This brioche hat is easier to knit than it looks at first glance! It’s all about the Brioche Star Stitch and there are so many ways to create different cable motifs. The best thing about it: there is no need for a cable needle! Above all there are no brioche purl stitches to be knit.

The BRIOCHEDGE hat is showing little leaves all around and a wonderful crown solution. The pattern is made in Merino DK and surprisingly simple when it comes to the crown.

The LILOTTA HAT is showing little cables all around and a wonderful crown solution. The pattern doesn’t call for a cable needle and is surprisingly simple when it comes to the crown.

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The FOREVER FERN hat is showing little leaves all around and a wonderful crown solution. The pattern is a real one-round-wonder and surprisingly simple when it comes to the crown.

Knit stitches are never useless, your love is never wasted!

The LOVE SPOON HAT hat is showing little cables all around and a wonderful crown solution. The pattern doesn’t call for a cable needle and is surprisingly simple when it comes to the crown.

The HYGGELICIOUS pattern isn’t just another brioche hat pattern: it combines brioche with cable stitches and it’s perfect for brioche beginners and interesting enough for advanced brioche knitters too. Above all the pattern is fully reversible, the wrong side appears very organic and three-dimensional.

FROSTINA is a soft and warm sweater in Worsted weight yarn, combining a geometrical pattern with yoke increases. It is worked seamlessly from the top down, with a long neck and short sleeves. The body length can be easily adjusted, but it will change the yardage required.

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SEPTEMBER MOOD is a large triangle shaped shawl which combines four contrasting colors. The two colored pattern is based on a little secret: a four-stitch-repeat in every other row. So you don’t have to count and there are no slipped stitches in a wrong side row. The pattern is easy peasy to memorize and perfect to play with colors! Altogether ...

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ROSENWUNDER is a real one row wonder pattern. There isn’t a right side row in combination with a wrong side row - just one single row! Above all the airy fabric is fully reversible and (almost) no purl stitches are to be knit!

It is hard to believe, but the Briochen pattern isn’t just another brioche hat pattern: with two repeating pattern rounds over 8 stitches it’s perfect for brioche beginners and interesting enough for advanced brioche knitters too.

SWIMMING POOL is the stunning turquoise colorway I used for the first sample of this summer shirt.

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Powder and Cement are the colorways I used for the first sample, Caramel and Pinku for the second one. Sounds already like an exciting contradiction! Actually it feels like spring in pandemic times: certainly the winter is over, but you are not sure about what is coming next…? Surely challenging times and hopefully the best spring ever!

GO VEST is a sweater vest in Aran weight yarn, using one-color-brioche stitches to create a large V-neck on front and back side. A vest can be very useful to layer it with your clothes !

Did you know that UltimateGray and Illuminating are the Pantone Colors of the Year 2021? This color combination is full of warmth and dependability, expressing a message of strength and hopefulness.

DAVIDA is a large triangle shaped shawl which combines lace pattern with garter stitches. The white sample is very light - using only 150g of Lace weight yarn in Mohair/ Silk, holding two strands together. The yellow sample shown is made in Fingering weight yarn, with a final weight of 200g. It is such a delight to wear!

Doing something with “Herzblut” means working with a lot of passion, with all your energy and commitment.

DEZEMBERLEIN is an unisex cable hat pattern. What do I really love about cables? Cables are timeless and modern at the same time and cables can appear 3-dimensional or just as a texture. To knit cable stitches is challenging for your brain and your hands and a hat with cables is a perfect gift for the ones you love!

The DOTTA hat pattern reminds me of my Ondadolce pattern, which was one of my very first brioche patterns I released on Ravelry a few years ago. This time the pattern works in an entirely different way, as a combination of stitches instead of increases and decreases. This makes it much easier for beginners and brioche newbees to get started. (H...

“GEDULDIG” is the German word for patiently.

