I am fairly new to knitting and no matter what question I have, when I search for help through TH-cam or google, your website or channel pop up. I can’t thank you enough for the clarity and thoroughness you give each video. Your attention to detail in greatly appreciated!
No matter what knitting questions I have I know I can search my question + nimble needles and find the answers! I’m newish to knitting but am never scared to tackle new techniques because of your tutorials. Thank you Norman!
Hi Norman, since I've read how to knit the brioche stitch page on your website(and many other articles in the site), where you made knitting sounds less intimidating by breakdown steps and clear explanation, which allows me to have regain confidence to cast on another project with brioche stitch! I would like to thank you for the guide shared on TH-cam and your website! well, A BIG THANK YOU ACTUALLY :D😄😄😄
Thanks so much for the tutorial! I found doing brioche stitch so much clearer when knitted continental style, and your tip of combining the sl1yo is super helpful. I also undid few times at row 4 because it was looking wonky, thanks for your heads up for me to persevere.
I'm so glad that your recent videos don't have that music! I always thought that brioche stitch must be hard, but you make it look straightforward. Thanks as ever
It's a pleasure Martha - especially when I receive such lovely feedback like yours. Much like everyone else, I have been knitting "in the closet" for so long. So receiving feedback and getting in contact with other knitters is such a treat!
This was SO helpful. Thanks for the detailed instructions and clear visuals. You have such a pleasant voice and you do things at just the right speed so I can follow along. Thanks for making such great videos!
ha, you found it. This is one of my older tutorials where I still used that background music. Someone convinced me i had to use it early on ..ah well..you live and learn.
I just finished a hat in which the brim was brioche, and I love it! I need to watch your videos on how to increase and decrease because I don’t know how to do that. The other thing I have no idea how to do is fix brioche mistakes. My most common mistake is purling without doing the yarn over. So I’m a mess on the next round. If you have any references to share, I would be so appreciative! I ripped out my brim a few times because I didn’t know how to fix it. I know how to fix a dropped stitch, so it’s probably not that different, but something I just need to learn. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
It's a little bit more difficult and fixing a missed yarn over always means frogging as you cannot add any slack to rows below. Don't have a video for it, tho 🤭
@@NimbleNeedles well that’s good to know. I don’t mind frogging at all, and that’s exactly what I did. Sometimes, at least for me, that’s the easiest solution. 😀
Just found your channel a few days ago, great turorials, easy to follow and nice and clear but have to say this one threw me a little as I was shown Brioche slightly differently, I was taught it as after the selvage knit one below then purl one and repeat which is nice and easy but I'm not sure how it would work with the 2 colours. will have to give this method a try to see how it compares.
There are two ways to knit Brioche: Like the way I show you here and one shows you to knit one row below (sometimes this is also known as Fisherman's rib). I just feel this is the easier version.
Thank you for all the amazing tutorials you are gifting us! Would you be able to upload this one without the background music? Sensory issues make it impossible to follow videos with background music. I'm grateful most of your tutorials don't have background music. :)
Hi Norman, thank you so much for these videos! I'm a college student currently on winter break away from home and your videos have been keeping me great company these last two weeks while working on a 2 color brioche shawl. This has become my favorite knitting channel, I really like that you don't only give us instructions and tell us what to do, but you also explain the anatomy and mechanism in which things work. I mostly enjoy aran patterns, this is my first time doing brioche. Even though the right side of my project looks great, I have some tension issues on the wrong side, especially on the sections with increases and decreases. The stitches that are right next to decreases are loose and I cant really stretch the yarn into the decrease stitches because they're twisted and stacked one on top of another. I believe that this is normal, but is there any way to improve this?
I searched up "nimbleneedles brioche" and this is the only video that showed up, for whatever reason your videos on increases and decreases didn't show up, nor did they ever appear in the recommended section while I was watching your other videos, I had to go to your channel and do a bunch of scrolling to find them. The youtube algorithm really works in mysterious ways! I put some more effort into stretching the yarn into the neighboring decrease stitches and it's starting to look a bit better, hopefully it'll completely even out after blocking. Thank you for replying!
Thank you. I bought the yarn years ago to make What the Fade by Andrea Mowry. I did find it daunting and did not start it. I think the biggest thing is that you use simpler terminology compared to how she shows it in her tutorials. One thing I am wondering is if you put down your knitting before completing the 4 rows, how do you figure out where you left off other than making a detailed note. We all know that sometimes we have to put our knitting down and are not able to make a note. I also wanted to know if that is a Lamy Safari pen?
the repeat is dead simple really if you stick to "knit the double stitches together and yarnover slip the single stitches". Then you can stop anywhere you like. I stick to simple terminology because it IS simple and using things like "brk" I dunno..i think it makes it just complicated.
