Stitches highlight brkfyof and brk3tog on Puddles

brk3tog stitch demo

Lindsay Lewchuk Announcements, Brioche, Pattern Related, Puddles, Q&A, Stitch in Focus Leave a Comment

What’s an increase without a decrease!  The brioche knit 3 together (brk3tog) is demonstrated in today’s stitch tutorial.  This stitch is the companion to the brkfyof from the last video in Autumn Come. To work the brk3tog, insert your needle into the next 3 brioche stitches (5 loops because of the 2 companion yo’s present) and knit them all together.  It’s as simple as that 😊. Note: this brk3tog is working a sy1o, brk, s1yo together. In general brioche knitting, you can also work a brk, s1yo, brk together but will need to start with a yarn over to be set up for the next rnd of brioche. If working a brk3tog on a brk, s1yo, brk, there will be …

Autumn Come close up on stitches

brkfyof stitch demo

Lindsay Lewchuk Brioche, How-Tos, Moebi Knits Pattern Club, Pattern Related, Puddles, Stitch in Focus 1 Comment

Welcome to the first video in our new Brioche knitting series! With the launch of Autumn Come, some of the testers said some of the stitches weren’t easy to find, so we’ll be covering all the increases and decreases used in the pattern over the next couple of weeks. The brkfyof – brioche knit into the front, yarn over, and front – creates a 2 stitch increase. It takes and entire brioche row/ rnd for this increase to be made. The first color makes the new stitches. The second color puts the new stitches into the brioche format.

Fireside Knits with Puddles by the fire

Stitch in Focus Alternating Cable Cast On

Lindsay Lewchuk Announcements, Fiber Focus, How-Tos, Pattern Related, Puddles, Q&A, Stitch in Focus 3 Comments

The Alternating Cable Cast On is a great cast on option anytime you have a rib, twisted rib, broken rib, or broken twisted rib stitch pattern touching the cast on. It creates a flawless edge for these stitches! Check out the video below for a demonstration as seen in Fireside Knits. As an added bonus (starting at 4min), the how-to includes some tips on working the cuff in Fireside Knits. Puddles, of course, makes several appearances from his second favorite spot. His favorite being standing in front of the fire ;-).

stitch demo kfyof / pfyof

Stitch in Focus kfyof

Lindsay Lewchuk Announcements, Fiber Focus, How-Tos, Pattern Related, Puddles, Q&A, Stitch in Focus 1 Comment

Today’s “Stitch in Focus” is kfyof – knit into front, yarn over, front. Being a recent bulky weight yarn convert, I realized that my old faithful 2 stitch increase method, kfbf, was noticeably off kilter when knit with bulky weight yarn. This just wouldn’t do! So for the Snow Gazer patterns (and future 2018 heavier weight yarn new releases… hint, hint), I switched to kfyof (and the corresponding purl version – pfyof). Prefer to watch it directly on YouTube? Click here to watch and give it a thumbs up.