A step by step tutorial on how to knit the br4st dec with or without a cable needle + explanation
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You can knit the brioche double decrease or brioche 4 stitch decrease, how it’s also called, in one color, two colors, or in the round – the technique is always the same.
To start the decrease, knit up to a position where you would normally k2tog a double stitch or brioche knit. When you are knitting in 2-colors or in the round, there will be rows where you p2tog these stitches and you can’t decrease in these rows – at least not with this technique. You always decrease in a k2tog row.
1. First, slip a double stitch, and then the following single stitch knitwise to the right needle with the yarn in the back. Important, the yarn needs to be in the back. Usually, when you are knitting brioche your brain might subconsciously bring the yarn to the front. But for this part of the brioche double decrease, it absolutely needs to be in the back.
2. Then, slip the next double stitch to a cable needle. If you don’t have a cable needle, you can also take a stitch marker or a stitch holder as you won’t use the cable needle to actually knit.
3. This was the preparation, now you’ll start with the actual decreasing. Knit one stitch.
4. Then, pass the stitch right next to it over it. This binds off the first stitch.
5. Then, slip the remaining stitch back to the left needle
6. And pass the double stitch next to it over it
7. Slip the remaining stitch back to the right needle
8. And slip the double stitch next to it over it as well
9. And now, pick up your cable needle, and slip the stitches back to the left needle
10. Then slip the first stitch on the right needle to the left needle
11. And pass the double stitch over the first stitch
12. And slip the remaining stitch back to the right needle and there is a decrease.
As an alternative, you can stagger the brioche double decrease across two rows and knit the br4st dec without a cable needle.
1. First, knit up to a position where you have a single stitch (on the right side this will look like one the ridges) in the secondary color
2. And then p3tog. The single stitch and one brioche knit
3. Then, slip1 purlwise with yarn in front. Careful, no yarn over here.
4. And then p3tog tbl. Normally I wouldn’t recommend doing a p3tog tbl because it’s a nightmare to knit. But as the brioche stitch is really lose, I feel it’s quite doable.
Before you purl them together, you need to slip the center stitch to the front.
And then p3tog tbl
5. Then, knit until you reach the decrease on the other side. Notice you will now be knitting in the second color.
And you knit a simple centered k3tog. So, slip the first two stitches knitwise at the same time. Knit one, and pass the slipped stitches over it.
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