Thanks for the cool video! I have one question though - how do you count the rows in brioche sticking? Do you count the vertical Vs, or does it work differently?
well, that IS a difficult quesiton. If you count the Vs you will only count every second row that you've knitted. So you'd have to multiply that number. HOWEVER...since brioche is a form of double knitting, one could argue that actually the Vs represent one row. It's just that you split knitting that row into a 2-row repeat for convenience sake.
great video!! funny story-i actually have a brioche stitch scarf WIP that I started years ago in high school and your video has inspired me to take it up again ahaha maybe this time i'll actually finish it 😉any recommendations for a stretchy bind-off to go along with this stitch?
Hi Norman. You make your demos very clear so thank you for that. I’m interested to know what you think the difference between 1/2 Fisherman rib and brioche. I am a beginner and find Brioche very complicated.
Dear Norman, thank you again for your videos! Advanced beginner here according to your classification. I've been working on a brioche stitch scarf for a few weeks and now it's become my favourite stitch! So soft and fluffy 🤍 For my next project I'd like to try brioche in two colours... So as I understood it, I have to knit two interlaced specular fabrics and what is the right side for colour A is the wrong side of colour B and viceversa, am I seeing it right? Thanks a lot again!
Hi Norman, wonder if you can create a tutorial on brioche knitting in the round and then turning it into a flat. For example, if I was knitting a sweater in the round in brioche and then separating the front from the back, what is the best method to now knit the front and back panel in brioche flat? Thank you!
hm...well..while I can understand the request, I probably have to give this a pass as this is a bit too specific for now. But i'll put it on my list of video suggestions.
I'm thinking of doing a brioche project soon, so this tutorial was great! I wonder though, for a two color project, wouldn't it be possible to knit the back and front in one go, holding both yarns like when knitting with two colors in general? I'm thinking one color would purl and one knit? Instead of doing the row again. But maybe I'm missing something?
Hi Norman! I love your videos and have learned so much from them! I have a question for you. I am practicing the two-colour brioche stitch and was wondering if there was a way to do the double stockinette stitch edge as my selvedge? I realize it would be a bit complicated, but I am not a fan of just doing a knit stitch. If it isn't possible, do you have any other selvedges that you personally think look good with 2C Brioche? Thanks!
Hmm...yes you can...but you have to twist the colors as you do the transition...kind like when you do intarsia. Even then, it's a bit more difficult to get it neat
Norman, teach us how to correct mistakes in brioche knitting? Last year, my shawl had only a few stitches in brioche, but I kept making mistakes and unravelling. It was frustrating.
I did not expect to, in the middle of a knitting tutorial, notice a lamy al-star. It's the bronze one, right? (I have several of the safari and al-star)
hi norman! thank you so much for the tutorial, lots of good, clear information as always! out of curiousity, would it be possible to use a double stockinette stitch selvage for 2 colour broiche? if so, how would it work? would you need to purl then slip knit wise and then purl on the purl rows? i'm very new to knitting and the mechanics of right side/wrong side knitting is something i struggle with, which is unfortunate as i'm trying to knit my boyfriend a scarf and i want to give him something as nice as possible 😅
I haven't tried this yet but i sure think it could work. But essentially you would be working...well.pseudo-intarsia. So 3 stitches before the border, you'd have to cross the colors, then do the double stockinette stitch edge back and forth, cross the colors again and continue. In my mind it kind of makes sense, but dunno ^^
Hi Norman, do you think you’ll ever do a video for honeycomb brioche? I am really struggling with a pattern where honeycomb is started from stockinette in the round. It’s just not looking right at all. The creator of the pattern is not responding but I bet you could figure it out. Thank you so much for your videos ❤
Hi Norman! I used a 'life line' in my scarf and when I pulled it out it is leaving a very distinct line across my knitting. Will this disappear when I block it? I am very disappointed as I have knitted almost 1 ft. of the scarf before I pulled the line.
It takes a courageous person to flick flack uncapped ink pens around knitting, especially with white wool! I dont even use regular ball point pens, i just use pencil, I dont trust myself not to unintentionally dye everything :(
I have so much trouble here you said the 1st row was unique then its a repeating of 2 row but you only shown 1st row 2nd row 3rd you didn't show last stitchs I don't know how to end I'm totally lost. I mean I know how to knit brioche stitches my issue is salvage I'm French n'y the way and I wanna have perfect edges as yours
eh? there's a step by step tutorial linked in the description: nimble-needles.com/stitches/how-to-knit-the-brioche-stitch/ it also talks about selvage/edge stitches
Don't have white noise background. your voice, your information and your visuals are very good. Don't adulterate it with irrelevant, irritating noise that adds nothing.
hey lorna. Thank you for your feedback. If you watch my newer videos, you will see that I stopped using a background music. The music was added, however, to hide certain anoying background noises to begin with.
