I love you!! I have started and failed to learn brioche knitting several times, each time with just a mess. Your tutorial is so darn accessible and understandable! “Don’t go out without your shawl. Uh oh, lost your shawl, it wanted to be a belt, get back up there. The first step is knowing it looks weird.” I cannot thank you enough!
Stephen, thank you so much for separating the tutorial between Continental and English styles. You create great tutorials normally, and this makes it even easier to understand the instructions when we don't have to transfer back and forth between the two styles together in one lesson. 😊
I Will never forget the stitch that cannot go out without a shawl anymore! Wow, you make Brioche less intimidating for me! I am really going to try this. Thank you!!
I just wanted to share that you did such a good job of explaining how this works as well as showing exactly how to stitch this, and you didn’t go too slow or fast. Thanks so much!
“Don’t go out the door without your shawl.” This has MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE for me. I can’t wait to dig in to a simple brioche experience so I can move on to brioche with increases and decreases.
Thank you for creating the only clear video I've seen on brioche knitting that actually begins with the cast on. I've seen 3 videos in a row that showed brioche knitting from the middle of the project and with instructions that were clear as mud. I'd love to buy you a coffee.
I was having trouble with the Italian cast my how to book was explaining. Then I saw this, you have renewed my hope of learning this knitting method. Thank you doing this and for sharing your talents with others.
Thank you Stephen! That was the clearest demo of brioche that I have ever seen. I feel like you have opened a whole other world of knitting to me. I have wanted to try some of your beautiful brioche patterns but was afraid. I took a brioche class at a yarn shop years ago. There were about 20 people crammed around a table. I went back for help the next day when I got something wrong. The owner was very rude and told me I needed to learn to read my knitting. I had paid for the class and bought my yarn there. I was not a customer of that shop again and I avoided brioche from then on. I’ve so been wanting to learn. Thank you again. I have bought the Craftsy class too and had watched a little. This really clarifies it all for me and I am going to work on this and watch more of that, as I know she’s a good teacher as well, but I was intimidated by it. You have a wonderful way of explaining things and now I feel I can tackle the class and try Exploration Station which I have wanted to do for years!
Your ability to teach knitting in such an approachable and understandable method is amazing! I love just sitting and watching your tutorials even when I’m not working a project.
Thank u for taking the time to doing an entire brioche for continental knitters of several rows instead of switching from one to the other. This is extremely important & helpful. You're a real good teacher. Once again thanks!!!!
I'm a continental knitter too and bought Marchand tutorial on crafts but her instruction was mostly with the English knitting. I just stumbled on Stephen's a d don't feel intimidated anymore 😅
very helpful! I never understood how to slip the stiches to the other needle on the circular needles. I was poking each one by hand. Silly me. Just sliding it down is so easy!. You've made such a great video here. So many good tips and demonstration, I cannot even count them. Thank you.
I have been hitting this point in learning where I'm asking myself if I even like the way knit looks anymore.. but when I see your projects, I absolutely love them. You bring the dopamine back.
Dear Stephen you are a true teacher! ... brioche was always for me the representation of the "unattainable" ... UNTIL I FOUND YOU !! really THANK YOU! 🧶🧶🥰🥰🥰🥰😊😊😊😊😊😊🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
İ came here frustrated from other videos where İ achieved nothing! Now I'm leaving happy and motivated because İ found the best teacher ever and my first brioche knitting is stunning! Thank you soo much!
Love the images, “shawl on the shoulder” and details like yarn in front before slip. I learned it’s all in the details esp what happens at ends of rows. Also to NOT practice with the buffalo/alpaca I bought for my scarf!! Poof!! Thank you!! You saved me.
Thank you, Stephen, I really appreciate your guiding skill, and unforgettable too. God bless your knowledge more and more. Workie from Ethiopia, East Africa.
Thank you I was so confused with the way some hold the yarn and do their difficult knit and purl. Finally I found someone who does then the way I do without making it really comes to understand
I am so happy to read this, now I get some hope! I already tried 20 repeats, so maybe in 80 repeats I will also get it! Omg this is so difficult but really would like to learn this.
In all my life I've never encountered a man knowing more about knitting than me. I love that I know nothing about brioche knitting and that the first video i find about it is a guy explaining so clearly and understandingly. I'm sorry if i assumed genders and i might come over as close minded. Im trying to broaden my horizons and I'm still Learning. Not just about knitting. 😅
Yeahhh I can't believe it, I can knit brioche 🥳😀! It took me many many times, and watched your video over and over again, also in slow motion. And now I feel so content with being able to knit brioche, what is so much fun. Thank you so much Stephen, I really appreciate your video and clear teaching!
