1) Two color brioche in the round is now my my mindless knitting. Whaaaaat? I'm not sure when it happened-- I cast on a wide tube of a cowl in early summer. I left it next to my desk. I began picking it up during delays while uploading files or on hold on the phone.
I'll be the first to admit my relationship with brioche was fraught. I wasn't the, um, swiftest to get it, as I explained just a few months ago. Now, it's relaxing and I am addicted. Old dog, new tricks ftw.
3) Did you know there's an other way to knit brioche stitch, if you don't find favor with all the yarnover wrapping, BRK and BRP? It involves knitting or purling into the row below.
What I find truly amusing about this : Five years ago, I actually designed and still sell a pattern, Decibella, in brioche stitch**, knit in that manner! WHO KNEW? Not me! At the time I thought I'd stumbled upon some sort of faux brioche/fishermans stitch. I even blabbed about it online that way. I crack myself up! Just recently I saw a class listing for the "Knit or purl into row under" brioche technique.
Ain't knitting grand?
I'm going to have leftovers!
* welp, it looks like Jill has just added a whole bunch of really great Windham mini sets to her etsy site, including Dionisio Cowl sets! They weren't there just a couple of weeks ago when I was scouring the internets for just such a thing! I encourage you to treat yo'self.
**I'm thinking I might revisit this pattern and come up with something less super bulky. Maybe with pompoms? Or tassels? I am feeling flamboyant this season!
Your last thing made me laugh out loud! You're a genius and didn't even realize it.
ReplyDeleteI really want to try brioche stitch, but want to find a nice and simple pattern to start.
I haven't tried brioche stitch yet. I think it's because the examples all look like they have too many colors for my usual preferences. Maybe because it looks like a warmer fabric than we typically need in California. Hmm. I should just try it and see what I think. Crazy color combinations can be fun, too!
ReplyDeleteThose colors are spectacular!
ReplyDeleteYummy!! This all looks so HAPPY. I haven't knit brioche yet... but it's definitely on my radar!!
ReplyDeleteBrioche is also on my list of things to try. Yours is gorgeous...love ALL the colors.
ReplyDeleteI'm so intimidated by Brioche!
ReplyDeleteYour hat is so cheerful. I'm grinning just to see it! I can't imagine how happy it'll make you to wear it!
ReplyDeleteOr bobbles! I have a knitting book translated from German that calls it shaker stitch.
ReplyDeleteYou are a font of information, Gale! Oh man, Brioche...I have tried...but the failure was strong! However, #3 on your list is most curious! I might have to swatch this weekend and see what happens!
ReplyDeleteBrioche by heart, that's no small accomplishment. Hooray!
ReplyDeleteBrioche as mindless knitting -- wow! I made a small cowl after taking Mercedes Tarasovitch's class at Yarnover; it taught me that brioche is wonderfully rhythmic... and requires concentration and no distractions. Right now I have a brioche hat OTN somewhere. Whether I will ever finish it is unknown.
ReplyDeleteBut your triumph gives me hope :-)
Okay. You may just push me over the brioche-edge here! Those colors!!!! I have never done actual brioche, but I have done a sweater in that fisherman's stitch that you knit down into the row below (whatever it's called). I could do that . . . maybe I can do brioche??? (Whenever I read the how-to-brioche materials my head explodes a bit.) Love it!
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