How to Knit First Two Rows of Brioche Stitch

[Marny5580]

You did good! Not to worry about how fast ... someone learning needs slow and deliberate.

Thank you!! Now I know how to do the brioche stitch.

[longtailedmonkey]

Do I just cast on like usual? in multiples of 3?

[surlykitchen]

@longtailedmonkey yep, cast on as you normally would. i have a video on my channel on how i cast on if you are interested.  you can either cast on a multiple of 3, an even number, or both. i'm knitting a brioche scarf for my husband and since he wants it wide, i cast on 48. i think in the video i cast on 12.

[shimmadimples]

how many are u meant to cast on ?

[surlykitchen]

@shimmadimples a multiple of 3

[Ruthie777able]

Wow, thank you so much for this video on how to start. Even the Brioche book I have did not make it as clear as you have.

[surlykitchen]

@Ruthie777able so glad the video helped. i'm a visual learner and i find myself discouraged when trying new patterns based on a written pattern.

[l1fe4kelly]

thru out da whole scarf do u simply repeat da second row??

[76lk]

Thanks again but sorry if I mislead you, I'm knitting a multi coloured yarn for my first brioche, it has several colours in it so I'm just using the same colour for it, my problem now is how to add another yarn, since all I see when searching is how to add yarn for purl/knitting etc. Thanks again and hope to see you next video on this one.

[surlykitchen]

@76lk adding yarn is easy. leave a long tail (about and inch or so) of the yarn that is almost gone. then with the next stitch, knit with the new yarn. l usually leave about an inch of yarn, holding it with my left index finger while i knit the stitch with the new yarn. then after you knit a few rows you can use a yarn needle to weave in the extra lengths of yarn.

i will eventually make a video, I'm on holiday right now, but when i get home i'll try to get one up this week or next.

[76lk]

I like your video by the way, cause it really shows the motion slowly, most of the videos I saw were quite fast so its difficult to follow especially for beginner like me. Hope you can post a video on how to add a yarn too on brioche. Thanks a lot.

[surlykitchen]

@76lk i may dabble in adding another colour, but personally, i don't like the look of the two coloured brioche scarves. i haven't had much time for knitting lately, but i will post more videos i think would be helpful

[76lk]

Thanks for the reply. Now that I'm doing it, can you help me learn how to add the yarn? I'm almost done with my first yarn and two more left. Thanks again...I'm really enjoying doing brioche since I'm using a multicolour yarn and it turned out really nice....

[mewfymarf]

I really want to learn how to do the brioche in two colours, and I can see from your video that I *am* doing the stitches correctly... I tried 4 different sets of directions to do it, but every time I try, they say something ridiculous that makes me scratch my head in frustration. Like: when you get to the last 2, we want you to knit one and brp1. (which makes me scream "excuse me, but that would require 3 stitches). With your video, I can see that the yarnovers they write are indeed pointless.

[surlykitchen]

@mewfymarf yes, i learned the hard way about yarn overs. it really mean's nothing except bring the year forward instead of "over"

[mewfymarf]

@surlykitchen Now THERE's a Freudian slip if I ever saw one. *year forward = yarn forward.

[surlykitchen]

@mewfymarf haha, good catch; how appropriate :)

[76lk]

Im a beginner, and I'd like to do brioche, can you teach me how to cast on. Wondering why yours tails on different end and mine is on the same....

[surlykitchen]

@76lk i have a video on how i cast on. above the video click the "surlykitchen" button on the upper left hand side. that will take you to my "channel" and show all the (2) videos i've posted. you'll see how to cast on there. i hope it helps!

[thebarbarita]

I feel so much better hearing someone spent 3 days trying to figure how to knit Brioche-style. I spent a whole day with a book and finally gave up in despair and disgust. But having done that made it really easy to pick up how to do it with this little video! And I like all her comments, too. Like the importance of bringing the yarn around first before slipping the stitch. I was able to get how she wrapped the yarn for the knit stitch by watching only a few times. GREAT INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO1

[surlykitchen]

@thebarbarita so glad it worked for you! i find that learning involved knitting patterns are difficult to learn by books. I'm very much a visual person. So glad you were able to pick it up; it makes a beautiful scarf.

[Dmiauh]

Oh Thank God!! Someone who explain how to knit the first one's!

Great video and Thanks a Lot!!!!

it was very useful!

PS:sorry about my bad English! ;D

keep posting!

[shineebowlee]

Thank you so much! now i have to bind off my scarf but i have no idea how to do that. could you upload a video on it too? i actually need it asap, by tomorrow... hope that would be possible...

[surlykitchen]

@shineebowlee i will try to get a video up on how i bind off, but i can't do it til monday. i'll describe to you how i d it. once done, knit the final row. The knit two stitches together. transfer that stitch back from the right needle to the left needle. Then k2tog (you will be knitting the passed stitch to the next stitch). Repeat til left with 1 stitch. cut yarn, thread it thru the last knit loop so it knots. weave in ends. hope this helps, will get a video up on monday.

[shineebowlee]

@surlykitchen is it just binding off in pattern? i don't really get what k2tog means... sorry i'm a beginner in knitting :P

[surlykitchen]

@shineebowlee K2tog=knit 2 stitches together. so put the right needle thru 2 stitches on the left needle, knit your stitch. then transfer that stitch you just made back onto the left needle and, again, put the right needle thru 2 stitches and knit. continue to the end. hope that makes sense :)

[surlykitchen]

@oOoOBubbosoOoOs2 I hope my new video on how i cast on helps you. i just posted it

[surlykitchen]

@oOoOBubbosoOoOs2 i just used the regular cast on method that my grandma taught me when i was 10; it's the way i always cast on. i can make a video on how i cast on if that would help you. Please let me know if that would help you.

for this particular example i casted on 12 stiches. It makes for a nice thin, long scarf. i live in the south so i don't need a big, heavy scarf

[yoitzo]

thank you so so so much. No one else showed the first two rows and it drove me CRAZY trying to figure it out.

[surlykitchen]

@yoitzo you're welcome. i'm so glad it worked for you. my goal was to try to save others the aggravation i had in figuring out how to get those first two rows.

[surlykitchen]

@yoitzo yes, i understand. that's why i did this video. luckily, for the viewers, i'm a slow knitter so hopefully the stitches are easier to understant

[surlykitchen]

@chicklette385 I'm so glad you found this video helpful. those first two rows are so frustrating! i, too, had to unravel many a time before i finally got it right. you have to just keep remembering to keep pulling the yarn forward for each stitch.

[surlykitchen]

i hope this video isn't too blurry. i took it with my dSLR and it was hard to get the focus right.