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Briornament Shawl : Knitting Pattern PDF

Introducing the final two patterns for my online course, Mastering Brioche with Knit Graffiti! Briornament Shawl and Briornament Sweater!

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I have created this shawl pattern as a great brioche pattern for those wanting to master the technique, using increases and decreases to create 3-Dimensional Brioche fabric. If you would like a more enhanced version of the pattern, as well as videos teaching you the techniques found in this pattern, please sign up for Part Four of my online course, Mastering Brioche with Knit Graffiti.

Briornament Shawl : Master brioche knitting with this half-circle shawl. Combining two-color brioche with two-color garter stitch causes the Briornaments to really pop, and with extreme brioche increases and decreases, the medallions become 3-dimensional!

If you sign up or are already signed up for the online course, do not buy this!! This pattern and Briornament Sweater pattern are both part of the course materials!

Join in on the Briornament KAL on Instagram using #BriornamentKAL ! I can’t wait to see all of your projects!

Skill level:
Intermediate – advanced.

Techniques used:
knit, purl, brioche knit (brk), brioche purl (brp), brioche increases and decreases, half-circle shawl shaping

Construction Notes:
Take your brioche knitting to the next level! I designed this shawl to be something new and different, combining two-color brioche with two-color garter stitch, and also using brioche increases and decreases to create 3-Dimensional Briornaments.

This half circle shawl is knit flat, from the top center, outward. The Pi shawl shaping technique, a la Elizabeth Zimmerman, which begins with very few stitches, doubles the stitch count at larger and larger intervals (i.e.: after 3 rows, then 6 rows, then 12 rows, etc.) to achieve its overall half-circle shape. Each section is a repeat of the previous section, but with extra rows in between as they get larger. You will also be switching up your color combinations to see every outcome! You will end with a nice scalloped border, using a large brioche increase to create the scallops.

One size:
54” / 137 cm wide and 22” / 56 cm deep, measured after blocking.

MATERIALS:

Yarn: Fingering / sock weight
980 yds / 896 m

A: 360 yds / 329 m
B: 360 yds / 329 m
C: 260 yds / 238 m

Shown in:
A: 1 skein TréLiz Eros Single fingering in Instant Crush (light speckled; 95% Superwash Merino wool, 5% Silver Stellina; 400 yds / 366 m per 100 g)
B: 1 skein TréLiz Eros Single fingering in Do You Trust Me? (purple speckled)
C: 1 skein TréLiz Zeus Single Fingering in Middle Finger (dark green; 100% Superwash Merino wool; 400 yds / 366 m per 100 g)

Needles:
40” / 101.5 cm US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needles
Circular needles are used for brioche knitting, and to accommodate a large number of stitches. Adjust needle size as needed to obtain proper gauge.

Tools:
tapestry needle, row counter, cable needle or locking stitch marker for use with decreasing stitches

Gauge:
20 sts x 21 rows = 4” / 10 cm; measured in even two-color brioche stitch knit flat (taken after blocking).

Many many thanks to Lise of TréLiz for her sponsorship and yarn support for this design, and for test knitting this pattern. I also want to thank my amazing Tech Editor, Meaghan Schmaltz, for her efforts and expertise!!

This is a listing for a PDF download of a knitting pattern. Once the pattern has been purchased, you will receive a download link on the order received page, as well as in an email.  You may download as many times as you wish. Thank you!

Mastering Brioche with Knit Graffiti

Welcome to Mastering Brioche with Knit Graffiti! In this course, Lesley Anne Robinson of Knit Graffiti Designs will walk you through the technique of brioche knitting from beginner to advanced!  It is a 4-Part comprehensive course. You will be able to watch the video lessons as many times as you want, and as often as you want, FOREVER!! This course is always available for purchase, there is no time limit to learning brioche. See bottom of page with detailed information on how to access the course videos and materials after your purchase.

Included with this course:

  • One year of knitting brioche! 4 Parts guiding you through brioche knitting from beginning to advanced!
  • At least 5 hours of exclusive video content with each Part, with Lesley Anne Robinson herself walking you through each pattern, as well as all techniques involved.
  • Enhanced patterns with detailed notes and instructions. Much more than your normal Knit Graffiti pattern! Each Part will include 2 brand new patterns! See below for more details
  • Help along the way!! Lesley is available via email, as well as her Ravelry group, Knit Graffiti Designs, for help in choosing yarn colors, any questions or concerns, and extensive brioche knowledge.
Part One exclusive look!

