Technique
Learned two-colour brioche from this nice video: https://vimeo.com/156413931 Because like the instructor knitting in the video, I’m a combination knitter and thus other videos tend to confuse me.
I find the “standard” brioche terminology less confusing than the alternative terminology of the pattern.
Size and swatch
Making a swatch! Oh wow. I must be really serious about this. I never swatch- I mean I always swatch, I swear I do! I even have a bag that says so!
Calculating which size to knit:
My preferred swatch (using the swivelling 4.25 Japanese needles) is 20 sts, 30 rows to make 10 x 10 cm.
With the pattern’s gauge the first cast-on (56 sts) in my size (bust 32) would give me 31 cm.
With my swatch gauge, to reach 31 cm, I will have to cast on 62 sts - and that’s obviously the next size up.
More importantly, for every 10 cm I knit, I will have to knit 6 more rows because of the difference in row gauge from my swatch to what the pattern states.
Finishing this
This did obviously not take me 18 months to finish. Actually it was a very quick knit, took about 3 to 4 weeks, BUT THEN I bound off too tightly. And I was afraid to rip it out and redo it, because I wasn’t sure how to pick up the live brioche stitches. Also, I already cut off the yarn (because I’m stupid).
I think I will just wear it like it is, because there’s nothing major wrong with it. It’s just the tight bind-off.
Also, my yarn choice is sub-optimal. While it’s very soft and nice, it’s too heavy and has too little body for the drape to be as nice as in the pattern photos.
About the pattern
Clearly written, easy to follow - although I needed the video for learning two-colour brioche. But that’s because I’m a combination knitter.
The fit is perfect, although now I wish I had modified the racerback shoulder part to be “normal” and not racerback. Because I seem to like coverage on the back it seems. Well, you live, you learn. It looks great, though.
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