Thank you so much for your patience . It is obvious that you do your brioche with love and passion. And wool in the right hand , I am so grateful for explanation. Already see jumper in lime and white cashmere done mostly using brioche technique. 💗💗💗
Thank you Stephen! Your repetitions and saying it out loud helped tremendously. I feel much closer to understanding what is going on when I work with brioche.
Your explanation is SOOO good! I can follow, it's funny, it's easy to stay concentrated to, it's complete and now I finally feel confident to start trying it!
Omg I absolutely love you!! I can’t even begin to count how many different knitting tutorials I’ve watched… nope! No good! Wish I’d found you years ago! Where have you been all my life?! ❤❤
Thank you for showing both knitting methods. I use whichever method works best for what I am knitting. I also appreciate showing how to recognize mistakes AND how to correct them. I just purchased your “night nook” sweater and was wondering how to do the saddle. Your instructions are easy to follow, but much more concentration intensive. You are the Kaffe of this generation. Both innovative, creative, and fun. Thank you.
Omg!!!!! I think I finally get it!!! I couldn’t understand his guy know whether to brk or brp. But then I see that you just follow the ribbing pattern. Just knit the knots and purl the purls and those are after the slipped stitch. Thank you so much for the visual that the stitch is wearing its shawl. That makes so much sense.
Thank you Stephen for a remarkable video. I've tried 3 different classes from 3 different knit shops to learn this and failed miserably each time. I can't wait to try again using your videos! I know I'll make mistakes but for the first time I think I'll be able to repair them from watching your videos.
Thank you so much - I’m doing a brioche jumper for the first time and I’ve pulled it back 3 times now - I now know what I’m doing wrong and your video was so so helpful - I’m going to practice on a swatch before doing my jumper again.
Thank you so much. I already knew how to knit brioche with 2 colors but it had been a few years. Watching your video clarified a couple things for me. Good job! ❤️
I've really struggled with learning Brioche knitting but will not be deterred. Thanks for showing BOTH English and Continental methods it really helps. Optimistic this tutorial will help me.
Omg, i remember your patterns from when I was in high school. But it was for chevron scarves in knitty. I have always admired your work and now I find out that you have a RUclips channel. Love it.
Kia Ora from New Zealand, Mr. West. Thanks for such a enjoyable tutorial, I've thrown some patterns aside because of not mastering brioche, and you have made it very straightforward here.
This is the best tutorial I’ve found for two colour brioche, thank you. Also, it kinda helps that you sound like David Rose which makes everything better x
I am only 9:06 in and I have to pause to say, you are the best, sweetest, teacher! Your metaphors make total sense, your noticings are so helpful, and though I am so new at knitting I know it will be awhile before I can do this, I know it will be at the ready so that I can like you are there with me. I just thank you so much for what this means to me. I lost my cousin before she could finish teaching me more than just garter and so I have dedicated myself to learning with you tube and you have become a very favorite accidental "cousin" and you make it so soft and kind and comforting. Thank you for wonderfully explaining and demonstrating something that can be quite daunting! I can't wait to do one of your designs once I learn this! 🐉You give me dragon confidence!!
Stephen, once again you are an EXCELLENT teacher. Concise and clear and to the point, and a soothing voice. Thank you for taking the time to do this. And a big thank you for separate continental and English sections. 😊
Stephen your tutorial is everything! I have been knitting for years, but avoided brioche because it looked too fiddly and hard to learn. I watched your video once, and was knitting away on a brioche scarf in minutes. Thank you, thank you for the continental instructions!! Almost no one does content for us continental knitters...can't wait to look for more of your work
Thanks for the video, I think I would have given up on the brioche without it! I made the mistake of doing the yarn over after the slip stitch, I appreciated your comment on that. Everything is clear now, thank you Stephen :)
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If you know how to do brioche, you still should watch for the entertainment 😊 Steven, you're just a natural teacher!
I love you!! I have started and failed to learn brioche knitting several times, each time with just a mess. Your tutorial is so darn accessible and understandable! “Don’t go out without your shawl. Uh oh, lost your shawl, it wanted to be a belt, get back up there. The first step is knowing it looks weird.” I cannot thank you enough!
The shawl that wanted to be a belt was exceptionally endearing.