Part One

Part One, Beginning with the Basics, is all about beginning brioche, and includes 2 projects within the course to help you feel super comfortable with those brioche stitches. No brioche experience is required!!  Of course, it’s also open to anyone who wants to take it, even if you have knit brioche before. Lesley will be teaching the technique both in-the-round and knit flat, sharing tips and tricks, troubleshooting, fixing mistakes, and finishing tips. I collaborated with Hue Loco yarns for this part, see the product page for more info!

Here is a breakdown of each Lesson included in Part One:

Lesson One : Introduction to Lesley of Knit Graffiti and Brioche Knitting

Lesson Two : The Patterns

Lesson Three : BrioComfort Hat, shown in both English and Continental knitting styles. You will be able to skip to whichever method resembles your own knitting style the closest.

Lesson Four : BrioComfort Shawl, shown in both English and Continental knitting styles. You will be able to skip to whichever method resembles your own knitting style the closest.

Lesson Five : Fixing and Finishing Brioche

Enhanced patterns included with Part One: 

  • BrioComfort Hat : An oversized color blocked slouchy hat, knit using a combination of One and Two-Color Brioche. This pattern is perfect for a brioche beginner wanting to learn.
  • BrioComfort Shawl : An oversized color blocked rectangular wrap, knit using a combination of Garter Stitch Stripes and Two-Color Brioche. This pattern is perfect for a brioche beginner wanting to learn.

Part Two

Part Two, Increasing Two-Color Brioche Stitches and a Bit of Texture is all about taking your brioche knitting to the next level by adding brioche increases and texture to your long list of techniques! Lesley will be teaching the technique both in-the-round and knit flat, sharing tips and tricks, troubleshooting, fixing mistakes, and finishing tips. Lesley collaborated with Spincycle Yarns for these projects, see the product page for more info!

Here is a breakdown of each Lesson included with Part Two:

Lesson One : Introduction to Part Two

Lesson Two : Truly Textural Cowl, shown in both English and Continental knitting styles. You will be able to skip to whichever method resembles your own knitting style the closest.

Lesson Three : Truly Textural Shawl, shown in both English and Continental knitting styles. You will be able to skip to whichever method resembles your own knitting style the closest.

Lesson Four : Finishing and Fixing techniques

Enhanced patterns included with Part Two:

  • Truly Textural Cowl : A neck warmer-style cowl with a checkerboard texture, alternating between Two-Color Brioche and Two-Color Pearl Brioche, with a scalloped border.
  • Truly Textural Shawl : A large half-circle shawl full of texture, alternating between Two-Color Brioche, and Two-Color Pearl Brioche stripes

Part Three

Part Three, Increasing & Decreasing to Create Beautiful Two-Color Brioche Lace is more intermediate, for those wanting to learn the 5 most commonly used increases and decreases. Lesley will be showing these techniques both in the round and flat, as well as sharing all of her favorite brioche tips and tricks!

Patterns included with Part Three: 

  • Prairie Lace Hat : A fuzzy, dreamy, delicate lace hat, knit using a combination of two-color brioche lace, a ribbed brim and a bit of stranded color work.
  • Prairie Lace Shawl : An asymmetrical triangle shawl knit on the bias, with textural stripes of Prairie Brioche Lace and Two-Color Brioche. This is a fantastic pattern to learn brioche increases and decreases.

Part Four

Part Four : Sweaters and Shawls using Two-Color Brioche Increases and Decreases (Advanced) : This final part of the online course will help you to truly master the technique. You will use all of the knowledge you have gained from Parts One – Three, and take them to the next level by creating 3-Dimensional Brioche!

Patterns included with Part Four:

  • Briornament Shawl : Master brioche knitting with this half-circle shawl. Combining two-color brioche with two-color garter stitch causes the Briornaments to really pop, and with extreme brioche increases and decreases, the medallions become 3-dimensional!
  • Briornament Sweater : A graphic circular yoke sweater knit using a combination of two-color brioche ornaments and two-color garter stitch backgrounds

Accessing the course after purchase:

After purchasing your course, go to knitgraffiti.com, and log in to My Account (top right of homepage) using the username and password you used at checkout. Then after you log in, you will be able to see all of your account info, downloads and such. If you scroll down, you will see all the courses in which you are enrolled.