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I am fairly new to knitting and no matter what question I have, when I search for help through TH-cam or google, your website or channel pop up. I can’t thank you enough for the clarity and thoroughness you give each video. Your attention to detail in greatly appreciated!
awesome. happy I can be part of your knitting journey, Marie
No matter what knitting questions I have I know I can search my question + nimble needles and find the answers! I’m newish to knitting but am never scared to tackle new techniques because of your tutorials. Thank you Norman!
Make sure to comment below in case you got any questions or struggle with knitting the brioche stitch! :)
Hi Norman, since I've read how to knit the brioche stitch page on your website(and many other articles in the site), where you made knitting sounds less intimidating by breakdown steps and clear explanation, which allows me to have regain confidence to cast on another project with brioche stitch! I would like to thank you for the guide shared on TH-cam and your website! well, A BIG THANK YOU ACTUALLY :D😄😄😄
You are very welcome! It's a pleasure to read such feedback 😊🥰
Thanks so much for the tutorial! I found doing brioche stitch so much clearer when knitted continental style, and your tip of combining the sl1yo is super helpful. I also undid few times at row 4 because it was looking wonky, thanks for your heads up for me to persevere.
Awesome. Happy to hear that. And yeah, continental, I feel brioche is a super simple pattern 😊🧶
Finally I'm able to follow your tutorial you made it look so simply and so clear too follow.Amazing teacher. Thanks a lot.
I'm so glad that your recent videos don't have that music! I always thought that brioche stitch must be hard, but you make it look straightforward. Thanks as ever
in the beginning and as I started out I thought it would make things a bit more professional and mask some background noises...well ;-)
Great tutorial! I did have to restart like 15 times because Im still a beginner but your clear instructions made it possible to persevere 😭
Thank you for the tutorial. I really appreciate your teaching style and am so grateful that you share your knitting knowledge with us.
It's a pleasure Martha - especially when I receive such lovely feedback like yours. Much like everyone else, I have been knitting "in the closet" for so long. So receiving feedback and getting in contact with other knitters is such a treat!
This was SO helpful. Thanks for the detailed instructions and clear visuals. You have such a pleasant voice and you do things at just the right speed so I can follow along. Thanks for making such great videos!
Thank you, I’ve been wanting to learn brioche and this will help me to continue.
Thank you so much for the Brioche stitch tutorial.
you're welcome. Will publish how to decrease and increase soon as well :)
Fascinating! Thanks for showing all 3.
ha, you found it. This is one of my older tutorials where I still used that background music. Someone convinced me i had to use it early on ..ah well..you live and learn.
😊🤗
Thank you- I’m going to try this stitch/technique in the new year! 😀
That's the spirit! I don't have a new year's resolution yet :P
Love your videos Norman!!!!!
I just finished a hat in which the brim was brioche, and I love it! I need to watch your videos on how to increase and decrease because I don’t know how to do that. The other thing I have no idea how to do is fix brioche mistakes. My most common mistake is purling without doing the yarn over. So I’m a mess on the next round. If you have any references to share, I would be so appreciative! I ripped out my brim a few times because I didn’t know how to fix it. I know how to fix a dropped stitch, so it’s probably not that different, but something I just need to learn. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
It's a little bit more difficult and fixing a missed yarn over always means frogging as you cannot add any slack to rows below. Don't have a video for it, tho 🤭
@@NimbleNeedles well that’s good to know. I don’t mind frogging at all, and that’s exactly what I did. Sometimes, at least for me, that’s the easiest solution. 😀
Just found your channel a few days ago, great turorials, easy to follow and nice and clear but have to say this one threw me a little as I was shown Brioche slightly differently, I was taught it as after the selvage knit one below then purl one and repeat which is nice and easy but I'm not sure how it would work with the 2 colours. will have to give this method a try to see how it compares.
There are two ways to knit Brioche: Like the way I show you here and one shows you to knit one row below (sometimes this is also known as Fisherman's rib). I just feel this is the easier version.
Thank you, Norman! I want to make a scarf with this!
that's an excellent pattern for it! Go for it!
