Michele Lee Bernstein
Friday PM
In this class, we explore knitting 2 color brioche flat, then introduce increases and decreases, and then syncopation (flipping color).
Skill level:
Know how to knit 2 color brioche rib, flat or round.
Material Fee: $0
Student Supplies:
One light colored and one dark colored DK weight yarn, 100 grams each (example: Malabrigo Worsted), 24" US 4/3.5 mm circular needle, stitch markers. A row counter is helpful, too.
Whale Conga Line pattern by Michele Lee Bernstein, coupon code REDALDER2025 for 40% off.
Pattern link: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/whale-conga-line
Homework:
With MC, cast on 31 sts. (MC is the color of your whale tail motif; CC is background)
Setup Row (MC) (WS): *P1, sl1yo, rep from * to last st, p1. Slide back to beginning of row.
Setup Row (CC) (WS): Sl1, add new yarn, *brk, sl1yo; rep from * to last 2 sts, brk, Sl1 wyif. Turn.
Brioche Rib:
Row 1 (MC) (RS): K1; *sl1yo, brk; rep from * to last 2 sts, sl1yo, k1. Slide back to beginning of row.
Row 1 (CC) (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 (MC) (WS): P1; *sl1yo, brp; rep from * to last 2 sts, sl1yo, p1. Slide back to beginning of row.
Row 2 (CC) (WS): Sl1 wyif, move yarn to back; *brk, sl1yo; rep from * to last 2 sts, brk, move yarn to front, sl1 wyif. Turn.
That’s it! If you’d like, you can repeat these 2 rows (4 half rows) until you’re comfortable. End with Row 2 CC.