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Knitting Brioche: The Essential Guide To The Brioche Stitch (2010)

by Nancy Marchant(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1600613012 (ISBN13: 9781600613012)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

North Light Bks

review 1: I haven't yet started knitting from this book, though I have tried brioche knitting instructions from another source (Power Cables by Lily Chin), and I've pored over this book numerous times. My next knitting challenge for myself is to knit brioche. Marchant provides a huge array of variations on this stitch, as well as some beautiful object patterns to try, from simple to (in my view) super-challenging. The stitch is not an easy one, it's a challenge to learn, and especially tricky as far as correcting errors. So this isn't for the faint of heart or beginner - unless one is a beginner who wants to take off running and won't be put off by early disasters.
review 2: I just learned the basic brioche stitch. I don't know yet if I will make a whole garment...the t... moreechnique has some downsides. It uses a ton of yarn, sometimes up to twice the amount of a regular stockinette item. It also knits up really big and bulky, so the author strongly advises you to go down several needle sizes than recommended for the yarn you're using. Of course, when you go down several needle sizes, the knitting becomes tighter and more difficult to manipulate on the needle.If I do make something, I'll make something multicolor, which is a nice visual effect. It's too much effort and too much yarn just to achieve the effect of a single color.The book mostly consists of step-by-step stitch explanations (which are photographed excellently), and a big stichionary. The author has long, detailed explanations of how to increase and decrease and shape any brioche garment. The patterns themselves are only perhaps one-third of the book. Honestly, I probably wouldn't make any of the patterns here. Some of them are pretty unappealing, and there's no multicolor sweater pattern that I really like. (I do really like the multicolor scarf pictured on the cover.) If I make a multicolor sweater I'll be designing it myself. less

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