[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Brioche knitting

[Tracy Carcione]

My colors are purple, gold, and somewhat less of blue, green and red.  Then
my main color is a multi-color yarn that has some of each of my other
colors.
For the brioche, I'm using the multi and the purple.
I think it's going to really be something.
Tracy


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Wow, that sounds challenging. Good luck with it. What colors are you using?

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From: Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E] via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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Go Tracy, Go!
Sounds like that is over my head for now!

Terry


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Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Brioche knitting

I signed up for a class at my local yarn store.  We're knitting a fancy 
shawl with 6 different textures and 5 colors.  I think it will be really 
neat.

The first panel features the brioche stitch, and boy is it giving me fits!
First, the shawl is made with fingering yarn, which is easy for me with 
socks, but not so easy with more complicated patterns.  Then, the brioche is

knitted with 2 colors.  You knit row X with color A, then slide the stitches

to the other end of the needle and knit row X with color B.  My color B is 
slightly thicker than A, and so I have to be real careful not to count 2 
stitches when I've got one, or vice versa.  I also have to be real careful 
not to mix up my colors.  Luckily, the balls are different sizes.  They also

have braille labels stuck in them.  Even so, I grabbed the wrong color for a

row last night, then had to take it out.

The pattern consists of knit 2 together (or purl) and then slip 1 and yarn 
over.  It's really important to get each set of stitches in the right place,

and my yarn-overs tend to jump over stitches sometimes.  And then, if I make

a mistake and try to go back a few stitches, it's hard to unknit 2 stitches 
together without dropping one.  Like I said, it's giving me fits.  It is 
pretty though, when it's working-kind of thick ribs on both sides of the 
fabric.  I suppose the colorwork is interesting-looking, too.

I think this will be the hardest panel.  I think the others are mostly 
single colors, and cables and such.  My classmates were also having some 
trouble, so at least it's not just me.

Tracy



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