Brioche Knitting Workshop: Build your Brioche Knitting Skills with this Beginner's Guide

This practical guide to brioche knitting will hold the reader’s hand through all the brioche knitting basics with very clear step-by-step photography and instructions, and there are 15 projects to practice their skills.

The brioche knit stitch makes a beautifully squishy, reversible ribbed fabric which is extremely popular amongst knitters but which can also be quite intimidating. This guide holds the reader’s hand through all the brioche basics with very clear step-by-step photography and instructions, with 15 projects to practice their skills.

The projects are mostly accessories including hats, cowls, scarves, mittens and slippers but there are a couple of one-size-fits-most garments such as a poncho.

The instructions covered start with an introduction to the brioche stitch and why knitters need it in their lives. Author Lavanya Patricella, then moves on to brioche knitting tips and the all-important abbreviations and terminology used for brioche knitting.

The techniques covered include knitting brioche flat and in the round, how to make a swatch for gauge, as well as one and two colour brioche. There is also detailed advice for increasing and decreasing in brioche and how to troubleshoot and correct your mistakes.

If you’ve admired beautiful brioche knits but never taken the plunge this is the book that will help you to build your brioche skills.