Hello everyone, this is Fariba from WatchKnitting.com. Welcome back to my channel! In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to work on a reversible one-color brioche stitch, which is very similar to Fisherman’s Stitch but with different directions.
For this pattern, you need to cast on a multiple of two stitches. It consists of a one-row repeat and one base row. Here, I have 14 stitches on my 4.5 mm needles using medium number four yarn. Let’s start the base row:
I’m going to start by knitting the first stitch, then making a yarn over, and sliding the next stitch. Then, knit one stitch—this is the repeat for the base row. The yarn over, slip 1 action is called sl1yo in brioche knitting. From now on, these two stitches will be worked together all the time.
Again yarn over, slip 1, knit one. Basically, we are repeating a sequence of three actions: yarn over, slip, and knit. The next row will repeat the same process, with a small adjustment for the knit stitch, which I’ll show you shortly. First, let’s finish the base row. As you can see, I’m ending my row with a yarn over and a slip, which means I don’t knit my edge stitch.
Now In row 1 We’re going to start by knitting the first stitch, then making a yarn over, sliding the next stitch, and this time working the yarn over and the slipped stitch from the previous row together as one single stitch, knitting them together—this is called a brioche knit (brk). Here again, yarn over, slip, and knit two together.
This is a very easy pattern to follow—you’ll simply repeat Row 1 over and over. It creates a nice, stretchy fabric
One tip for this pattern is to cast on a smaller number of stitches initially, because every two stitches will add one yarn over, increasing the stitch count. I’m going to work a couple more rows and then come back to show you the pattern and the bind off method.
Now, I have enough rows to show you the defined lines of the pattern. I’m going to repeat the pattern one more time, and then I will show you how to bind off for this stretchy fabric. As you can see, I slip and yarn over in one motion, which saves me a lot of time.
For any stretchy fabric, you can use this bind-off method: start by measuring about three times the length of the fabric and cut the yarn. Then, using a tapestry needle, pick up three stitches from the left needle, pass the yarn through them, and drop one stitch at a time from the beginning. This will create a super stretchy bind-off, which is ideal for this type of fabric.
I hope this tutorial has been helpful for you! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. Thank you for watching this video. Stay tuned for more tutorials—I’m planning to cover brioche stitch in the round, both one-color and two-color versions. Thank you for watching, and have a wonderful day!
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