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Knitting Brioche: The Essential Guide to the Brioche Stitch Paperback – January 13, 2010

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Hungry for new knitting techniques? Try knitting brioche!

Knitting Brioche is the first and only knitting book devoted exclusively to brioche stitch, a knitting technique that creates a double-sided fabric. This complete guide will take you from your first brioche stitches to your first (or hundredth) project, and even to designing with brioche stitch, if you desire. Whether you're new to brioche knitting or experienced at "brioching," author Nancy Marchant provides the information and inspiration you need.

Inside Knitting Brioche, you'll find:

   • Detailed instructions and step-by-step photos that will guide you through all of the techniques you'll need for brioche knitting.
   • A stitch dictionary including 60 beautiful stitch patterns with many multicolor options.
   • 25 patterns for garments and accessories, all made with brioche stitches, some combined with other design elements including cables, lace, intarsia and more!

Grab your needles and yarn and take a bite out of brioche knitting.

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Krause Craft
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2010
January 13
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8.1 x 0.7 x 10.0
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1600613012
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978-1600613012
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Nancy Marchant first discovered the brioche stitch when she moved to the Netherlands in 1976. She became fascinated with brioche knitting and wrote about it in Vogue Knitting Magazine, as well as in a number of other knitting magazines. She maintains a Web site on the subject at www.briochestitch.com and teaches brioche knitting both locally and at large yarn shows.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Krause Craft; 1/27/10 edition (January 13, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1600613012
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1600613012
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.05 x 0.65 x 10 inches

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Nancy Marchant first discovered brioche stitch when she moved to the Netherlands in 1976. She became fascinated with brioche knitting and wrote about it in Vogue Knitting Magazine, as well as in a number of other knitting magazines. She maintains a web site on the subject at www.briochestitch.com and teaches brioche knitting both locally and at large yarn shows.

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Leo

Me encanta

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023

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Leah

Too many Brioche stitch patterns and too little time

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2014

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If you are interested in brioche knitting this is a must have book. I counted 50 distinct stitch patterns and that did not count all the variations you get when you add color. And there are about 30 project patterns for everything from simple scarves to complicated sweaters. It also has very good directions, drawings and pictures help the you learn brioche knitting.

My only problem with the book is that I prefer the 'knit one below ' method of knitting brioche and all Marchant's directions use the 'slip yarn over' technique. This means I have to re-chart all of her patterns, but that is a good thing. It helps you really understand the pattern.

I also think her instructions overly complicated. You do not need to tell a knitter to move the yarn to the front when doing a purl after a knit. Everyone know that a knit stitch starts and ends with the yarn in back and if the yarn is in the wrong place for the next stitch it gets moved. The knitter should assume "slip one yarn over" always starts with the yarn in the front, crosses over the slipped stitch, and ends with the yarn in back unless told differently. If the stitch before was a knit, and therefor the yarn is in back of the needle, it will be moved to the front to do a s1yo stitch. Directions say "k1, p1" not "k1, yf p1" so why not change "k1, yf s1, yo" to just "k1, s1yo"

But neither of my complains above affect the value of this book. It is definitely worth owning.

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Beautiful photos

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2013

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I had checked this book out from the library, and when I went back online to check the box for extending the check-out period a little longer, I knew I was going to buy the book for myself. Amazon's price was excellent, and the book came in perfect condition. Nancy Marchant is probably the greatest living expert on the brioche stitch, and this book reflects that. It is a big compendium of various brioche stitches, as well as a tutorial on how to do brioche knitting. It also includes some great patterns, some of them really unique. It's chock full of beautiful color photos, and I enjoy just looking through it sometimes to get inspiration. One warning, though, if you're going to make any of the items, be sure to check out Marchant's list of errata for the book; I found it online.

This book made me want to learn brioche knitting. However, I had so much trouble trying to figure it out from the photographs that I was ready to give up. I had even seen it demonstrated on a knitting show and still couldn't get it. The two-color brioche, especially, is a bit involved. You knit each color twice and each row twice. In my opinion, it's hard to learn this stitch from any photograph, and even a video has to be slow-paced enough for a beginner. Finally, I discovered a free video tutorial on youtube from the NewStitchAday web site, and at last I understood how to do the one-color brioche--which, by the way, is not complicated at all once you have someone to show you how to do it. I went on from there to the NewStitchADay two-color brioche video class, which I had to pay to watch. It was totally worth it. Now I understand that one too. Getting these video tutorials made Marchant's book work for me. Now I can pretty much do anything in her book because I get the concept.

The only reasons I did not give this book 5 stars were that I could not learn the stitch from the book and Marchant did not provide much guidance on how to correct mistakes in brioche. If you can't correct your mistakes, you will have to completely unravel your work and start over every time you make an error. She states in the book that she has been doing brioche knitting for years and still has trouble correcting mistakes, which was not encouraging for me, a prolific mistake-maker. I need to be able to correct errors. I finally learned from the NewStitchADay site video for one of the other stitch patterns how to do lifelines, and this is how I correct my brioche errors now.

