I have a book that says K1B is knit one below and KB1 means knit into back of next stitch.
I’m not sure that different books are consistent in the way they use abbreviations. The k1b in question here definitely means knit in the stitch below because looking at the picture, it’s clearly related to fisherman’s, shaker, bee stitch, and what some people call brioche (though I like to do brioche the other way). It’s also the convention that the book uses.
What timing!
I was trying, desperately, the other night to do a plain brioche stitch. I’m also a newbie, but I could not give up.
I searched here first, googled, you name it and almost gave up. I finally found someone who explained that “YO” which usually means “yarn over - make a new stitch” was inaccurate. The directions should have been “YF - yarn in front”.
What that said, I’ll look to see if I cannot find something…cause now I would like to try this pretty stitch too.
Shucks, I guess it’s different then. The instructions are written for flat knitting, and have the k1b’s stacked up. :shrug: I looked for errata for the book, but couldn’t find any. (I’ve definitely seen other errors in it so they really ought to put out some corrections.)[/quote]
On one side the K1Bs are on top of each other, on the other side, they’re on the stitch in between. It’s essentially a reversible pattern. Try it out.
sue
If it’s the way you describe it (k1, k1b, ending w/ k1, on all rows), I don’t understand how the k1b’s would not be stacked up. It would have the same first few rows as the (purported) “staggered brioche” I tried yesterday, which didn’t look anything like it should. Maybe I’m just missing something (wouldn’t be the first time!). Could it be that alternating rows are shifted a stitch? I don’t remember whether or not I tried it that way.
sigh The other thing is :!!!:for these confusing names. I’ve seen shaker rib (which one would assume is related to your stitch) as synonymous with half fisherman, which is fisherman, except with a plain row every other row, which is the same as what some people call brioche, which to others is not fisherman, but prime rib. I also read in one book, that there is a small structural difference between fisherman and brioche (the prime rib one) although they do look very similar. I know I can’t expect standardization of stitch names but that doesn’t mean I can’t get frustrated with it. (Sorry for the rant, I seem to be a bit cranky today for some reason. 
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I picked up the Harmony Guides myself recently, looking for new thick textures. I think they made a mistake with this pattern Staggered Brioche Rib. The picture shows something commonly known as Honeycomb Brioche. And the pattern listed in text below the picture is very similar to Synchopated Brioche Rib, or Alternating Brioche Rib. I’d suggest looking up those two patterns to see if one is the one you are trying to learn. Honeycomb Brioche is patterned like the one in the picture for Staggered Brioche Rib on one side, and similar to regular purl on the back with a few slip stitches added. Synchopated Brioche Rib is completely reversible, but has a pattern repeat of 12 rows instead of 8, though it could probably be done with 8.
Syhchopated Brioche Rib, modified for a repeat of 8 would go like this.
Cast on multiples of 4 + 1 + 2 (edge).
1st row (RS): Knit all sts.
2nd row (WS): K1 (edge), K1, K1 below, K1; repeat from *, K1 (edge).
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3rd row : K1 (edge), K1 below, K1; repeat from *, K1 below, K1 (edge).
4th row : K1 (edge), K1, K1 below, K1; repeat from *, K1 (edge).
5th row : K1 (edge), K1 below, K1; repeat from *, K1 below, K1 (edge).
6th row : K1 (edge), K1 below below, K1; repeat from *, K1 below below, K1 (edge).
7th row : K1 (edge), K1, K1 below, K1; repeat from *, K1 (edge).
8th row : K1 (edge), K1 below, K1; repeat from *, K1 below, K1 (edge).
9th row : K1 (edge), K1, K1 below, K1; repeat from *, K1 (edge).
10th row: K1 (edge), K1, K1 below below, K1; repeat from *, K1 (edge).
K1 below, would be knit one below.
K1 below below, would be similar to a knit one below, but it is a knit one below that is knitting into a knit one below, and you would be knitting the new stitch through 3 stitches in total.
Rows 2-5, and 6-9 are basically fisherman’s rib, and you’re basically just shifting the ribs over one stitch in rows 6 and 10, the knit one below below, helps to tie the ribs in the next section to two adjacent ribs straddling this new rib in the rows below with a diagonal similar to what is found in honeycomb brioche.
I hope this helps.