Stephen, thank you so much for separating the tutorial between Continental and English styles. You create great tutorials normally, and this makes it even easier to understand the instructions when we don't have to transfer back and forth between the two styles together in one lesson. 😊
Thanks for the feedback! I'll share some more soon. :)
I Will never forget the stitch that cannot go out without a shawl anymore! Wow, you make Brioche less intimidating for me! I am really going to try this. Thank you!!
I just wanted to share that you did such a good job of explaining how this works as well as showing exactly how to stitch this, and you didn’t go too slow or fast. Thanks so much!
Admirable teaching - clear, cute, slow enough, lots of repeats, and encouraging. Yay! Thank you, Stephen!
I agree- Stephen makes it seem doable!
“Don’t go out the door without your shawl.” This has MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE for me. I can’t wait to dig in to a simple brioche experience so I can move on to brioche with increases and decreases.
What do you mean by that statement please?
Thank you for creating the only clear video I've seen on brioche knitting that actually begins with the cast on. I've seen 3 videos in a row that showed brioche knitting from the middle of the project and with instructions that were clear as mud. I'd love to buy you a coffee.
I was having trouble with the Italian cast my how to book was explaining. Then I saw this, you have renewed my hope of learning this knitting method. Thank you doing this and for sharing your talents with others.
Ditto to the last message!! So helpful for those of us who have never brioched before. Thank you!!
Thank you Stephen! That was the clearest demo of brioche that I have ever seen. I feel like you have opened a whole other world of knitting to me. I have wanted to try some of your beautiful brioche patterns but was afraid. I took a brioche class at a yarn shop years ago. There were about 20 people crammed around a table. I went back for help the next day when I got something wrong. The owner was very rude and told me I needed to learn to read my knitting. I had paid for the class and bought my yarn there. I was not a customer of that shop again and I avoided brioche from then on. I’ve so been wanting to learn. Thank you again. I have bought the Craftsy class too and had watched a little. This really clarifies it all for me and I am going to work on this and watch more of that, as I know she’s a good teacher as well, but I was intimidated by it. You have a wonderful way of explaining things and now I feel I can tackle the class and try Exploration Station which I have wanted to do for years!
Big day; I learned brioche and got my first vaccine! Thank you for sharing.
Nice!
Your ability to teach knitting in such an approachable and understandable method is amazing! I love just sitting and watching your tutorials even when I’m not working a project.
Thank u for taking the time to doing an entire brioche for continental knitters of several rows instead of switching from one to the other. This is extremely important & helpful. You're a real good teacher. Once again thanks!!!!
Thanks for the feedback!
I'm a continental knitter too and bought Marchand tutorial on crafts but her instruction was mostly with the English knitting. I just stumbled on Stephen's a d don't feel intimidated anymore 😅
very helpful! I never understood how to slip the stiches to the other needle on the circular needles. I was poking each one by hand. Silly me. Just sliding it down is so easy!. You've made such a great video here. So many good tips and demonstration, I cannot even count them. Thank you.
I have been hitting this point in learning where I'm asking myself if I even like the way knit looks anymore.. but when I see your projects, I absolutely love them. You bring the dopamine back.
This is, by far, the best 2 color brioche tutorial I've ever seen. You're amazing and please never quit doing what you do!! 🙌🏻
I'm a continental knitter...so happy finding this video..loved it.. now I understand how to do it right !! Thx Stephen 😘
Glad it was helpful!
Dear Stephen you are a true teacher! ... brioche was always for me the representation of the "unattainable" ... UNTIL I FOUND YOU !! really THANK YOU! 🧶🧶🥰🥰🥰🥰😊😊😊😊😊😊🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Yes, I love his examples too. Especially the ones for 'Make one right': "I'll be 'right back' ".
Stephen, you are an exceptional teacher!!!!! I am excited to practice 2 color brioche knitting.
Thank you...enjoy!
Thank you Stephen! I came here to practice for Clue 2 of 2024 MKAL! Took several tries but I got it! Thank you!
I love that you knit Continental! So helpful to understand how to knit Brioche left-handed!
Holy moly, you're the first video to say directly that the MC always goes first. How simple is that! Thanks!
THAN YOU,! after about 10 other videos, finally makes sense
İ came here frustrated from other videos where İ achieved nothing! Now I'm leaving happy and motivated because İ found the best teacher ever and my first brioche knitting is stunning! Thank you soo much!
