A fellow knitter and friend mentioned she was interested in brioche a while back and I'll admit at first it didn't hold much interest for me. As Knit City announced their classes and I knew she wanted to go to a specific class, I took another look at it to see if it was something I'd consider attending as well.
First thing I did was head to Craftsy (I am not affiliated in any way) and purchased the Nancy Marchant class on brioche knitting.
The class was good- I was able to knit samples using yarn I already had at home. I didn't totally care for the patterns so I decided to take what I'd learned from the class and put that knowledge to use on a pattern I actually liked. I figure, if I'm going to spend the time knitting it, it should be something I want to wear.
I found this pattern on Ravelry- it's called Federa by Katrin Schubert (again, not affiliated with Rav or the designer). What I like about this for a beginner such as myself is that there's only one increase stitch and one decrease. The rest is plain two-colour brioche. Once you get the rythmn going, it's almost as relaxing as normal knitting.
I'm about halfway through the pattern and while the rows are definitely getting longer it's still quite fun to knit. I'll be taking this on a trip this weekend and cram in as much as I can.
Already lined up my next brioche pattern- Syncopation Adoration Cowl by Stephen West, the Brioche King himself.
