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Figure 3. Working one colour brioche: Row 1
(a) With the yarn at the front of the
work, slip the first stitch purlwise.
(b) Knit together the yfwd with its
paired slipped stitch.
(c) On the right hand needle, the
total stitch count = 2 (the yfwd is not
counted).
(d) Continue work by holding the yarn
at the front of the work and slip the next
stitch purlwise.
(e) Then create the yfwd as the next
stitch and its paired yfwd are knitted
together.
(g) Continue in set pattern until the
entire row has been worked.
in Rowan Mag 63. The basic pattern for one colour
brioche can be written as follows:
Cast on an even number of stitches, Fig 2(a).
Foundation row: *Yfwd, sl1, k1*, rep to end.
Row 1: *Yfwd, sl1, k tog next st with its yfwd, yfwd,
sl 1*, rep to end
Repeat Row 1.
Cast off when desired length worked.
The stitches are always slipped purlwise, with the
yarn at the front of the work, Fig 2(b), which means
that we create the yfwd as we knit the next stitch,
Fig 2(c). At this stage, there will be two stitches
on the right hand needle and one yfwd, Fig 2(d).
Repeat this paried combination of “yfwd, sl1”, Fig
2(e) and knit stitches, Fig 2(f) until you have worked
the entire row, Fig 2(g). Even after working even
a single row of brioche, the needle can look quite
over-crowded with all the worked stitches, slipped
stitches and their accompanying yarn overs. When
counting these stitches, the yfwds do not contribute
to the overall stitch count. So, for example, for a
count of four stitches, there will actually be six loops.
Row 1 starts similarly by holding the yarn at the
front while slipping the next stitch, Fig 3(a). In this,
and all proceeding rows, the yfwd is knitted together
with its paired slipped stitch; Fig 3(b), often referred
to as a “brioche knit” (brk) or “bark”. In “Stafford”,
the instruction is written out long hand similarly to
above. Again, the total stitch count on the right hand
needle is two as the yfwd isn’t counted, Fig 3(c).
Continue the pattern of slipping the next stitch (this
is the knitted stitch from the previous row), Fig 3(d),
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