
You see I am a self-taught knitter and as far as I knew, there were only two stitches in knitting; the knit and the purl. And everything results from a combination of those two stitches. And suddenly- I see that maybe knitting isn’t that black and white.
So I contacted Liat Gat, the author and told her that I’d love a chance to review it. And then I went to the store to get some new yarn so that I could duplicate the awesomeness of the two color brioche stitch.
Not that I really needed new yarn- but in my opinion, any excuse is a good one to peruse the yarn aisles, covet the fancy wool blends and pet every single one of them.
Brioche Knitting does involve knitting and purling, but there is a yarn-over involved, and a “brioche knit” and “brioche purl” that need to be learned in order to achieve the fabulous, stretchy, reversible knit. Yep, I said reversible! What a great stitch for making scarves!

The Brioche Knitting Video E-Book is your own private knitting course and it will take you through four kinds of brioche knitting; flat and in the round, with one or two colors. Liat is selling the course on her website, Knit Freedom, for $34.77.
How to count your rows and stitches properly in brioche stitch
How to measure your gauge for brioche
How to create invisible and stretchy cast-ons and bind-offs
How to choose the right size needles for brioche
How to block brioche knitting
How to select the right yarn for brioche
How to hide your ends invisibly on two-color brioche
How to decrease in the round using two colors
How to take out mistakes in brioche
How to create different effects by selecting unusual yarn combinations.
How to work brioche in the round on Magic Loop
Be sure to go check out Liat’s website, Knit Freedom, where she offers this video E-book along with many others. Her site is also full of wonderful information on knitting techniques and even some free patterns! It’s a good place to bookmark if you are a knitter or knitter wanna be.
Now, I’m off to knit. Somebody will be getting a brioche scarf for Christmas. That is if I decide that I can part with it.