Mastering Brioche with Knit Graffiti

You can take the individual Parts by themselves! Part One : Part Two : Part Three : Part Four

Welcome to Mastering Brioche with Knit Graffiti! In this course, Lesley Anne Robinson of Knit Graffiti Designs will walk you through the technique of brioche knitting from beginner to advanced!  It is a 4-Part comprehensive course. You will be able to watch the video lessons as many times as you want, and as often as you want, FOREVER!! This course is always available for purchase, there is no time limit to learning brioche. See below for more information about Parts Two – Four. Read more on the course page, HERE! 

Included with this course: 

  • One year of knitting brioche! 4 Parts guiding you through brioche knitting from beginning to advanced!
  • At least 5 hours of exclusive video content with each Part, with Lesley Anne Robinson herself walking you through each pattern, as well as all techniques involved.
  • Enhanced patterns with detailed notes and instructions. Much more than your normal Knit Graffiti pattern! Each Part will include 2 brand new patterns! See below for more details
  • Help along the way!! Lesley is available via email, as well as her Ravelry group, Knit Graffiti Designs, for help in choosing yarn colors, any questions or concerns, and extensive brioche knowledge.

Part One : Beginning with the Basics 

Part One, Beginning with the Basics, is all about beginning brioche, and includes 2 projects within the course to help you feel super comfortable with those brioche stitches. No brioche experience is required!!  Of course, it’s also open to anyone who wants to take it, even if you have knit brioche before. Lesley will be teaching the technique both in-the-round and knit flat, sharing tips and tricks, troubleshooting, fixing mistakes, and finishing tips.

Patterns included with Part One: 

  • BrioComfort Hat : An oversized color blocked slouchy hat, knit using a combination of One and Two-Color Brioche. This pattern is perfect for a brioche beginner wanting to learn.
  • BrioComfort Shawl : An oversized color blocked rectangular wrap, knit using a combination of Garter Stitch Stripes and Two-Color Brioche. This pattern is perfect for a brioche beginner wanting to learn.

Part Two : Increasing Two-Color Brioche Stitches and a Bit of Texture (Beginner – Intermediate) 

Part Two focuses on learning how to increase those brioche stitches! Lesley has designed two new patterns to help learn several different two-color brioche increases, as well as her favorite brioche texture, Two-Color Pearl Brioche!  Video content will be available starting on January 1, 2020, as will the enhanced patterns.  Starting on December 17, 2019, the Pattern Information is available!  So hopefully you can get your yarn and needles ready to start swatching and casting on once the videos launch.  

Patterns included with Part Two: 

  • Truly Textural Cowl : A neck warmer-style cowl with a checkerboard texture, alternating between Two-Color Brioche and Two-Color Pearl Brioche, with a scalloped border.
  • Truly Textural Shawl : A large half-circle shawl full of texture, alternating between Two-Color Brioche, and Two-Color Pearl Brioche stripes.

Part Three : Increasing & Decreasing to Create Beautiful Two-Color Brioche Lace (Intermediate) 

Patterns included with Part Three: 

  • Prairie Lace Hat : A fuzzy, dreamy, delicate lace hat, knit using a combination of two-color brioche lace, a ribbed brim and a bit of stranded color work.
  • Prairie Lace Shawl : An asymmetrical triangle shawl knit on the bias, with textural stripes of Prairie Brioche Lace and Two-Color Brioche. This is a fantastic pattern to learn brioche increases and decreases.

Part Four : Sweaters and Shawls using Two-Color Brioche Increases and Decreases (Advanced) 

Patterns included with Part Four: 

  • Briornament Shawl : Master brioche knitting with this half-circle shawl. Combining two-color brioche with two-color garter stitch causes the Briornaments to really pop, and with extreme brioche increases and decreases, the medallions become 3-dimensional!
  • Briornament Sweater : A graphic circular yoke sweater knit using a combination of two-color brioche ornaments and two-color garter stitch backgrounds
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New pattern release :: La Briohème cardigan!

I would love to introduce you to the brioche cardigan of my dreams!!! La Briohème is a bohemian open cardigan with drop sleeves, long brioche cuffs, a cozy brioche collar, and a large brioche hem as the focal point. This thick, cozy cardigan is meant to be worn with 2 – 4” / 5 – 10 cm of positive ease, a perfect fit over your favorite dress for a night out or even layered over a nice collared shirt for those chilly work days. You can find this pattern both on Ravelry and knitgraffiti.com!  I am offering a celebratory discount: receive 20% off using coupon code HEM at checkout!  This offer will end on Monday, October 22, 2018.

