I hate admitting defeat for anything. I loathe it but I just rage quit my test swatch of the Bixbite Shawl because I can’t figure out the brioche. Never done brioche before so yeah, that’s not helping anything here.

What project kicked your ass?

  • WhelmedInEurope@beehaw.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    As someone who has been considering trying to learn brioche for my next knitting project this will probably also be me in a few weeks. I have the rispen hat and cowl pattern that I bought years ago and have been too intimidated to start it. Please share if you find any methods or resources that work for you!

    • fiberandcolor@beehaw.orgOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oh, the Rispen are beautiful! Good luck with it and let us know how it goes.

      All I have are the YouTube videos that apply to the specific stitches that are in my pattern but I’ll certainly let you know if anything of them help. I tend to like Andrea Mowry tuts and she has a whole playlist for brioche. That’s where I’m starting. A main sticking point for me is getting them to stay in my head. I feel like I need to sit next to someone to learn this but I’ll keep plugging.

      • WhelmedInEurope@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thank you! I am bookmarking this immediately! I’m going to start with a a practice square from a scarf pattern I found first I think since the tree shape in rispen is intimidating before I even know straight brioche stitches.

        I have to finish my Free Spirit Hat first though which made me learn Latvian braids.

        • fiberandcolor@beehaw.orgOP
          3·
          1 year ago

          I spent part of the morning looking for stuff that made more sense to me. Turns out, Stephen West has some killer resources and two in particular help both you and I.

          They are the first two vids in the playlist I’m creating here: Brioche Knitting

          Seems to me that increase/decrease video is exactly what you (and I) need. Also turns out, I didn’t screw it up yesterday. It just LOOKED screwed up. Too bad I ripped it out hahaha! I’m going to start over.

          • WhelmedInEurope@beehaw.org
            2·
            1 year ago

            I’ve heard the sentiment a lot that often brioche looks like it’s wrong but works itself out and you have to keep going so I’m both intimated and excited for my crafting perfectionism to either be a huge roadblock to learning or to give me freedom to mess up and not feel bad about it.

            Thank you for the resources! I am going to take a look at these and hopefully start tinkering soon.

            Please keep us updated on your project! Would love to see it when you’ve got it going again!

    • fiberandcolor@beehaw.orgOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Stopping back to say I learned it. It was the Stephen West that did it. I paid for and downloaded his Brioche Soundwaves pattern and used it as my learning tool. It worked.

      Now I’m just practicing, still using Soundwaves.

      I have two sleeves to finish on my Dreyma and then it’s on to Bixbite.

      Good luck to you!