THE PEACE LILY hat pattern is first of all a knit-one-purl-one pattern. It´s a fast knit using Aran-weight yarn, perfect for a last-minute knitted gift.

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SILBERLING is a circular yoke pullover in sport weight yarn, combining sliding stripes of knit stitches with increases. It is worked seamlessly from the top down, featuring a combination of knit stitches with increases that create a perfect transition from the yoke to the body.

TINAH is an easy peasy summer top in DK weight yarn, combining lace with stockinette stitch knitting. It becomes special by using a shimmering yarn with silk and linen!

DRIED ROSES is a large triangle shaped shawl, featuring a border with brioche stitches along a garter stitch body. All brioche “cables” are made without cable needles, using the Brioche Star Stitch, which is a combination of well known stitches.

From time to time I tend to think that there are no more new brioche patterns to be found! So I feel more than grateful whenever I have a new stitch combination on my needles and May is my favorite month, because I can celebrate my birthday!

VERY AIRY is a crescent shaped shawl which allows you to create a large shawl with 4 x 50g of fingering weight yarn and garter stitches only. Sample shown is made with a Sock Kit, consisting of La Bien Aimèe Merino Super Sock (four 50g skeins in four different colors). The color transition from gray to neon pink reminds of warm and intense sunl...

One leaf a day? Well, it might help to pass a lazy sunday! Or knit a leaf every day you have to stay home. Either use it as a decoration, wrap it around a present or arrange it together with classical Easter decorations.

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When you ask me why I love brioche knitting, this is the answer! It is so squishy, always surprising and never becomes boring!

Ise Gropius was an editor, a secretary and an equal partner for the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius.

SINJA is a large triangle shaped shawl which combines lace pattern with garter stitches. Sample shown is made in Mohair & Silk, holding yarn doubled, with a final weight of 150g it is such a delight to wear!

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The NOELLA hat pattern is a fast and fun knit, perfect for a little knitted gift to the ones you love. Having these wonderful colors in Merino DK ( by La Bien Aimee) in my stash, I was looking for a matching pattern. Ending up with a wild mixture: cables with lace stitches!

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My inspiration for this pattern came from the beautifully chosen colors of the Yowza Minis. I decided to use two coordinating colors for a textured hat pattern. The pattern has a brim with twisted rib stitches and a simple two-color pattern, making it perfect for beginners and newbies. Two skeins can easily make two hats in reverse colors.

It is a luxury idea to use Merino DK weight yarn together with lace yarn in Mohair and Silk for a brioche hat. I decided to go for one-color-brioche, because otherwise the hat becomes unaffordable! In the result the brioche pattern becomes a lovely texture and a very warm, fluffy fabric too.

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The Bubble Waffle Shawl is a large triangle shaped shawl which combines knit and purl stitches to create 3-dimensional bubbles. The pattern is a recipe for “any weight” that can be translated across several yarn bases. It can easily be adapted to the amount of available yarn: knit-until-you-run-out-of-yarn!

My inspiration for this pattern came from the beautifully chosen colors of the Yowza Minis. I decided to use six colors for a large, feminine wrap. The pattern has no purl stitches and (almost) nothing to count, making it perfect for beginners and newbies.

TropicAnna is a large crescent shaped which combines an easy lace pattern with stripes of ribbed stitches.

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A hat is always a perfect possibility to try a new pattern idea. Although I have had two projects on my needles already, this pattern just felt irresistible, which is why I would like to share it with you! The colors remind me of my favorite flower (which can be found in my garden in May): Columbine.

Maybe this is not the perfect moment to wear a hat, but it is the perfect month to start thinking about knitted gifts! This hat is a fast and fun knit using the pattern of my Rosarita Cowl - the most difficult thing was it to decide for two colors from my stash (I was going to travel and had to choose wool and colors to take with me which is al...

ROSARITA is a female cowl made of fingering weight yarn in pastel colors. Details like the German twisted cast on, seamless transitions from ribbing and pattern yield a cozy female accessory.