I thought of this cardigan idea earlier this year, and REALLY wanted it to be my Rhinebeck sweater. I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out!  I will be going to Rhinebeck (aka the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival) for the FIRST TIME this year, I am so so so so excited!! I am planning to wear this cardigan both Saturday and Sunday, so please keep a lookout for me and say hi!!

I am sort of obsessed with this chevron brioche pattern right now, and have used it in a few of my other designs.  As soon as I lay my hands on La Bien Aimée’s Merino Aran yarn, I knew it was destined to be this cardigan!  The Winterfell color way is so deep, it’s almost indigo blue.  And paired with the speckled beauty of Rose Quartz for the Main Color of the brioche accents, it just POPS!!! Brioche creates such a luxuriously warm fabric, so I wanted to keep the accents to the places where you need it the most: the waist and bottom, the collar around the neck, and the wrists.  The gigantic brioche hem (brioche hem = Briohème…get it??) is placed to accent the tiniest part of your waist, giving an Empire waistline effect.  The scalloped edge that the brioche lace stitch pattern creates is the cherry on top for me.  It is a feminine look to complete any outfit, dressed up or down.  If you would like to use the same yarn for your own La Briohème, La Bien Aimée has a few color choices of Merino Aran available for pre-order on their website, here!  Please note that these are not kits, but individual skeins.  I have listed the yarn amounts on the pattern pages if you would like to know.

Here is a closer look at the back of the collar, which is knit in two pieces and them seamed together at the back of the neck.  I know, I said SEAM!  There is very little seaming at all in this pattern, actually.  I do love a bit of seaming to add stability to a garment, such as at the top of the shoulders.  And drop sleeves are just my favorite.  But most of this garment is knit seamlessly and modularly, starting with the brioche hem, which is knit sideways!  After completing, stitches are picked up along the top of the hem to make up the body. This is knit in plain stockinette up to the armholes, which are then separated and the Fronts and Back are knit separately up to the shoulders. A Three-Needle Bind off is used to seam the shoulders to give extra stability and a clean look. The sleeves are also mainly stockinette stitch, up to the decorative brioche cuff. For a finishing touch, stitches are picked up along the hem, the edges of the body and the back neck to add a brioche collar. So there ya go, that gives you an idea of the construction.

If you’d like to see more photos, please be sure to visit the pattern pages on both Ravelry and knitgraffiti.com.

Thank you so much, and I hope you enjoy my newest pattern!!  Hope to see you this weekend at Rhinebeck!  xx

 

 

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New blog series :: All about the process!

For awhile now, I have been wanting to broaden my blog to something more than announcements about new pattern releases. I think I may have found that NEW thing!!  I am going to take you through my designing journey, specifically for my newest journey in designing a garment for a collection I hope to release this fall / winter.

Well, this first began when I received a copy of the book, Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book. As soon as I saw this new publication, I KNEW I needed to get my hands on it!  I have had the second version of this book (published in 2002) for as long as I’ve been knitting – over 12 years!  It has been such an amazing resource for me, especially when I was first beginning to design my own knitwear.  I learned different cast on and bind off techniques, as well as how to measure my gauge swatch, and use it to calculate yardage in garment design…just to name a few! It is really the ultimate guidebook to knitting!

Upon opening the book, I noticed that a lot of the core information was the same.  But how much they have added has made this book even more valuable to me!  I immediately turned to the section called “Designing Sweaters” on page 203.  This has been an area of my design portfolio that I feel is lacking, and I have been wanting to take my knit design to the next level. I have designed and published a few garments (Midnight Madness, To The Flame, Starlight Adventure, Primono), but they were all created using unusual modular techniques that were pure experiments for me. I would love to design garments using more traditional techniques, but keeping them interesting and fun at the same time! I can’t even tell you how many books I have in my library about sweater design…..Ok, it’s like 5…but that feels like a lot!  For some reason, it was all feeling a bit overwhelming to me: taking an idea, a thought, a sketch, and turning it into a sweater that is simple yet engaging to knit, and something you never want to take off.  This book has it all in one place!!

