Brioche Knitting Made Easy

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One touch is all it takes to fall in love with reversible brioche fabric. Learn the basics of this textured technique as you knit three accessible brioche accessories.

Beginning Your Brioche

Meet your instructor, Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark, and learn more about what makes brioche knitting different and special. Mercedes demonstrates how to knit the brioche stitch for both continental and English-style knitters.

The Beginner Brioche Hat

Get started on your brioche adventure with a simple but stylish hat. Mercedes discusses appropriate yarns and needles to use with brioche knitting, then cast on for brioche knitting in the round. You’ll begin with brioche rib on circular needles, knit the body of the hat on the same needles, then finish up with brioche decreases to shape the crown.

Fingerless Mitts

Once you’ve mastered the basic brioche stitch, add slanted increases and decreases to create a delightful faux cable on fingerless mitts. Learn to use the smooth and flexible Italian tubular cast-on to put stitches on your double-pointed needles, then knit up to the thumb gusset, where you’ll also start your wavy pattern. Mercedes shows you how to read the simple chart for this pattern, or you can follow the written instructions that are included.

Finishing Your Mitts

You’ll continue knitting the textured faux cable and thumb gusset, then bind off the thumb stitches and continue to the end of your mitt. Bind off using the Italian tubular bind-off, which complements the cast-on, and enjoy your warm and trendy mitts!

Two-Color Brioche Cowl

Once you see the spectacular Vine Cowl, you’ll be eager to cast on for two-color brioche knitting! Learn how to read two-color brioche charts, then cast on to start the garter-stitch border. You’ll learn how to transition into brioche stitches, add your contrast color and follow the pattern repeats around your cowl.

Finishing the Vine Cowl

Mercedes shows you how to read your knitting to find your place in the pattern should you lose track as you’re finishing up the cowl. Then you’ll transition back to garter stitch for the border and bind-off. Your stunning accessory is ready to wear and inspire admiration! As a bonus, Mercedes shows you a two-color Italian cast-on for any reversible brioche patterns you want to try now that you’ve mastered this delicious stitch.