Love is never wasted (and yarn is never wasted)!

This brioche hat is much more easier to knit than it looks at glance! It’s all about the brioche star stitch and there are so many ways to create different cable motifs. The best thing about it: there is no need for a cable needle! For this pattern you have to repeat altogether 4 pattern rows only, which is very effective, isn’t it?

The inspiration for this pattern was a beautiful picture of pastel colored urchins! URCHIN is a crescent shaped shawl in a two-color pattern with a vivid texture. It’s all about rows of knit and purl stitches—that’s why the pattern is perfect for beginners and newbies, too.

“Kapriolen” is the German word for cutting capers! And I was about to cut capers, when I found out how to translate cable motifs into brioche knitting without using a cable needle! The CABRIOLA pattern is combining two cable motifs with two-color brioche stitches in a very effective way.

The BRIOCHERUB pattern is about a star stitch, which is well-known, translated into brioche knitting! It was so much fun, that it was difficult to stop knitting.

The TANNEN pattern might look rather more complex, but actually there are three pattern rounds to be repeated only! So it is in fact a three-row-wonder, which makes it perfect for a last minute knitted gift! If you ask me for two perfectly matching colors: camel and cherry! It looks so classic!

I love Advent calendars! I love it to open a tiny door with a surprise every morning in December! Just in case, you have an Advent yarn calendar with 24 mini skeins, this might be a joyful project for you!

FROHLOCKE is an old German word for rejoice.

November is the perfect month to start thinking about knitted gifts. This hat is a fast and fun knit - the most difficult thing was it to decide for two colors from my stash! If you have two full skeins of DK weight yarn, you could exactly knit two hats in opposite colors.

Last time it was great fun to combine brioche with garter stitches for my Berrit hat pattern! That’s why I was trying to add some leaves this time and it was definitely worth trying ! There aren’t many green things in my wardrobe, but this kind of green, called Joshua Tree by Madelinetosh, is matching even to light blue! I am more than happy ho...

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BRIOLA is a large crescent shaped shawl which combines stripes of lace with two-color brioche knitting. It is a quite simple recipe: three contrasting colors , transitions from color to color and from lace to brioche and back. The right side features wide stripes and a straight brioche pattern. An edge pattern is added so it becomes more dramat...

Can you remember the pattern of the Leaves And Stripes Shawl? It was combining three colors with a brioche pattern and stripes. I was thinking, whether it is possible to use this pattern idea for a hat too? After stash diving, I decided to go for this bright, sweet and sour orange with two speckled colors: here we go! I was more than happy how ...

RAINBRIOCHE is a large crescent shaped shawl that can be wrapped around the neck several times. The pattern combines ribbed stripes with brioche knitting. The right side features small colorful stripes and a straight brioche pattern. The edge pattern gives the shawl its feminine design.

LEAVES AND STRIPES is a large crescent shaped shawl that can be wrapped around the neck several times. The pattern combines an asymmetrical shawl concept with brioche knitting. The first section is worked with symmetrical increases, from which the pattern continues. The one part features small stripes and a straight brioche pattern and the othe...

May is probably not the perfect month to knit a hat. But this pattern just felt irresistible which is why I would like to share it with you!

Kuben, the German word for “cubes,” is a large rectangular shawl and an absolutely timeless design. This project gains its fascination by the vertical repetition of a three-dimensional lace pattern and is inspired by modern architectural shapes, based on simple cubes.After knitting the pattern repeatedly you will start to memorize the pattern a...

The PASTELLA hat pattern is a fast and fun knit, perfect for a little spring or summer hat. Having these wonderful pastel colors in Milburn DK ( by Eden Cottage Yarns) in my stash, I was looking for a matching pattern. Isn’t it stunning, how 15% of shimmering silk can make the difference!

Egg or leaf? Well, it’s up to you! Either use it as a decoration, place it on top of a neatly wrapped present or arrange it together with classical Easter decorations. I´m very excited to see how you will use it.