Love the images, “shawl on the shoulder” and details like yarn in front before slip. I learned it’s all in the details esp what happens at ends of rows. Also to NOT practice with the buffalo/alpaca I bought for my scarf!! Poof!! Thank you!! You saved me.
Great teaching voice and techniques. I love it when an instructor has a sweet melodic voice. Thank you.
This has revolutionized my life. I can now do it!!!?
I"m so glad!! :)
Just, Excellent! Thank you,
Stephen❤
Simply wonderful explation! Thank you so much. 🎉🎉🎉
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Stephen, I really appreciate your guiding skill, and unforgettable too. God bless your knowledge more and more. Workie from Ethiopia, East Africa.
Wow..thank you. Can't tell you how many times I've frogged brioche projects. By George I've believe I've gotten it this time!!
Brilliant teaching. So helpful. I feel confident even though it's the first time I've done brioche. The 'mistake' was super helpful.
You make the pattern make sense. Thank you
Thank you I was so confused with the way some hold the yarn and do their difficult knit and purl. Finally I found someone who does then the way I do without making it really comes to understand
I finally understand!! And thank you for showing the common mistakes that probably made me give up learning this stitch in the beginning.
You are doing such a great job explaining this. You really make it simple.
Bark and burp!
If our brioche looks like it’s supposed to, will be because of your awesome instructions.
With about 100 repeats I finally started to get it. Thank you !
I am so happy to read this, now I get some hope! I already tried 20 repeats, so maybe in 80 repeats I will also get it! Omg this is so difficult but really would like to learn this.
You have a gift for explaining things so clearly!
In all my life I've never encountered a man knowing more about knitting than me. I love that I know nothing about brioche knitting and that the first video i find about it is a guy explaining so clearly and understandingly.
I'm sorry if i assumed genders and i might come over as close minded. Im trying to broaden my horizons and I'm still Learning. Not just about knitting. 😅
Thank you Stephen. I am a continental knitter and your teaching style made this much easier to learn.
Glad it was helpful!
Yeahhh I can't believe it, I can knit brioche 🥳😀! It took me many many times, and watched your video over and over again, also in slow motion. And now I feel so content with being able to knit brioche, what is so much fun. Thank you so much Stephen, I really appreciate your video and clear teaching!
Superb. Thanks for showing this continental style. Very clear and doable now.
Thank you so much for your patience . It is obvious that you do your brioche with love and passion. And wool in the right hand , I am so grateful for explanation. Already see jumper in lime and white cashmere done mostly using brioche technique. 💗💗💗
That would be beautiful!
This really just saved my life. Thank you kind person!! Thought i was going to have to give up on a project I was really looking forward to
Thank you Stephen! Your repetitions and saying it out loud helped tremendously. I feel much closer to understanding what is going on when I work with brioche.
We don´t belt! :-) Thanks for making me laugh! And thanks for the knit lesson Mr. West! Greetings from Germany Heike
Your explanation is SOOO good! I can follow, it's funny, it's easy to stay concentrated to, it's complete and now I finally feel confident to start trying it!
Omg I absolutely love you!! I can’t even begin to count how many different knitting tutorials I’ve watched… nope! No good! Wish I’d found you years ago! Where have you been all my life?! ❤❤
I just love you Sound waves scarf. So beautiful!
Thank you for showing both knitting methods. I use whichever method works best for what I am knitting. I also appreciate showing how to recognize mistakes AND how to correct them. I just purchased your “night nook” sweater and was wondering how to do the saddle. Your instructions are easy to follow, but much more concentration intensive. You are the Kaffe of this generation. Both innovative, creative, and fun. Thank you.
Watching you knit is magical... Thank you!
Omg!!!!! I think I finally get it!!! I couldn’t understand his guy know whether to brk or brp. But then I see that you just follow the ribbing pattern. Just knit the knots and purl the purls and those are after the slipped stitch. Thank you so much for the visual that the stitch is wearing its shawl. That makes so much sense.
What more can one say!? We love you Stephen! Thsnk you thank you, you make everything look fun and easy. Off to try brioche!
You can do it!
You’re so good at explaining 😊 thank you very much for this tutorial 👍
I don´t even knit!! But like your style of teaching, explaining and demonstrating very much ! : ))) thx
Whomever invented this was a sadist !! : ) Thanks for making this soooo much easier!
This is so clear and concise - I will be coming back to this video
This was a fu**ing delight to watch. I was laughing out loud at the cute stitch outfits and it was incredibly informative.
