Knitting Level 5: Intro to Advanced Brioche

Explore the extensive possibilities of brioche knitting! Brioche creates a wonderfully plush, widely ribbed fabric. In this workshop your instructor will guide you through advanced brioche techniques as you make a two colour brioche swatch featuring a bud motif.

The pattern is provided for this workshop, but students are required to purchase their own yarn, needles, and notions. Students get a 15% discount on materials purchased for their class.

Run time

1 session x 2 hours

Project

A two colour brioche swatch featuring a bud motif. 

Skills Taught

• Two colour Italian cast on
• Right slant double decrease (brRsldec)
• Left slant double decrease (brLsldec)
• Double increase (brkyobrk)
• Selvedge treatments
  

Skills Required

• Knit and purl
• Cast on and bind off
• Increase and decrease
• How to pick up a dropped stitch
• Brioche knit stitch (BRK)
• Brioche purl stitch (BRP)
• Slip 1 yarn over (sl1yo)
• Experience knitting two colour brioche
  

Materials Provided

• Budding Brioche by Bonnie Groening
• Resources Page

Supplies to Purchase

• Two strongly contrasting colours of worsted weight yarn. Suggested:
  • Berroco Lanas, Berroco Vintage, Drops Karisma, Drops Lima, Filcolana Peruvian, Sandnes Garn Double Sunday, Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt
• 4.5 mm (US 7), 60 cm (24”) circular needle
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
  

Lesson Plan

• Two colour Italian cast-on
• Decreases, learn brRsldec and brLsldec
• Increases, learn brkyobrk
• Reading your work
• Keeping selvedges neat