Thank you for all the amazing tutorials you are gifting us! Would you be able to upload this one without the background music? Sensory issues make it impossible to follow videos with background music. I'm grateful most of your tutorials don't have background music. :)
well...I can only offer you this video from my second channel: th-cam.com/video/StA40tv8U80/w-d-xo.html
Hi Norman, thank you so much for these videos! I'm a college student currently on winter break away from home and your videos have been keeping me great company these last two weeks while working on a 2 color brioche shawl. This has become my favorite knitting channel, I really like that you don't only give us instructions and tell us what to do, but you also explain the anatomy and mechanism in which things work. I mostly enjoy aran patterns, this is my first time doing brioche. Even though the right side of my project looks great, I have some tension issues on the wrong side, especially on the sections with increases and decreases. The stitches that are right next to decreases are loose and I cant really stretch the yarn into the decrease stitches because they're twisted and stacked one on top of another. I believe that this is normal, but is there any way to improve this?
there is...have you watched my brioche increase tutorials here? other than that...well..it's complicated but there are solutions.
I searched up "nimbleneedles brioche" and this is the only video that showed up, for whatever reason your videos on increases and decreases didn't show up, nor did they ever appear in the recommended section while I was watching your other videos, I had to go to your channel and do a bunch of scrolling to find them. The youtube algorithm really works in mysterious ways! I put some more effort into stretching the yarn into the neighboring decrease stitches and it's starting to look a bit better, hopefully it'll completely even out after blocking. Thank you for replying!
@@eastern_mimolette well, just click on the little "lens" icon on my channel and search for brioche (skip the "nimbleneedles")
Thank You!
You are very welcome 🙏
Thank you. I bought the yarn years ago to make What the Fade by Andrea Mowry. I did find it daunting and did not start it. I think the biggest thing is that you use simpler terminology compared to how she shows it in her tutorials. One thing I am wondering is if you put down your knitting before completing the 4 rows, how do you figure out where you left off other than making a detailed note. We all know that sometimes we have to put our knitting down and are not able to make a note. I also wanted to know if that is a Lamy Safari pen?
the repeat is dead simple really if you stick to "knit the double stitches together and yarnover slip the single stitches". Then you can stop anywhere you like.
I stick to simple terminology because it IS simple and using things like "brk" I dunno..i think it makes it just complicated.
Great pattern!
thank you glad to hear you like it :)
Thanks for the cool video! I have one question though - how do you count the rows in brioche sticking? Do you count the vertical Vs, or does it work differently?
well, that IS a difficult quesiton. If you count the Vs you will only count every second row that you've knitted. So you'd have to multiply that number.
HOWEVER...since brioche is a form of double knitting, one could argue that actually the Vs represent one row. It's just that you split knitting that row into a 2-row repeat for convenience sake.
great video!! funny story-i actually have a brioche stitch scarf WIP that I started years ago in high school and your video has inspired me to take it up again ahaha
maybe this time i'll actually finish it 😉any recommendations for a stretchy bind-off to go along with this stitch?
You can do a normal bind off and just stretch the stitches out as u do - or any other bind off that let's you switch between knit and purl stitches.
Hi Norman. You make your demos very clear so thank you for that. I’m interested to know what you think the difference between 1/2 Fisherman rib and brioche. I am a beginner and find Brioche very complicated.
well..half fishermans rib is the same as half brioche ;-)
But not really sure what else you expect me to say? :P
Dear Norman, thank you again for your videos!
Advanced beginner here according to your classification. I've been working on a brioche stitch scarf for a few weeks and now it's become my favourite stitch! So soft and fluffy 🤍
For my next project I'd like to try brioche in two colours... So as I understood it, I have to knit two interlaced specular fabrics and what is the right side for colour A is the wrong side of colour B and viceversa, am I seeing it right?
Thanks a lot again!
Yah! If you want to put it that way ☺️
Thank you so much
Hi Norman, wonder if you can create a tutorial on brioche knitting in the round and then turning it into a flat. For example, if I was knitting a sweater in the round in brioche and then separating the front from the back, what is the best method to now knit the front and back panel in brioche flat? Thank you!
hm...well..while I can understand the request, I probably have to give this a pass as this is a bit too specific for now. But i'll put it on my list of video suggestions.
I'm thinking of doing a brioche project soon, so this tutorial was great! I wonder though, for a two color project, wouldn't it be possible to knit the back and front in one go, holding both yarns like when knitting with two colors in general? I'm thinking one color would purl and one knit? Instead of doing the row again. But maybe I'm missing something?
Yes, you could do that. It's a bit like double-knitting in that case, only you have to hold the yarns differently. Many find that a bit confusing :P
@@NimbleNeedles Aha, thanks. I'm going to have to experiment. Skipping all that slipping seems enticing to me. 😄
Hi Norman! I love your videos and have learned so much from them! I have a question for you. I am practicing the two-colour brioche stitch and was wondering if there was a way to do the double stockinette stitch edge as my selvedge? I realize it would be a bit complicated, but I am not a fan of just doing a knit stitch. If it isn't possible, do you have any other selvedges that you personally think look good with 2C Brioche? Thanks!
