After the success of my first brioche project I decided to try another one. This time slightly larger in scale. The only rule I gave myself was that I had to use stash yarn to make it.
I have a fair amount of cascade heritage fingering weight yarn, so I decided to look for some fingering weight projects. I found a few that I liked the look of,
There was “All About That Brioche” by Lisa Hannes. I’m not a huge fan of garter stitch though so this one may not be for me.
“Reya” by Berangere Cailliau. I love the design of this one, it said something about short-rows though and I fancied something simple and mindless to knit at the moment, so I decided to park this one for another day
So I decided on “Briochette” by Nadia Crétin-Léchenne. Unfortunately, when i checked a bit closer, I didn’t quite have enough yarn in the right sort of colours, so this one went back into the queue!
Then I got totally distracted and found some beautiful shawls…but without brioche!
Like “Refracted” by Jennifer Dassau
and “Drachenfels” by Melanie Berg
and “Emiliana” also by Lisa Hannes
These three have gone on my wish-list, but as this was supposed to be a brioche project I decided not to do them right now.
So I finally settled on “Briochealicious” by Andrea Mowry
I’m making it using the Cascade Heritage yarn that I had stashed. I’ve got a cream for the main colour, with a blue stripe, a pinky/purple stripe and a teal stripe!
I’m underway with the knitting, so I’ll pop back soon with an update on how I’m getting on! 🙂
Happy Easter everyone!
Jo
That’s the thing about brioche: it sucks you in like quicksand.
I’ve just finished Marchant’s “Wheat Fields” – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wheat-fields – and have now started on https://www.ravelry.com/projects/HexeFledermaus/braided-zebra-scarf. Got some gorgeous yarn from Bumblebee Acres …
they are both gorgeous! 😊
I recently started my first Brioche project ( https://www.ravelry.com/projects/trailridr24/brioche-for-beginners ) and even though I haven’t made much progress lately, I’m really enjoying it! Thanks for everyone sharing the BEAUTIFUL projects they’re finding and working on…..my queue just grew a bunch! 😉
oh that’s going to be lovely when it’s finished. I love your colour-choice too! 😊
You’ve just reminded me: soon as I’ve finished my current project, I MUST get into brioche in the round ! Been meaning to get on top of this for ages …
These are all so gorgeous! I’ve never tried brioche before but it looks so beautiful. I’ll have to give it a try. 🙂
there are too many beautiful designs out there aren’t there?! how are we supposed to decide? 😂 you should try brioche. it’s surprisingly easy! 😊
Oooh, Reya is lovely! I think I’ll stick with that cowl for a first brioche project, though. Much smaller and (theoretically) easier to learn on.
isn’t it! it’s going on my wish-list! I know what huh mean though. that was exactly my logic for a first brioche project! 😊