Knit a Boxy Brioche Sweater

Brioche knitting has been super popular for a few years now and it doesn’t feel like it’s going away. I haven’t done a lot of brioche knitting (if you haven’t either, I have a super simple brioche knit headband at Our Daily Craft you can use to learn the basics), and it’s always been on my list to knit a brioche sweater.

The Candela Sweater from Ginko B. looks like a great option for those taking a first foray into brioche garment knitting. It’s a boxy sweater worked in worsted weight yarn, so it shouldn’t be too fiddly and should actually be a pretty fast knit once you get the hang of it.

Brioche in worsted weight is so squishy and nice, this is sure to become a favorite sweater. It’s meant to be oversized and has balloon sleeves for even more volume, and a wide neckline that makes it easy to layer on top of all sorts of things. The edgings are worked in I-cord so they don’t distract from the squish of the brioche, but still give the piece a finished look.

The sweater comes in 16 sizes with chest measurements ranging from 38 to 68 inches (97 to 173 cm). The pattern doesn’t indicate how much ease is recommended, so you can choose a little more or a little less as you like.

It also has options for doing the brioche with one color or two. The pattern notes say that people new to brioche knitting might like using two colors because it’s easier to see where you are in the pattern, but it’s up to you what kind of a look you’re going for and how much yarn you have.

You can grab a copy of the sweater pattern, and see variations using one color or two, on Ravelry.

And if you’re looking for more brioche knitting patterns, check out my (in need of an update!) brioche knitting roundup here.

[Photo: Ginko B.]

Easy Sweater Knitting Patterns

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Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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