The first step of my journey: Finding the yarn and sketching out my ideas. Using the yarn I’ve shown in the photo above and below, I want to design a new sweater to be part of a new collection. Because of the climate where I live, I chose this single-ply fingering weight base to create a lightweight sweater or cardigan that I can wear year-round.  Shown below are Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles in colors Concrete (I have 3 skeins total which will compose the main body of the sweater), and one skein each of a Potluck color (which are one of a kind color ways that may not be repeated again), Kimono, and Pucker.

The Concrete color way is absolutely perfect for this collection (I will tell you more about that later), and I planned the rest of the sweater around this color way.  I love the bits of purple and blue in there!! You can see a little peek at my sketch that I’m working on.  At this point, I’m still unsure if I want to create a cardigan or a pullover, but I know that I want it to be worked from the top down, with one-color brioche chevron stripes along the yoke, alternating the brighter colored single skeins.  If I go with a cardigan, I think I will stick with a simple raglan shaping, and if I go with a pullover, I will go with a more circular yoke design.  If you look at the sketches, you can see a bit more of the rest of the collection I’m putting together!  I’m starting with the sweater, because it’s the most difficult and time-consuming of the pieces.

Here is a closer look at my sketch, and a bit of the information covered in this section of Vogue Knitting!!  This was my original sketch for a cardigan with raglan style shaping for the arms and shoulders.  I may end up going this route because I wear cardigans way more than pullovers.  I live in Southern Texas, and I feel like I’m always putting on and taking off layers!

I am still in the very beginning stages of this design, and want to bring you along with me every step of the way.  I will be learning so much, and I hope that you will learn something too!  Next step will be winding up the yarn and casting on a swatch or two.  I am thinking that I will swatch for both versions, to see which I like the best.  Look for a new post after I have completed the swatches, and maybe you can help me make a final decision!! 

Thank you so much for following along with me!!  Please feel free to comment with any questions, and feel free to let me know if you have a preference between cardigans and pullovers!

 

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Wool and the Gang :: Careless Cardigan and giveaway!

Simple and carefree, that is exactly how I felt as I was knitting the Careless Cardigan, using Tina Tape yarn by Wool and the Gang.  I teamed up with them to test out this new yarn, which sounded like a dream come true for me.  Something that is as soft as silk and more cooling than linen?  Count me in!  Ever since we moved down to South Texas (as I’ve probably rambled on about before), I have been searching for yarns that I could be comfortable working with in this super hot and humid sub-tropical climate.  Well, here it is, folks!!!  Seriously, I even took this project to the beach and knit there very comfortably!!  It’s like knitting with satin ribbon, and even when the garment became fairly large, it didn’t feel like a hot blanket on my legs.  Isn’t that the curse of knitters?  We want to knit sweaters and blankets for the fall and winter….but that means we need to knit them in the SUMMER!

I digress.  Here are some photos of me knitting my Careless Cardi on the beach.  It was heavenly.

Ok now about the color.  Perfect Peach.  I am currently OBSESSED with this color, and am finding that my wardrobe is turning into pieces either mainly this color, or ALL this color.  Millenial Pink anyone?  ALL OF IT!  I was debating between this and Quetzal Green, which is close to a teal blue.  I’m so glad I went with this one.

I was excited to knit this cardi because it has very interesting construction!  It is knit from side to side, starting with one sleeve, and then knitting to the other sleeve, with some shaping in between.  Then the bottom is knit separately and you seam it all together.  I learned quite a bit from the pattern, and it was very relaxing at the same time.  I even took it to the movie theater once, and worked on it while the movie was playing! I only modified one thing, and made my sleeves a bit shorter than the pattern recommended.  I personally love a 3/4 length sleeve, so I made these only 11″, rather than the 15″ length in the pattern.  I am so happy with this decision, and I ended up with very little yarn at the end, so it’s a good thing!!

After seaming and a nice blocking, this cardi is the perfect addition to my wardrobe!!  I will probably end up wearing it in the cool evenings at home, and out as a jacket in the winter.

GIVEAWAY TIME!!

WATG and I are offering one Careless Cardigan kit in a color of your choice to one lucky winner!! To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment here telling me which color you would choose!!  That’s it!  I will be closing the giveaway on Sunday, August 20, and then choosing a winner that following week.  Good luck!!

Other wardrobe items:

Dress: Loren embroidered linen dress in blush, by Roolee
Earrings: Anthropologie
Necklace: H&M