Brioche knitting demands a loose bind-
off. The Italian bind-off is the one to
use if you want to match the Italian
cast on. Other sewn bind-off’s such
as Elizabeth Zimmerman’s sewn bind-
off or the Stem Stitch bind-off from
Montse Stanley’s Knitter’s Handbook
also work well.

Conventional bind-off
Work the row before binding off with
a simple k1, p1 rib (that would mean
working a brk1, p1 or a k1, brp1 in
brioche terms). Bind off in ribbing by
knitting the knit stitches and purling
the purl stitches as you come to them,
and passing the old stitch over the new
stitch.

Conventional BO followed after
working one row of k1, p1 rib.

Stem Stitch BO, page 90, Montse
Stanley’s Knitter’s Handbook or for
a left to right version view it here:
http://www.veronikavery.com/blog
/?p=20

Italian bind-off
Again this bind-off has many names,
Kitchner’s Rib bind-off, Invisible bind-
off and Vogue Knitting calls it “knit one
purl one bind-off”. Whatever the name,
this bind-off works very well with
brioche stitch.

Cut your working yarn at 3 times as
long as the row. Thread the yarn onto
a blunt tapestry need and proceed as
in illustration below:

Tubular BO

http://www.math.unl.edu/~
gmeisters1/papers/Knitting/techniques.html
For Tubular bind-off you need to work
2 to 4 BO prep rows:
BO prep row 1: work in brioche stitch
working a yf sl1wyif instead of yf sl1yo.
BO prep row 2: now k the knit sts and
yf sl1wyif the purl sts.
Rep row 2 if desired.
Bind off as for Italian bind-off.