All I wanted was a hat to pull down and keep my ears warm, when it started to be freezing this February.

It’s always a bit late for designing a pattern for Valentine’s Day, when I start thinking about it (end of January ) !

Never say never! If you would have asked me for my favorite color a year ago, I never would have answered brown. But meanwhile I do appreciate all shades of brown and started to combine it with a light rose or blue.

This pattern is so addictive! It’s a perfect way to get a little taste of brioche knitting without learning all kind of different brioche stitches. It’s a fast and fun knit and the finished hat is simply a pleasure.

Ubergang is a simple, but effective and luxury idea to create a multicolored shawl - starting with wide stripes of pastel colors and ending with smaller stripes of intense colors. It´s a large shawl worked in one-color brioche knitting, featuring altogether twelve colors of two contrasting Gradient Sets.

NOVELLE is the German word for a short novel.

SILVESTRA is matching perfectly my Chunky Walnut hat, if you are using the same yarn or color.

The CHUNKY WALNUT hat pattern is first of all an easy, well-fitting knit-one-purl-one pattern. It´s a fast knit with chunky- weight wool yarn, perfect for a last-minute knitted gift.

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Do you remember this song / album “This is the sea” by the fabulous Waterboys, a Scottish / Irish folk band?

It’s a delicate but quick to work crescent shaped shawl that´s perfect for layering as the nights become cooler. Starting at the centre top, using knit and purl stitches only. Tiny lace flowers emerge from the stocking stitch background and frills create a 3-dimensional effect with a beautiful texture and drape.

It’s a pink statement cowl!

Isn´t it magic to knit a pattern and another one appears inside? MAGIC BRIOCHE is another version of my WheatAndChuff pattern with small adaptations, but it´s fully reversible too. It´s so exciting to make little unventions in brioche knitting. To be honest with you I prefer the pattern inside - therefore you have to use the light color as the ...

Wonder Woman Hat is a pattern for you! Wonder woman!

Polarstern is a star shaped feminine shawl worked in two-color brioche knitting, featuring a colorful foreground and a deep blue in the background. Polarstern is the German word for North Star. It was such a delight to knit this colorful yarn: as if I have had a rainbow on my needles! Repetitive increases and decreases give the shawl its unusua...

Make the best of your leftovers! In my stash are plenty of beautiful leftovers in DK weight yarn. Many tiny balls in gray and red and a palette of warm tones from yellow to brown! Reminding me on all the projects I have knit recently.

The question is: what came first, the pattern or the yarn? In this case I was so excited about these subtle hand-dyed colors and started to dream about a new botanical-inspired pattern! I was thinking about a leaf tendril or a climbing plant. It´s so exciting to make little unventions in brioche knitting.

My Daily Brioche is a perfect pattern for you to start brioche knitting. It´s another one-round-wonder with only one (one!) pattern round every 8 rounds ( considering that straight brioche knitting isn´t a pattern) !

FEDERA is a crescent shaped shawl that can be wrapped around the neck several times. The ends are long enough to tie it with a knot. One of the sides of the triangle features a botanically-inspired border that evolves naturally during the knitting and gives the shawl its unusual shape.

Basilikum is the German word for basil. My original green sample reminds me so much of basil leaves!

Spring is in the air! It´s time for a colorful project.

It´s all about finding love! Knit a gift for the ones you love or spoil yourself. Love is all you knit!

A delicate but quick to work crescent shaped shawl that´s perfect for layering as the nights are still cool. Starting at the centre top, using simple knit and purl stitches. Cables emerge from the stocking stitch background and create a 3-dimensional pattern with a beautiful texture and drape that is casual enough for everyday wear.

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This pattern is a good opportunity to get rid of your leftover yarn. Choose a light main color and combine it with a dark red or green to create a star family.

