Intro to 2-Color Brioche (Knitting Flat) | 2 Sessions, Sundays Feb 8 & Feb 15 | 10:00am - 12pm

The world of Brioche Knitting is enticingly full of intricate-looking texture, color-work, cables, etc. Yet, it can be a bit intimidating while starting out and the terminology can look unfriendly. This class introduces the foundational skills needed for 2-color brioche, knit flat.

Skills Required to take this class

Knit, Purl, Slip, yarnover, k2tog, p2tog.

Being able to read one’s knitting helps to a great extent. 

Materials Needed

• Small quantities of Worsted Weight yarn in 2 contrasting colors for swatching. (approximately 25g each). Strong contrast between the two colors is encouraged so you can easily read and understand your stitches. To make sure there is enough contrast, take a picture of your skeins and convert it to grayscale. One color should appear much lighter than the other in the picture.

• US 6 / 4mm or US 4 / 3.5mm 16" circular needles or dpns

• Stitch Markers

• Crochet hook 3.5 or 4 mm or a fix it tool.

We will start the class by knitting a small swatch. While at it, we will learn

1. Reading brioche patterns and getting familiar with brioche abbreviations and terminology. 

2. How to execute basic brioche stitches - Sl1yo, brk, brp.

3. Reading your brioche knitting: Understand the anatomy of brioche fabric and stitches, selvedge stitches, counting stitches and rows, and knowing your place in the project. 

4. Fixing the most common brioche mistakes: Same-row tinking and dropped yarnovers in previous rows will be demonstrated.