Hmm...yes you can...but you have to twist the colors as you do the transition...kind like when you do intarsia. Even then, it's a bit more difficult to get it neat
Norman, teach us how to correct mistakes in brioche knitting? Last year, my shawl had only a few stitches in brioche, but I kept making mistakes and unravelling. It was frustrating.
Hm...I'll make a video soon...but dunno. Want to focus on some easy beginner stuff as well as it's new years and maybe ppl are just starting out :P
Could you recommend what cast on for brioche please? I was wondering if what was featured in this video was a tubular cast on?
yes tubular (or any other double knitting cast-on) is quite nice for brioche. Often, however, I just a stretchy cast-on but do it around two needles.
I did not expect to, in the middle of a knitting tutorial, notice a lamy al-star. It's the bronze one, right? (I have several of the safari and al-star)
well..don't even know how it's called as I bought this aaaages ago. But it's golden.
Thanks!
My pleasure!
hi norman! thank you so much for the tutorial, lots of good, clear information as always! out of curiousity, would it be possible to use a double stockinette stitch selvage for 2 colour broiche? if so, how would it work? would you need to purl then slip knit wise and then purl on the purl rows? i'm very new to knitting and the mechanics of right side/wrong side knitting is something i struggle with, which is unfortunate as i'm trying to knit my boyfriend a scarf and i want to give him something as nice as possible 😅
I haven't tried this yet but i sure think it could work. But essentially you would be working...well.pseudo-intarsia.
So 3 stitches before the border, you'd have to cross the colors, then do the double stockinette stitch edge back and forth, cross the colors again and continue. In my mind it kind of makes sense, but dunno ^^
@@NimbleNeedles ah, i see, thank you! i'll try it out! 😊
Hi Norman, do you think you’ll ever do a video for honeycomb brioche? I am really struggling with a pattern where honeycomb is started from stockinette in the round. It’s just not looking right at all. The creator of the pattern is not responding but I bet you could figure it out. Thank you so much for your videos ❤
maybe..i don't have any plans right now but possibly :)
What is the best selvedge stitch of the two color brioche? I keep trying to do the icord and keep getting confused about when to do what 🤦🏼♀️
That really depends on your preference. Some prefer to don't do a selvage. 🤔
@@NimbleNeedles , I'm a mere beginner (albeit with crochet experience), so I really don't have one. Looking for ideas :)
Great introKnit Video.. 👍🏼
Would love the know the brand of yarn your using
that' s the Schachenmayr catania grande. I added a link to the description.
Hi Norman! I used a 'life line' in my scarf and when I pulled it out it is leaving a very distinct line across my knitting. Will this disappear when I block it? I am very disappointed as I have knitted almost 1 ft. of the scarf before I pulled the line.
Use a fishing line or dental floss as a lifeline next time :)
willt his block out..dunno..hard to judge without a picture :)
@@NimbleNeedles Okay, thank you for the tip. I used a thicker yarn. But learned something new!
12:14 brioche in the round
I haven't tried Brioche yet, it's on my bucket list for the new year!
It's definitely worth it! There are soo many fun patterns - especially if u go 2 colors
It takes a courageous person to flick flack uncapped ink pens around knitting, especially with white wool! I dont even use regular ball point pens, i just use pencil, I dont trust myself not to unintentionally dye everything :(
Heh...well..understanable. Though regluar ink will wash out just perfectly :)
why do we do salvage stitches ?
Because you want a nice and neat edge? Or what is the question? 😊
I have so much trouble here you said the 1st row was unique then its a repeating of 2 row but you only shown 1st row 2nd row 3rd you didn't show last stitchs I don't know how to end I'm totally lost. I mean I know how to knit brioche stitches my issue is salvage I'm French n'y the way and I wanna have perfect edges as yours
eh? there's a step by step tutorial linked in the description: nimble-needles.com/stitches/how-to-knit-the-brioche-stitch/
it also talks about selvage/edge stitches
@@NimbleNeedles thank you very much after 3 day watching over and over I figured out
@@TheDarkangel681 glad you figured it out yourself. from my experience, these lessons are always remembered!
Don't have white noise background. your voice, your information and your visuals are very good. Don't adulterate it with irrelevant, irritating noise that adds nothing.
hey lorna. Thank you for your feedback. If you watch my newer videos, you will see that I stopped using a background music. The music was added, however, to hide certain anoying background noises to begin with.