STERNANIS is the German word for star anise. To be honest, the combination of brown and yellow reminds me on my childhood, when I was dressed in yellow, brown and orange striped long sleeved shirts or short skirts. Still it´s my favorite color choice in November, when there is so little sun light around here.

I love brioche patterns with contrasting colors and dramatic gauge! If you are knitting brioche stitches in gray and rose it becomes something new: GROSE.

What I really love about brioche knitting is working with two colors! If you are knitting brioche stitches in gray and rose it becomes something new: GROSE.

The MICETTO hat is a simple Fair Isle patterned beanie, made for all cat lovers in the knitting community. It was fun to knit and will perfectly fit around your head. A small brim with slipped stitches is showing the two colors, that will be used for a small repeating Fair Isle pattern.

WEIZEN is the German word for wheat. Do you remember the WHEATandCHAFF cowl, which I designed last year? Surprisingly it had only one (1!) pattern round, considering that straight brioche knitting isn´t a pattern… WEIZEN hat is just another one-round-wonder. That´s so much fun!

Beige Contemplation is a large shawl knitted as simple as possible: timeless garter stitch, a light neutral color and a simple lace pattern. The rhythmic and repetitive pattern is calming and so contemplative. Perhaps I knitted solely for the purpose of relaxation and relief.

The ZARENA hat pattern is first of all a simple knit-one-purl-one pattern, which will perfectly fit around your hat. Stripes with slipped stitches were knit in between, probably you will need cable needles to knit these rounds .

It´s a simple garter stitch pattern with little hearts, created by short rows. A perfect project to relax in between more complicated ones and suitable for young beginners.

I have had this wonderful soft extrafine handpainted Merino wool in my stash for some month already. All I was looking for was a narrow, slightly asymmetrically shaped triangular brioche shawl, that can be wrapped around my neck. I didn´t like to handle some hundreds of brioche stitches on my needles and I was looking for some mindless knitting...

A brim like a wreath of flowers. If you completed the flowery brim, you can relax, going on with some straight brioche knitting. But looking back, what you´ve done already, will make you so proud! The crown is designed as easy as possible. The patterned brim is stretchy and well-fitting at the same time.

Little effort, big impact. This is a perfect pattern, to start brioche knitting!

New year, new pattern!

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I hesitated to write down this pattern for about half a year. I made different samples. I had to change the yarn quality from DK weight down to Sport weight and made some changes concerning the brim. I decided for a fitted unicolored brim with some increases in the first pattern round.

On a clammy and foggy day in November a bright yellow beanie can light up your day. When you miss the sunlight outside the SOLENA hat will be a perfect accessoire.

Brioche knitting can be so surprising! You are knitting a pattern on the Right Side and another pattern on the Wrong Side . Considering that straight brioche knitting is not a pattern, this pattern has only one (1!) pattern round. So the WHEATandCHAFF pattern is a real one-round-wonder which gives you a two-in-one pattern! That´s so much fun!

Once you started brioche knitting, it becomes so addicting! are so many possibilities to match colors and patterns. Before I start to think about a new pattern, I used to spend a lot of time thinking about colors. Either you use very contrasting colors or two similar light colors, the result is always surprising. So just be brave and give it a ...

I designed the LIGURIA hat in Italy during my last holiday. Love the landscape, people and food of this Mediterranean region so much. Can´t wait to come back to this lovely inspiring place.

“Knospe” is the German word for a little bud. Somehow the brioche stitch pattern of this beanie reminds me of an opening bud.

It´s a quick and easy knit, a perfect little gift for the newborn in your neighborhood. The shape of the Lemonz baby hat reminds me on tasty little fruits. This tiny beanie is knitted in a simple rib pattern, very few significant increases and decreases create some diagonal lines.

Hats are super-quick when baby-sized - in this case about four hours. To knit baby hats is so satisfying and these bonnets always make the most perfect gift.

The BEEZEE hat creates a soft line around your face.

It´s a quick and easy knit, perfect for a little gift. The Queencake hat creates a soft, feminine line around your face.