Overall, I would say this is an outstanding book. Marchant knows what she's doing, and she provides great patterns and inspiration, plus projects that you actually want to make. It would just be a useless picture book for me, though, if I had not discovered that other web site. So my recommendation is to view the free NewStitchADay brioche stitch tutorial on YouTube first and learn how to do the stitch before buying the book. Once you learn the stitch, you can also take a video class that Marchant herself does on the Craftsy web site. I haven't taken that one yet but may someday. I loved the free class, actually, and the relatively low-cost two-color brioche class on NewStitchADay. Both were easy to understand and follow along with.

If you're not sure about the book, see if your library has a copy. You can take it out and "live" with it for awhile before you decide. I really wanted to buy a copy after borrowing it, and I was thrilled at Amazon's low price the day I bought it. I was determined to learn brioche, and am grateful to NewStitchADay's instructor, Johnny Vasquez, for making it possible for me to really use this book to make beautiful things. Brioche knitting done at a loose enough gauge gives you a luscious, cuddly, warm fabric that is excellent for scarves, cowls, and hats, and--if you're ambitious--for larger projects like sweaters too. The one-color version can be that kind of mindless knitting that you want to do in front of the TV set while watching your favorite program. The two-color version requires more concentration (at least for me) and no distractions. Either version leaves you with a very wearable fabric that feels good on and looks amazing, besides being extra warm.

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Crystal Miller

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2023

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This is a thick book. Wasn’t expecting it to be this large. Will be a great resource book. I haven’t had time to sit and practice knitting this but am anxious to get started.

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Bonnie Brody

A Great Resource

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2010

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Nancy Marchant is an expert in Brioche knitting and it's a pleasure to have a book about this particular style. Brioche knitting, according to the author is worked with a slipped stitch and yarn over. Brioche knitting is also known as Prime Rib, Shawl Stitch, Oriental Rib, English Rib, Patent Stitch, Shaker Knitting, and Fisherman's Rib. It originated in the Netherlands. The author calls the Brioche stitch a ribbed pattern stitch. Most Brioche knitting uses no more than two colors. This is a book for the experienced knitter, one who wants challenges and doesn't expect to use size 17 needles to get something finished in a weekend. The patterns are challenging and require concentration but the results will be worth it! As the author says, writing a book about color Brioche knitting is going into new territory and we'll be going with her.

The book is wonderfully illustrated with photographs that demonstrate the various techniques that Ms. Marchant discusses. She goes into details about single color knitting, two-color knitting, cable knitting, casting on and reversible Brioche. She even goes into the rare Brioche patterns that use up to five different colors.

The projects she has chosen for the book are lovely. I especially like the Geveldak Scarf, the Oor-Flap Muts hat, the Amsterdam Cardigan and the boot flaps.

This book is a great resource for anyone who wants to try this exciting and beautiful form of knitting. It will take practice and time but, for me, that's what knitting is all about.

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lena vandergaag

I have wanted this for some time

Reviewed in Canada on June 19, 2023

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I have the e-book one, but I needed the paper one. this is a harder way to knit, make the best patterns

Barbara E. Griswold

Very good

Reviewed in Mexico on March 26, 2018

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A very thorough explanation of brioche knitting. I would recommend this book to any knitter. It is the best one on this subject.

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Imperdibile!

Reviewed in Italy on March 2, 2019

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E' un testo fondamentale per chi ha la passione del lavoro a maglia e ama esplorare le tecniche particolari. Ho molto apprezzato la chiarezza delle spiegazioni corredate da sequenze fotografiche accurate. Le spiegazioni dei modelli presentati è ineccepibile. Consiglio vivamente questo libro che, personalmente, ho acquistato in entrambe le versioni, digitale e cartacea.

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zaza32

Bon livre

Reviewed in France on December 10, 2017

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Livre très utile pour comprendre les différents points Brioche,quelques jolis modèles proposés, je suis satisfaite de ce livre, je recommande.

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Mucho mejor de lo que pensaba

Reviewed in Spain on December 16, 2017

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El libro ha superado mis expectativas. Tiene todo tipo de información para trabajar y dominar este punto: desde sus múltiples formas y combinaciones hasta cómo contar los puntos e hileras para calcular la tensión. Me encantan los patrones clásicos (pero que no pasan de moda) de jerseys para hombres, ya que es más complicado encontrar patrones bien hechos para hombre. No lo dudes: con este libro te ahorrarás horas y horas de videos de You Tube y lectura de webs. En este libro está toda la información que anda dispersado en internet sobre el punto brioche. Yo prefiero tenerlo todo en un libro que pasarme horas en Internet

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