Knitting: Fixing Brioche Mistakes, part 2 - backing out (tinking) brioche

This is a side level in our brioche knitting series, how to fix mistakes in brioche. There are several mistakes we can address, last week was part 1, missing yarn overs/wraps, this week is carefully backing out stitches, next week should be how to pick up a dropped stitch.
If you have never tried brioche knitting before, I highly recommend starting with brioche in the round, on which we have a whole series of videos- those are the videos in which I describe the brioche knitting process in great detail, and you learn the stitches with one color doing the knit rows, the other color doing the purl rows.I've also made a video on how knitting brioche flat is a little more challenging, but possible to master!
May your crafting be filled with joy and confidence!
Rebecca
Brioche Helpful Hints and Reminders
Brioche is a series of either knit or purled stitches and slipped stitches with yarn wrapped around them. One row will be brioche knit (brk, “bark”, knit a stitch with its wrap), slip a stitch and wrap it, etc; the other will be brioche purl (brp, “burp”, purl a stitch with its wrap), slip a stitch and wrap it, etc.
Each row is worked twice, once with color A, then again with color B. Therefore, even when knitting brioche flat, circular or double point needles must be used.
All stitches that need to be slipped should be slipped purlwise.
The slipped stitches are never the ones with the yarn-overs. If you find yourself slipping a yarn over, pause and figure out where you might have gotten off.
The worked stitches (brioche knit and brioche purl) after the setup row will always be a stitch and its wrap. If this is not the case, you may either be working the wrong stitch, or it may not have gotten a wrap on the last row. This can be fudged by picking up the strand that was not wrapped!
In two-color brioche, you are always slipping the color you are NOT working with. Therefore the wraps will always be a different color from the stitches they are wrapped around.
You are always bringing the working yarn forward before a slip stitch so it can wrap the slipped stitch. This means on a knit row, you bring the yarn forward before you slip the purl stitch, then bring the yarn over to the back before your next brioche knit stitch. On a purl row, your yarn will already be in front from brioche purling: slip the knit stitch, and bring the yarn over the right needle and back to the front for your next brioche purl .
There are many ways to bind off. The easiest, though not the most stretchy, is to *K1 P1, rep from * with one color in the established ribbing, brk or brp depending on the row, then cast off in the ribbing with the same color on the next row.
When working Brioche FLAT :
If both yarns are at the same end of the work, it is time to turn your work and start with color A (solid or dark).
If the yarns are at opposite ends of the work, DO NOT TURN the work- slide it back to the other end of the needles and work with color B (variegated or light).
The color that is more prominent, with clear “V”s popping out and running down the surface of the work, is the color that is working a brk row on that side. The other color is working a brp row.

[@lindar7598]

Thank you! I’m trying to correct stitches on 2 color brioche knit on the round. Your video was extremely helpful! Thanks so much!

[@SunDragonTipsTricks]

Glad I could help, Linda! ❤️

[@redredwine1277]

Thanks again🌸🌼🌹 I found you♥️♥️♥️

[@amoore233]

Fabulous! Thanks! Don't know what I did, but nothing looks like this. I'll do a couple of more rows and see what happens.

[@shirleydilley8006]

I want to print the picture. Can I do that?

[@SunDragonTipsTricks]

Go ahead, if you can get a screen shot! :)

[@kitaro320]

What about tinking a Decrease stitch?

[@SunDragonTipsTricks]

Hi there De Cr! My advice on a brioche decrease is along the same lines as regular tink, examining all the loops the working yarn goes through and making sure your left needle is inserted into all of those loops, so when you pull out the working yarn, all of the loops are intact on your left needle. Sometimes that means inserting the needle in a different direction, but the intent remains the same! Hope this helps a bit.❤️

[@shaunal3723]

Thank you, very helpful!