Bring two high-contrast yarns together in a project featuring stripes, brioche and textured stitches and you can get something magical. The Opposites Do Attract Cowl by Brian and Terri Haynes of AT Haynes House Yarns is a fun celebration of … Read More ...
A Knit to Honor Phenomenal Women
If you’re a knitter who knows their knitting history you know that our craft was built on the legacies of amazing, innovative, resourceful women. Some of them whose names we know — like Elizabeth Zimmermann and Barbara G. Walker, to … Read More ...
Grab this Great Brioche Beanie to Boost Your Skills
I’ve been trying to learn some new things or refresh my skills around some knitting concepts I’m a little rusty on while I have been home, and one of the things I’m taking a closer look at is brioche knitting… Read More ...
Have Fun Stretching Your Skills with a Brioche Hat
I don’t know if it’s exactly the season for hat knitting, since it’s finally getting warm where I live, but I say hat knitting knows no season, especially when it’s a fun and challenging knit like this.
The Walanda hat … Read More ...
Knit a Cozy Sweater for the Rest of Winter
I feel like by this time of year I should really be thinking about spring and summer knitting, but my heart wants to knit more warm sweaters.
Crush by Anna Johanna is a cool knitting pattern chock full of techniques: … Read More ...
A Simple Tunic for Every Day
As much as I love the look of dramatic colorwork, brioche and other fancy techniques, the sweaters I go to again and again — for knitting and for wearing — are usually pretty simple in design.
Jumping to the … Read More ...
This Slip Stitch Hat Can Be Worn Two Ways
Sometimes I really love the look of what’s supposed to be the inside of a garment or knitting project as much as what is supposed to be the outside. When stranded knitting or slip stitches are involved, the floats can … Read More ...
Knit a Poncho in Colorful Brioche
I have long been firm in my conviction that I am not a poncho person. I am cold, like, all the time, and I need sleeves. But at the same time I’ve been known to pile on multiple sweaters and … Read More ...
Book Review: The Knit Vibe
Vickie Howell has written more than a dozen books on knitting and crochet, but her latest, The Knit Vibe, is unlike any of her previous titles and indeed probably unlike any knitting book you’ve ever seen.
The book’s subtitle–A … Read More ...
The Wrap to Keep You Warm No Matter What Nature Does
For fall and winter I love Fisherman’s Rib. It’s warm a squishy like brioche, but a lot less temperamental. It’s quick and easy to knit, super bouncy and cozy and I love it in projects big and small.
A project … Read More ...
Knit Some Squish to Keep You Warm
When it comes to super squishy, warm projects, brioche really can’t be beat. It looks amazing but also is just super fluffy and warm thanks to how the stitches are formed. It’s the perfect thing for keeping warm in winter … Read More ...
A Quick Cropped Sweater for Fall
I missed the Ursa Sweater by Jacqueline Cieslak when it came out back in March, but it’s a great sweater for fall knitting.
This time of year I want something quick that can be off my needles and ready for … Read More ...
Try a Fun Technique Where Brioche Meets Star Stitch
I am consistently amazed by the ability of knitters to come up with new and different ways to express things in yarn.
The Briocherub hat knitting pattern from Katrin Schubert is one such knitting marvel that combines Star Stitch … Read More ...
Fisherman’s Rib and Brioche Stitch: What’s the Difference?
This is a bit of knitting geekery, I’ll admit, but did you know there’s a difference between Fisherman’s Rib and Brioche Stitch? They look pretty much the same, but a different technique is used to make each.
Interweave has an … Read More ...
Learn Brioche Stitch with this Easy Knit Cowl
Brioche stitch is one of those knitting techniques that looks hard — and does have a bit of a learning curve to it — but once you get the hang of it, it’s really easy.
It really only takes one … Read More ...