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Two-Color Flat Brioche Knitting With a Selvedge Stitch
We’re going to be casting on an odd number of stitches for this swatch, and using the DC to create a selvedge, which I highly recommend for two-color flat knitting.
Work along with the following video to create a swatch. Written directions below the video.
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A few things to watch out for: in flat two-color brioche, we brioche-knit and brioche-purl with both colors.
I’ll teach you how to read your work so it will be easy to know what to do when.
Two-Color Flat Brioche Knitting
Using both DPNs held together and with DC, CO an odd number of sts (here, 13 sts). Remove one DPN. Turn.
DC Setup Row: With DC, (p1, yf sl1yo) to last st, end p1. Do not turn work. Slide sts to other end of needle.
LC Setup Row: Sl 1, with LC (br-k1, yf sl1yo) to last st, sl 1 wyif. Turn.
Row 1: With DC, k1, (yf sl1yo, br-k1) to last 2 sts, yf sl1yo, k1. Do not turn. Slide sts to other end of needle.
Row 2: Sl 1, with LC (br-p1, yf sl1yo) to last st, sl 1 wyib. Turn.
Row 3: With DC, p1, (yf sl1yo, br-p1) to last st, end p1. Do not turn. Slide sts to other end of needle.
Row 4: Sl 1, with LC (br-k1, yf sl1yo) to last st, s 1 wyif. Turn.
Repeat Rows 1-4 until you are ready to bind off. Using DC, BO using the Yarnover Bind-Off or any stretchy bind-off.
Two-Color Flat Brioche American-Style
