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Sunday Snapshot: My Week of Brioche

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brioche-scarfThis week I worked almost exclusively on my new brioche project.  I did get one of my goals completed from last week’s WIP weekly update.  I completed the back of the blue sweater I’m working on, so now I can move on to finishing the front and working on the lace pattern.  But that will have to wait until I finish my new brioche project though, because I am brioche obsessed!

I had an “Ah-ha” week when it came to working on my new brioche scarf.  First, when I figured out how to do the Italian cast-on and then again when I figured out how brioche works.

Brioche takes a little while to figure out, but once you “get it”, it’s a fun stitch/technique.  And once you have the Ah-ha moment where you figure out how brioche works, brioche is straight forward.

I’m taking an online class with Nancy Marchant and I am so glad that I decided to do this.  Brioche is very unique and if I had started to work the pattern without learning the rules of brioche, I’m sure that I would have messed up.  It’s not that brioche is hard, it just takes some practice.  Brioche is a process of working with yarn-overs and slip stitches to create the pattern and a cushiony fabric that looks good on both sides.

The challenge with brioche is understanding how the yarn-overs are paired with a knit stitch.  These 2 strands are always worked together to create a brioche-knit stitch.  In the sample that I created I was able to figure this out pretty quickly, but the pattern for the brioche scarf includes increases and decreases.  This was like throwing the proverbial wrench in the knitting when I started the scarf.  One wrong move on the increase and it was back to the beginning.  So my first night of working on the scarf ended with me starting over 3 times.  At 1am I forced myself to go to bed, knowing that persistence doesn’t always work with knitting.

My 2nd day of working on the scarf pattern was the “ah-ha” moment that I needed.  I finally figured out the increases and decreases and got into the rhythm of brioche.  Once you get this form of knitting down, it really is a lot of fun.  I love the design and shape of this pattern.

I can’t wait to finish this scarf and to move onto the 2 color brioche scarf that is the next project in this class.  You can see Nancy’s finished scarf here!

Have a great week of knitting!

Filed Under: WIP Knitting Tagged With: Brioche Knitting, Nancy Marchant, scarf pattern, WIP

Sunday Summary- A Look at My WIP Knitting

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I had a great week of knitting and actually knit a little bit almost every day.  I made some good progress on my Works in Progress (WIP), but I still have quite a list of open projects at the moment.  I used to limit myself to only having 1 or 2 active projects, but lately I’ve had more than that.  Here’s a look at all of my current knitting projects.

Project #1:  Afghan

afghan

I’ve had this afghan on the needles for a long time.  Years actually.  It’s one of those projects that I only like to work on during the colder months, so right there that reduces the time that I spend on this project.

It’s also a project that I don’t pick-up if I only have a short period of time to knit.  And with all of the colors involved, it’s not a project that I can tote around with me.

My last excuse for not working much on this project is that I need new needles for it.  I’m knitting this on 10.5 circular needles and at one point I put this project on a stitch holder and used the knitting needles for another project.  Now I can’t find the needles, so I need to get a new pair.  My LYS didn’t have what I wanted, so I need to order it online.

So my action items for this project this week is to buy new needles so that I can get working on it.

Project #2:  Twist-front Sweater

blue-sweater

This is the project that I worked on the most this week.  I know it’s hard to tell right now, but this is going to be a sleeveless v-neck with a twist-front lacey front.

I decided to knit this sweater in the round so that I would have less finish work at the end.  I’m almost done with the back and this week I’ll be moving on to the detailing on the front of the sweater (the fun part).

Here’s the one concern that I have with this project, I’m worried that I’m going to run out of yarn.  A knitter’s worst nightmare.

Goals for this week:

  • Finish-up the back of the sweater
  • Get started on the front
  • Investigate options for a complementary yarn to use in case I run out.

I have more on the agenda for the week, but I’ll share that with you tomorrow!

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