How to knit brioche stitch

This week on Saturday Stitches we show you how to knit brioche stitch.

This stitch produces a double-sided fabric which is chunky and super squishy, especially when you team it with our luxuriously soft Sugar Baby Alpaca yarn. Here we have worked with two strands of yarn held double in Martini Grey. Simply cast on an even number of stitches and read on for our step by step instructions.

Set up row

Hold the yarn in front of your work, insert your right needle purl-wise into the first stitch on your left needle and slip it off.

Bring the yarn over your right needle to the back of your work (this is called a ‘yarn over’).

Knit 1 stitch as normal.

Repeat these 3 steps until you have worked all the stitches of your row.

Pattern row

Hold the yarn in front of your work and slip 1 stitch purl-wise.

Make a yarn over.

Knit the next stitch and the yarn over which sits in front of it together.

Repeat these 3 steps until you have worked all the stitches of your row.

Keep repeating this pattern row to keep working in brioche stitch, it couldn’t be simpler!

Casting off in brioche stitch

Casting off in brioche stitch is slightly different from normal, when you have finished knitting, follow the steps below to see how to cast off your stitches.

Purl 1 stitch.

Insert your right needle through the next stitch and the yarn over which sits in front of it and knit the 2 together.

Use the tip of the left needle to lift the first stitch over the last one and off the right needle.

Keep repeating these steps until all of your stitches are cast off.

Like the look of brioche stitch? Then why not try our Meryl Stripe Sweater, knit up in our Sugar Baby Alpaca yarn this soft and luxurious jumper couldn’t be cosier.

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