The English Method
I am a ‘English’ knitter and wrap the
yarn in the “uncrossed Western” way
which means that when I work a knit
stitch I hold the working yarn in my
right hand, bringing the yarn under
then around and over the right needle
which was inserted in front of the right
foot of the stitch. I “throw” the yarn.
To the right I have shown how to work
a yf sl1yo and a brk stitch. You can
also view the little movie. |
yf sl1yo (yarn forward under needle, slip 1,...
...yarn over needle to back) then
brioche knit, brk or “bark” stitch
(knit the stitch together with its yarnover)
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The Eastern Uncrossed (EU)
Method
A very quick method of working the
brioche stitch, especially if you hold
the working yarn in your left hand
(Continental), involves what is known
as the Eastern Uncrossed (EU) knit
stitch. To work the Eastern Uncrossed
knit stitch, lay your working yarn over
the top of the needle from right to left
(NOT under the needle as in Western
Uncrossed) and pull it through. The
stitch will be tighter since the working
yarn travels a shorter distance. You
will then need to correct the mount of
the stitch in the following row when
slipping it.
Plain Brioche Stitch Eastern Uncrossed
Knit version - even number sts
Loosely cast on an even number of
stitches.
Prep row: *yf sl1yo, EUk1; rep
from *.
Row 1: *yf sl1 pwise going behind
loop (this corrects the stitch mount),
yo, EUbrk1; rep from *.
Repeat Row 1 only. |
yf sl1yo slipping from behind stitch
to correct the mount
Ready to work an EUbrk, laying working yarn over the top of the needle
Working yarn is ready to be pulled through
to finish the EUbrk stitch
Finished EUbrk stitch
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