So I’ve been working on a sleeve of my Channel Cardigan and have developed a pretty serious obsession with the “half brioche” stitch that forms the pronounced rib portion of the overall stitch pattern. There’s something crazy satisfying about working those stitches, and I love the texture of it. After seeing Jen’s revised knitalong swatch using this stitch, I almost decided to copy her for my fafkal do-over! Then last night I was cruising Vanessa Jackman’s blog and ran into this photo of a girl in a black turtleneck with a pronounced rib stitch that looks a lot like brioche or half brioche! Luscious. So to emulate it, all you need is the Improv top-down tutorial, the half brioche stitch (below), and some gooshy, deeply black yarn. For this scale, I’m thinking maybe Quince and Co. Osprey (aran weight) in Crow. For the turtleneck, pick up stitches as for a crewneck and work in 2×2 rib for that slight contrast with the sweater body. (When knitting a turtleneck, I like to pick up stitches with a needle two sizes smaller than the main fabric and work half the height of the neck — i.e., to the fold — then go up one needle size for the rest. So the outer part is slightly larger than the inner part.)
HALF BRIOCHE WORKED FLAT:
RS: *p1, k1 below; repeat from *; p1
WS: knit
HALF BRIOCHE WORKED IN THE ROUND:
Row 1: *p1, k1 below; repeat from *; p1
Row 2: purl
See Vanessa’s original post for more pics of this sweater.
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PREVIOUSLY in Knit the Look: Nastya Zhidkikh’s sexy little pullover
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Street style photo © Vanessa Jackman; used with permission
