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Iíve had a lot of requests to demonstrate this stitch, itís called the Brioche stitch.
Itís more of a combination of stitches.
And it creates this fabric that looks a little bit like 1 by 1 rib, but itís really smushy
and it makes for a really warm scarf.
Itís double-sided, meaning that there is no wrong side to it, which is great for a
scarf.
And it, it stays really flat and straight, it doesnít curl up in any way.
I really like this stitch.
I think itís a really easy way to decide on a pattern for a scarf, if youíre knitting
a scarf for someone.
Itís neither masculine nor feminine, it can be for a kidís scarf or anything else.
But the combination of stitches can be kind of confusing. Letís take a look.
Here is a one-color brioche stitch.
You can see, it is very squishy. Using air as an insulator in a scarf like this does
make it especially warm.
And itís the same on both sides. Very cool.
So I already have a lot going here. Iíll have the instructions available on my website
for you with the rows to complete this, the two rows to be able to complete this.
But letís ñ let me show you how it goes.
Iím going to start by slipping one knit wise.
Meaning Iím not working it. Iím sliding it from the left needle to the right, like
this.
Then Iím going to knit these two stitches together. Youíll see that one of them is
a normal stitch, the other one is really a yarn over. Itís just a loop across the needle
like that.
Iím going to knit those together, then Iím going to yarn forward, slip the next stitch,
as if to purl, without knitting it, and then knit two together.
Let me show you again. Thatís the repeat.
Yarn forward, slip one, knit two together.
Yarn forward, slip one, knit two together.
And then Iím just going to knit the last one.
And this will all be available, written out for you to download.
The next row ñ that row was just the first row ñ the next row is really the same thing.
The only difference is that it starts out a little differently.
Iím going to slip the first stitch as if to knit.
And then, the last row we started with knit two together. But this row Iím going to start
with yarn forward, slip one, then I knit two together.
So this kind of knitting, I would say, is enough to keep you on your toes, but not so
complicated that you canít watch a movie while youíre doing it.
You know what I mean?
Okay.
Also this is a great stitch if you have a pretty yarn that you want to use, and you
want something simple thatís going to show off the pretty yarn, this is a nice stitch
for that.
Now the next thing is the two color brioche stitch.
And this, um, this hasnít been blocked either. This is a little bit more in need of some
blocking here.
So it looks like this on one side, and itís the opposite on the other side.
And I decided to use this variegated yarn, if I finish this whole scarf, this purple
color is going to change to all the other colors, I think that will look pretty cool.
But this, the two color brioche stitch actually involves some purling, and itís a four row
repeat. There is a lot more going on with this.
Also, youíll see here, you see this white cord. Itís probably hard to see on the camera.
This white cord I have running through the work ñ thatís a lifeline.
Iíll give you a link to the lifeline here.
If you mess up in the two color brioche stitch it is really hard to tink back through, and
itís really hard to rip your needle out and put the needle back in correctly.
So if you run a lifeline through your work, you have a place that you can rip back to
and easily pick the stitches up again.
Okay, so for the two color brioche stitch, Iím going to do row 1 that involves the main
color here.
Iím going to slip this purlwise, and then Iím going to slip the next stitch as well.
Thatís just my selvedge edge stitch.
Iím going to slip the next stitch, and my yarnís in front, because Iím on the wrong
side of the work. Iím going to pull my yarn back and forward again, and purl two together.
Slip the next one, pull my yarn back and forward again and purl two together.
Whoops, need to slip one here. Back and forward again, purl two together.
Slip one, back and forward, purl two together.
So you see how that goes, itís very much like the other one, but weíre using purl stitches.
So every row you change from your main color to your contrasting color.
My main color is the one that I used to cast on with, so this is my main color, the green.
So Iím going to work across this way, that means Iíll have both the purple and the green
on this side when I turn the work to work this row.
You always start with the contrasting color when both of the ends are coming from one
side.
Start with the contrasting, work across, donít turn the work.
Work the main color across, and then when you turn the work, itís the same thing again.
Start with the contrasting color, work across, and then do the main color, work across, without
turning the work.
Itís always as if the main color is catching up with the contrasting color.
So you can remember how to work that.
And donít forget lifelines, like I said.
So the brioche ñ the two color brioche stitch is a four row repeat, like I said.
Two of the rows involve purling, and then the other two rows are just like the one color
brioche stitch that we worked.
Like I said this pattern is available on my website for free, so you can have it written
out in front of you, so you can work it.
Good luck.
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