Thank you Stephen for a remarkable video. I've tried 3 different classes from 3 different knit shops to learn this and failed miserably each time. I can't wait to try again using your videos! I know I'll make mistakes but for the first time I think I'll be able to repair them from watching your videos.
The best tutorial on brioche!
Glad it was helpful!
Stephen you are so generous with sharing your knowledge… so appreciative…thank you very much.
Thank you so much - I’m doing a brioche jumper for the first time and I’ve pulled it back 3 times now - I now know what I’m doing wrong and your video was so so helpful - I’m going to practice on a swatch before doing my jumper again.
You've got this!
You are such a great teacher!!!!
Thank you Stephen. You are a master at explaining techniques.
Thank you so much. I already knew how to knit brioche with 2 colors but it had been a few years. Watching your video clarified a couple things for me. Good job! ❤️
I've really struggled with learning Brioche knitting but will not be deterred. Thanks for showing BOTH English and Continental methods it really helps. Optimistic this tutorial will help me.
Best Brioche tutorial EVER ❤
I love your tutorial, Stephen! It's very clear. The best of all I've looked at so far. Thanks!
So glad it was helpful!
The speed of your cast on, wow!
I have wanted to learn this. Thank you for being so patient and showing how to fix the slips.
Very good demo this the Brioche Stitch is to be my next out of comfort zone challenge. 👍
Thank you so much for video.I am so in love in brioche but I never learn that enough.Hope this time ....
Excellent teaching. This makes me want to branch out and try something new because it is so well explained. Thank you for this!!
Thank you. The way you are explaining is awesome and easy to follow.
Your way of demonstrating is great!
Omg, i remember your patterns from when I was in high school. But it was for chevron scarves in knitty. I have always admired your work and now I find out that you have a RUclips channel. Love it.
Love your comments :) and you are so clear on your teaching.
Thank you thank you for starting at the beginning , I really needed to see how to start !!!!
Kia Ora from New Zealand, Mr. West. Thanks for such a enjoyable tutorial, I've thrown some patterns aside because of not mastering brioche, and you have made it very straightforward here.
Thanks so much, you are an excellent teacher!
This is the best tutorial I’ve found for two colour brioche, thank you. Also, it kinda helps that you sound like David Rose which makes everything better x
I am only 9:06 in and I have to pause to say, you are the best, sweetest, teacher! Your metaphors make total sense, your noticings are so helpful, and though I am so new at knitting I know it will be awhile before I can do this, I know it will be at the ready so that I can like you are there with me. I just thank you so much for what this means to me. I lost my cousin before she could finish teaching me more than just garter and so I have dedicated myself to learning with you tube and you have become a very favorite accidental "cousin" and you make it so soft and kind and comforting. Thank you for wonderfully explaining and demonstrating something that can be quite daunting! I can't wait to do one of your designs once I learn this! 🐉You give me dragon confidence!!
Just wow. Your explanation and slowly showing it being done with examples of fixes is priceless. Thank you and thank you again.
THANK YOU1 Your teaching is so clear and precise. I have always been scared of brioche, but now am excited to try some! You are the BEST!
Best video ever. Thank you for sharing this. Best of all its continental
I love your teaching style! And thank you for showing both continental as well as English. Much appreciated!
Stephen, once again you are an EXCELLENT teacher. Concise and clear and to the point, and a soothing voice. Thank you for taking the time to do this. And a big thank you for separate continental and English sections. 😊
You're a good teacher. I understand a lot better now.
You are a great teacher!!
Thank you! 😃
Best Brioche tutorial ever - thank you!!!
Stephen your tutorial is everything! I have been knitting for years, but avoided brioche because it looked too fiddly and hard to learn. I watched your video once, and was knitting away on a brioche scarf in minutes. Thank you, thank you for the continental instructions!! Almost no one does content for us continental knitters...can't wait to look for more of your work
You make it look easy. Thanks for sharing with us. Janice from Malta in the Mediterranean
Thanks for the video, I think I would have given up on the brioche without it! I made the mistake of doing the yarn over after the slip stitch, I appreciated your comment on that. Everything is clear now, thank you Stephen :)
Thank you for the explanations for English style☺️
Best tutorial on this stitch I’ve seen. Thanks!!
Thanks! I've been wanting to learn two colour brioche for the longest time. You are a good teacher.
I am hopeful, more times I catch these videos, Thank you!