Michele Lee Bernstein
Thursday PM
You've discovered the joy of brioche knitting, but what do you do when things go wrong? From dropped yarnovers all the way up to frogging and getting brioche back on the needles, we'll learn and practice fixing brioche mistakes, including increases and decreases.
Skill level: knit/purl, cast on/bind off, Know how to knit 2 color brioche rib.
Material Fee: $0
Student Supplies: One light colored and one dark colored worsted weight yarn, 100 grams each (example: Malabrigo Worsted), and 16 or 24 inch US 6 circular needle, or dpns.
Homework:
With LC, cast on 17 sts.
Setup Row LC (WS): *P1, sl1yo, rep from * to last st, p1. Slide back to beginning of row.
Setup Row DC (WS): Sl1, add new yarn, *BRK, sl1yo; rep from * to last 2 sts, BRK, move yarn to front, Sl1 wyif. Turn.
Brioche Rib:
Row 1 LC (RS): K1; *sl1yo, BRK; rep from * to last 2 sts, sl1yo, k1. Slide back to beginning of row.
Row 1 DC (RS): Sl1 wyib, move yarn to front; *BRP, sl1yo; rep from * to last 2 sts, BRP, move yarn to back, sl1 wyib. Turn.
Row 2 LC (WS): P1; *sl1yo, BRP; rep from * to last 2 sts, sl1yo, P1. Slide back to beginning of row.
Row 2 DC (WS): Sl1 wyif, move yarn to back; *BRK, sl1yo; rep from * to last 2 sts, BRK, move yarn to front, sl1 wyif. Turn.
Repeat these 2 rows (4 half rows) until work measures 3” long. End with Row 2 DC