I don't know about you but I've had a pretty hellish week of work! Night events and dinners have left my knitting time to Zero Point Zero Five (0.05) percent. I think I managed a row or two of the front of the Honeycomb vest and am JUST finishing the ribbing today. That sweater I'm working on "from scratch" is still in it's gauge stage and I haven't had the brain power to think more about it. All my knitting had been virtually stalled until I saw this hat.
I am now in love with the Brioche stitch.
It's so simple and yet makes such a beautiful eye catching fabric. I cannot believe I haven't used it more!
The yarn is Zitron Nimbus, a beautiful and soft organic merino. It's oh so squishy! I'm making a simple and quick neck warmer. A perfect busy-week-at-work-just-want-an-FO kind of knit.
Up next – a stash sale! I'm in the process of cleaning out my apartment and need to find new homes for some of my yarns! A sneak peek on flickr.
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Ha-ha! Me too!! I just cast on for a scarf today that looks very, very similar to your neck warmer. I’m using a variegated Malabrigo that has been sittting in my stash waiting for the right project. It seems another wonderful thing about brioche is that it looks great in variegated yarns!
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beautiful! the stitch looks fantastic, especially in the yarn you chose. so pretty.
i think i need to dig up a brioche stitch pattern myself now. 🙂 thanks for the inspiration.
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Beautiful! Will suggest to Mum, she should think of doing more busy-week-at-work-just-want-an-FO kind of knit. She always looks for complicated stuff, as if life isn’t complex being a human being. Sigh.
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I’ve wanted to try brioche stitch since I saw it eons ago in Weekend Knitting!!!
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The combination of brioche stitch with the yarn seems like a happy pairing. It makes me think of fall, which I like…
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Brioche stitch is amazing, I totally agree with you! That yarn is so crumptious looking.
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That really is a beautiful stitch pattern!
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Oooh, oooh, I likey your yarn. How to participate in stash buying?? Thanks!
p.s. You have the most amazingly inspiring photos of your knitting, plus I’m way in awe of the fact that you knit the test dress for Vogue! I actually pointed that out to people, and said “I read that woman’s blog!”
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oh so funny!
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