Please pay careful attention to the
instructions concerning the RS or WS
of the work.
You will notice in my instructions that
at times I use Row 1 RS MC followed
by Row 1 RS CC. I refer to both of
these worked rows as Row 1 simply
because you work across half of the
stitches and then return and work the
other half.
At other times, I find it easier to
refer to each row individually and
give instructions as Row 1 RS color A
followed by Row 2 WS color B.
It helps if you mark the right side
of your work. I also place markers
every 10 RS rows to aid in counting,
especially when making a series of
increases or decreases.
It’s best to become fully aquainted
with the basic brioche stitch before
adding more color.
There are simple methods for adding
color: knitting horizontal stripes or
knitting with two colors/yarns at the
same time. You can also add color by
loosely embroidering over the knit
columns on RS of work.
In two-color brioche stitch, two rows
are worked for every row that appears
on the face of the fabric. Each right-
or wrong side row is worked once |
with the main color and once with the
contrasting color.
You should use either circular or
double pointed needles when more
than one color is used and the color is
changed every row.
In color knitting, you can see which
color you used last by the color of the
yarnover and the brk st. The yo of the
row just worked - that’s the last color
that you used.
To make it easier to count the rows,
counts are given for the rows in the
main color knit columns as viewed
from the right side. When I write
brioche instructions, and the pattern
says “24 rows in MC column on RS,’’
you will actually have worked 48 rows,
24 with each color.
When starting an additional color, it
helps to tie it in a knot to a hanging
thread to make it easier to use. Later
on, when finishing, untie the knot and
weave in the end.
Use a selvedge stitch for stitch control
and neat seam finishes.
If at some point you need to ‘frog’
then unravel and pick up the stitches
onto a smaller circular needle. This will
make the stitches easier to pick up and
you can work off of this needle, onto
your original needle, for one row or
round. Also see correcting errors.
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