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Wonderful! This makes me so happy to hear this. Keep on knitting beautiful things!! Happy knitting!

Thanks for reaching out. I'm sorry you having trouble here. I just did a swatch of this stitch to confirm that my instructions are correct in the video. Here are a couple things you can look out for to ensure you are ending up with the correct number of stitches: 1. Be sure you are casting on an even number of stitches. When you count your stitches after knitting a row, count the brioche stitch as one stitch. 2. The start of each row should alway be two single stitches followed by the brioche stitch, and the end of your rows should always be one single stitch proceeded by the brioche stitch. 3. Be sure you are remembering to do your yarn over stitches throughout your stitch pattern. Especially don't forget the first yarn over. It is the 2nd stitch you are doing to start each row. It's an easy one to forget. The first stitch is a knit stitch for the right side row or a purl stitch for a wrong side row. Then the first step of your stitch sequence is a yarn over. 4. Verify that you are doing your yarn overs and your slip stitches correctly as to which direction you are doing the yarn overs and where your yarn is when doing the slip stitches. Yarn overs should have you wrapping the yarn over the top of your needle, not from underneath. 5. It appears that somehow you are creating an extra single stitch at the beginning of your wrong side row. Double check that your first few stitches are as follows: P1, YO, Sl1, BRK1. Look back then at what you just completed. It should be a single stitch, a brioche stitch and a single stitch. Then continue with the YO, Sl1, BRK1 sequence. You should be ending your row with that YO, Sl1, BRK1 sequence and then have one stitch remaining which you will slip. I hope this helps. I was trying to reproduce what you were seeing with your stitch count, but was not seeing it on my end.

I figured it out. I was doing an extra YO after the purl at the beginning of the WS because of the way I hold the yarn. Yay! I can start my scarf now!

I'm so glad. I couldn't figure out where you were getting that extra stitch. This is such an enjoyable pattern to knit. I'm sure your scarf will be gorgeous. Happy knitting!

@@jacqknits Thank you so much for your reply. I have one more question before I start my scarf. How much yard did you use for your size of scarf?

My scarf used about 4.5 oz of yarn or 125 grams. I'm sorry I'm not sure of the yardage anymore.

Keep practicing and it will become second nature after a bit. Keep it up!! Happy kitting!

Absolutely! By eliminating the middle section you will create a square. So after you complete Section 1 with increases at the start of each row, you will jump right to doing decreases at the start of each row and that will form your square. Great question. Happy knitting!!

Wonderful! So glad you found these helpful. I too love to do colorwork in my knitting. So satisfying ❤️.

Yes, I show both ways in this video. The first part I'm showing how to do it one color at a time for those who don't like holding the two colors of yarn and knitting them at the same time. Then about the 16:35 mark in the video I explain how to knit both colors in the same row bringing the yarn to the front and back. So both methods are shown here in this video. I call the first the slow and easy method and the second way the faster, but more difficult method (difficult for beginner knitters).

Yea I’m sorry. I wish I could remove that. Not a good decision on my part.

Glad it was helpful! Thanks.

Yes this can be a bit tricky with so many increase and decrease stitches but the result is worth it. Hope you continue to give it a try.

You are so welcome!

Congratulations on your first finished project! Now you have the confidence to try many more. Have fun and happy knitting!!

You are absolutely not dumb. I’m glad you got the hang of it. Keep it up 👍. Thanks for sharing.

My pleasure! Thanks for your comment.

It may also be where you are holding your yarn when doing the slip stitch. Be sure your yarn is in front and you are slipping purlwise at the end of the wrong side row and your yarn is in back and you are slipping the stitch knit wise at the end of the right side rows.

Me too! Glad you found it helpful!

Its always hard to say exactly how many stitches will work well without doing a trial to see if it fits well. I would suggest for a 3 weight yarn to use a size US 4 or 5 needle. You will want to cast on a number divisible by 12. I would first try casting on 108 stitches to see how that fits. The hat I made is a bit large so you may find that sticking with 96 stitches may be good as well. You can also go up or down in your needle size to make an adjustment. It will also depend a bit on your tension. I hope that gives you a starting point. Feel free to share here what worked for you. Happy knitting. 🧶

Thank you for your reply and I will try what you suggested and I will definitely let you know how I did thank you again

You are so welcome!

Glad I could help! I’m sure it is beautiful with silk. Wow! Thanks for your comment and hope you make more lovely knitted items perhaps double knitted as well.

