The Two-Color Honeycomb Brioche stitch creates a wonderful lofty fabric. Using two colors, the stitch pattern creates a solid plain of one color, peeping from behind a layer of delicate lattice work in the contrast color. With just a four-row repeat, this stitch pattern is much simpler than it looks!
We used this stitch in our Latticework Wrap, knit up in Cotton Pure. Check out the free pattern to try it out for yourself!
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How does one begin the cast on of the two colors?
Hi Martha,
Thanks for writing in! For our lovely Latticework Wrap using this stitch pattern, we cast on using the main color only and begin knitting with the second color on row 1! For this pattern and most of our patterns, we like using the long tail cast on as it is neat, tidy and elastic!
I hope that this helps!
Cassy
Awesome tutorial. But I agree, it should have started with the cast on. Maybe when I download the pattern I’ll find the cast on was self explanatory. 🙂
Beautiful pattern! One question: is your tutorial swatch blocked? I am starting the pattern but mine doesn’t look the same… trying to figure out if it is my needle size, color choices, or because it’s nit blocked yet. Thank you for the inspiration 🙂
Rachelle
Hello Rachelle,
Thank you for reaching out! The swatch in the video has no been blocked. What seems to be the deference between your swatch and ours? You are correct in thinking that color, fiber and needle size can be big factors when swatching. I hope I can help!
Warmly,
Marilla
How can I increase this pattern? Is the cast on any odd number?
Hello Maribeth,
Thanks for writing in! You are correct, you can cast on any odd number of stitches!
Happy knitting,
Marilla
I think a closer and slower view of the knitting of this pattern would be so helpful for say, a knitter with less experience and maybe a more seasoned knitter (?). And repeat a few times. Also it would be nice to view a small portion of the iÿnitiation or beginning of pattern, unless i missed it? Thank you(
Hi Pam,
Thanks for writing in! I find it helpful to sometimes open the video in YouTube so that I can make it full screen and see the fullness of the technique. You can even slow down the speed of the video! Here is the direct link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks5HRci0Oho&feature=youtu.be
While the video is just of the stitch pattern and not of the Latticework Wrap pattern, the techniques used in this video translate to the set-up row, which is a repeat of k1, YOS and ending in a k1. We used a long tail cast on here and we also have a handy tutorial for brioche stitches like YOS that can be found here: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/brioche-stitch/
I hope that this helps and happy knitting!
Cassy