, but I don’t understand how to do that 'together,. Does it mean I yarn forward first and then knit a stitch?

Slight frustration haha

Yarn forward and yarn over are basically the same thing, bringing the yarn to the front between the needles. If this is done before a knit stitch the result is a loop of yarn going over the right needle, making a new stitch.
In your pattern this new stitch (made on row 1) is to be worked together (on row 2) with another stitch, so it is a k2tog. Rather than saying k2tog the pattern is telling you kne of them looks like a normal kjit stitch, the other looks like a yarn over loop - so you can recognise it when you come to it.
On row 2 you also make some yarn overs and in row 3 you again work the yarn over loops (from row 2) together with a knit stitch, like a k2tog.

The yarn forwards or yarn overs you are making will sit on the right needle as they are made, the yarn forwards that you need to work together with another jnit stitch are presenting on the keft needle as a stutch ready to be worked.

I think the confusion is you are making some and working others on the same row but they refer to different ones.

After the set up row you’ll see a knit stitch followed by a yarn over. Knit them together. A ‘brioche knit’ is what you’re doing. Any stitch without a yarn over after it will be worked as a yo/yfwd, s1. If you look at brioche videos you’ll see the same thing over and over again. You might find it helpful to cast on a smaller number of stitches and practice doing brioche knit (you may see this referred to as brk) then return to your pattern and see how it compares to what you’ve been practicing. You could follow along with the video I linked above. Your pattern is accomplishing the same thing as other ways of expressing how to do the stitches, it’s just other than the more common ways of writing patterns. If you get the stitches figured out and don’t worry about the way the pattern is written I think it will begin to make sense and then will be easy and soon will be boring. That was my experience when I first made a brioche scarf. I thought I’d never finish it.

This link might be helpful.

https://www.briochestitch.com/archives/onecolorbrioche/terminology-and-abbreviations

edited to fix a couple of typos

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Welcome to KnittingHelp!
Working a small sample or swatch as recommended above is worth the extra time it takes. You’ll find that the slipped stitch is practically sitting under the yarn over so it’s easy to knit them together. (Much easier to knit them together than if your directions wanted you to try and work them separately!)

Are you going to be using two strands of yarn held together for this sweater or a single strand of heavier weight yarn? You might use just a single strand for your swatch just to make is simpler to see the stitches.

I’ve just finished a brioche sweater and it’s a fun stitch pattern to work.

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You’re right, the little practice bit made it a lot more chill to figure out. I didn’t no what swatch was so thought I’d just ignore it haha.

Double stranded with 12 ply wool. Working wonderful now!

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Thanks all for the tips. The wording really just got me confused but the stitch is actually not that tricky once I watched the videos.
Help much appreciated.

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Swatches are certainly critical. Glad that you’re back on track. Have fun working this brioche sweater!