While I love merino wool I try to steer away from wool for babies or kids since you have to hand wash it. But then again hats don’t need frequent washing so you may be ok.

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That’s an excellent question. It is a total of 14 rows so including rows 1 and 2 in that count. Thanks for reaching out.

Am I saying that wrong? My understanding is that selvedge is the European way to say it and salvage is the American way to say it. But I may be totally wrong.

The instructions for this stitch is written out in the description of the video. You can make your scarf as wide or as long as you like. Thanks for reaching out.

Thank you for your kind and generous comment!! You have really made my day. I know it takes time to get so many subscribers and I only started a couple years ago. I enjoy teaching others how to do this wonderful hobby I enjoy so much. Thank you again for reaching out and making me smile. Happy knitting!!

Hello and thanks for the questions. When I cast on I do not start with a slip knot. I find that just creates a bulky knot at the start of your cast on that isn't necessary. Rather the first wrap of the yarn over the needle creates that first stitch. For more instructions on casting on you can refer to my video here: th-cam.com/video/YaP6i22sByE/w-d-xo.html As for the yarn and needle, I'm using a worsted weight yarn (usually identified with a "4" on the package for this weight of yarn). You would normally use about a size 7 or 8 needle for that weight but because I want the mitten to be a bit more dense and warmer for when complete I went down a couple needle sizes to a size 6. That makes for a tighter knitted mitten and give it a bit more warmth. Hope that answers your questions. Have fun.

Thanks so much for responding so fast! Starting it today :)

Oh I'm so glad you are enjoying this pattern and knitting so many mittens!! I have one video for knitting socks and it is for a baby sock. Although the techniques used in the baby sock pattern is the same that you would use for an adult sock as well. It's a great way to learn how to knit socks without the commitment of a large adult sock. You can check it out here: th-cam.com/video/GBYHGxhGwSA/w-d-xo.html

Thank you. Yes the magic loop is a great way to knit in the round without needing the exact size circular needle. I also have a couple videos on the magic loop. I do a lot of knitting with both the magic loop and DPNs. Happy knitting!!

No you don’t have to add the two stitches. Just use the first and last stitch of your garter stitch in each row for these salvage stitches.

You are so kind. Thank you so much.

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Thanks for watching!

You're so welcome! Glad you found it useful.

Hello. Thank you. I do not have my own pattern for newborn size. But I did a quick search on Raverly and found this pretty popular pattern if you want to check it out. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/perfect-newborn-socks

Glad it helped! I was doing it wrong forever as well. Happy knitting!

Whenever you see an instruction followed by additional numbers in parentheses ... those numbers in the parenthesis indicates what you would do for the other sizes that this pattern includes. I talk about this sizing instruction in my video at about the 5 minute mark. But in your example the instructions read that you would Purl 2 for the smallest size but you would purl for 3 stitches for the next size, and 5 stiches for the next two size. You may want to watch that section of the video for a more full explanation on how to read the instructions for multiple sizes. I hope that helps.

@@jacqknits ty so much sorry for late reply, bad net connection

Wonderful! Knitting items for your grandchildren is the best 💕.

Oh, so glad you found this helpful and thanks for the subscribe! Enjoy!!

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You're welcome! Thanks for reaching out!!

Glad I could help! Good luck as you tackle more projects. Happy knitting!!

You are so welcome! Thanks for your kind comment.

I have not heard of that. What is the pattern making? I agree that would be a bit difficult to do. I did find this video that talks a bit about this method. Maybe this may help? th-cam.com/video/jh5QEl9lUv0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5l3ScvUHT3NZGi25

@@jacqknits Thanks for the reply and the video! It is for a pattern for fingerless gloves with finger weight yarn so there are a lot of stitches. According to the video, only 3 needles total is for when one has a small number of stitches so it is not clear to me why the author of the pattern would want to only use 2 needles. I may try and adapt it for four needles if the pattern doesn't become too hard to make it work. Thanks, again!

​​⁠that would be what I would do. Try it with 4 needles. I don’t see a reason why it would be necessary to use only 3.

Thank you! It’s always good to be reminded of a knitting tip. Happy knitting.

So glad I’m a solution to your disappointment 😃. Best of luck and thank you from reaching out from Australia. It’s currently hot here in Michigan!!

​@@jacqknits So kind of you to make the time to reply - thank you - cant wait to watch the rest of your channel uploads.

Wonderful! I enjoy knitting with DPNs as well.

Glad I could help! They are really easy to use. Good luck with your project.

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