How to Fix Brioche Knitting | Hands Occupied

How to tear out and fix brioche knitting without having to restart your project from scratch!
If you're looking for my video on how to do a basic brioche stitch right handed, visit • How to work a basic br... .
If you're looking for my lefty video on basic brioche, visit • How to work a basic br... .
And if you're looking for the brioche cowl pattern mentioned in the video, check out bit.ly/briochek....
Music credit:
"Stringed Disco" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Yarn used:
Spud & Chloe Outer (65% Superwash Wool, 35% Organic Cotton) in Rhino (grey)

[@Rompia]

You are a genius. I wish I had seen your video sooner. I frogged my work 5× before I thought to myself that there must be a better way. A million thx 🤩

[@handsoccupied]

You are welcome!

[@maidacandler2894]

Thank you, thank you thank you! I appreciate that your yarn was just one color. It helped me see how to pick up my stitches. I'm working a hat on circulars and your clear instructions were perfect. I'd given up on brioche in the past because I couldn't fix a mistake. Now I've had a win thanks to you!

[@handsoccupied]

You are so welcome! I've started doing tutorials more often in the last couple months, and I am learning that folks love solid yarn in lighter colors, plus minimal nails/jewelry. So glad this was helpful :) -Heidi

[@thomasstambaugh4832]

Nice job providing a clear explanation. When I have to do this, I like to put a lifeline through the work just below whatever I'm trying to fix before I start ripping out. I use a contrasting and much smaller thread/yarn together with a tapestry needle. Start on one side, and pull the lifeline through the right-hand leg of knit-facing "V". Flip the work and do the same on the other side (be sure to stay on the same row). Now you don't have to worry so much about pulling too far. I also like to use a much smaller knitting needle when putting the piece back on the needle. Once all the loops are in place, you can return to the regular size when resuming work after the repair. I find it's a lot easier to handle the stitches and yarn-overs when the loops aren't so tightly wound around the needle.

[@jandaferris352]

Thomas Stambaugh, great ideas! Thank you. Love that you use a smaller needle for replacing the stitches initially. I will do that now. Makes good sense!

[@AnneNonimous]

THANK YOU! I have looked through sooo many videos trying to find out how to re-needle brioche. Thank you for making it simple!

[@jackfntwist]

Thank you for this. Very helpful. I'm using lifelines like every inch, because my yarn is very thin and delicate. I'm working on another project with fisherman's rib, so I'm tending to either knit the slip here or knit one below. Lol.

[@bigkiddyballin]

This video really helped! My mom has been working on her brioche scarf and somehow she keeps getting distracted and messes up and has to start over because neither of us could fix it but finally I decided to learn how to fix it so she can finish the scarf already! lol, anyways this video really helped! Very helpful!👍

[@fallsofjoy]

Thank you for the tutorial! I saw another video on how to fix the brioche stitch and, when I knitted a new row, it had come out completely skewed. Your video helped explain where I went wrong. Very informative and well taught! Thanks again!

[@k0smatiDobichek]

Thank you! Very clear video and simple solution. I tried it for the first time and succeeded perfectly :-)

[@erinbeckwith5958]

Thank you SO much for this!! I’m a novice knitter and have a headband pattern that I LOVE that uses brioche. Ive had numerous headaches over dropped brioche stitches when making the headband and looked at lots and lots of videos to fix the drops. I can’t do the ones with crocheting up the length of a dropped stich, they just don’t make sense to me, and the only other video I’ve found with a method that worked for me was 10,000 times more complicated than the one you provided here. Not to mention, it’s very poorly filmed, going in and out of focus, and super hard to follow. I always dreaded a drop knowing I’d have to go back to that crazy video. With yours, I’ll never have to again!! Of ALLL the videos I’ve watched, no one has EVER mentioned making sure you don’t put your purls back on the needle backwards. I’m a novice so this wasn’t even something I’d think to do on my own- I didn’t even know they had a backwards vs proper way of being on the needle till now. Even though you didn’t describe how to make sure your purl isn’t on backwards, I investigated on my work and figured it out. So THANK YOU SO MUCH for mentioning it. Now the pressure of not messing up a single stitch when I’m doing brioche is gone!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!

[@christianaagung7560]

Thank you so much,after get confusing with my drop and mistakes,watching carefully your helpful Video..well thats just make my project running good,thank youuuuuu!

[@aspengrey1898]

The problem is I had 60 stitches but I concentrated well step by step and thank God I fixed my mistake.I'm new to brioche knitting and I was afraid to fix the mistake. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@babycakes7349]

Thanks so much. Good job.

[@Davenport292]

Saved my project. Thank you :)

[@jamster00998]

Thank you so much for this video, very helpful!! Do you mind showing this in the round please? TIA

[@handsoccupied]

I don't have any brioche videos on the docket for the near future (I'm sorry! 😢), but I can highly recommend this KZbin channel for brioche tutorials, including more than one amazing brioche fixing tutorial: kzbin.infovideos

[@betulboran4088]

Thank you! It was so helpful I saved my work:)

[@handsoccupied]

I love to hear it! 😊 Brioche is hard! 😆

[@Lara__]

This saved my work! Thank you

[@jeannemandelblatt4715]

do you have a video showing how to correct a brioche pattern when you forgot to do a brkyobrk three rows down? i can correct a mistake in a brioche purl or knit, but cant seem to see how to ladder down and do the increase i missed. thanks, jm

[@patricecooper8419]

Can you tell me how to bind off the brioche stitch? I'd like to see a video. Thank you.

[@AquarTech]

I don't get it when cross check and transfer to the left knitt how to know if it need to flip at the perl?? Sorry Im a beginner, and my yarn is way smaller 😫. 5 mm knitt

[@handsoccupied]

Brioche is pretty advanced stuff! To help answer your question, I might need a bit more information. One thing that might be helpful right off, and it's something I recommend to my students at any skill level: It's always helpful to take the time to practice with some bigger yarn before tackling a full brioche project.

[@AquarTech]

Hands Occupied thanks a lot, I will keep working on it. Your big yarn is really helpful 😍

[@ortallampert]

That's a great tutorial! Can I ask a similar tutorial for fisherman rib? I have a 15 inches work which I stopped because it got messed up in last couple of rows. I've been looking for a decent tutorial for fixing this pattern but haven't found one anything. Can you please assist me?

[@handsoccupied]

+Ortal Lampert Yes! I recently did a tutorial for that on a channel I host videos for. Here's the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGrCoISios6feMk. Best of luck!

[@gr8hln]

How do you know if the stitches are laying how they should be?? I don't know what right or wrong look like!! Please help!!

[@handsoccupied]

This article has some great illustrations that should help you out! www.interweave.com/article/knitting/learn-to-knit-brioche-stitch-plus-5-free-patterns/

[@lauraxuereb680]

This piece has six stitches. My piece has about 300, so this is not helpful. It would be better to show how to pick up a stitch along the knit ridge.