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Light and lofty brioche stitch makes the ideal wrap or lap blanket. Douro explores the possibilities of traveling lines in brioche, wandering from symmetry to asymmetry and back to regular ribs. The two halves culminate in a band of garter stitch fused at the center spine with the Joinery Bind-Off. Worked from written instructions, this pattern is a good way to step up from basic brioche knitting.

Construction

This wrap is worked in two pieces, each from the cast-on edge to the center. The pieces are then joined using Joinery Bind Off.

Yarn
15 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50 grams)

Photographed in color Bale and Old World

Yardage
2055 total yards of worsted weight wool yarn

Gauge
15 stitches & 41 rows = 4" in Brioche Rib, after blocking

Note that for Brioche Rib, each elongated stitch in a column of knit stitches represents two rows; when you count these it will appear that 21 rows = 4"

Needles
Two 24" circular needles in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

Finished Dimensions
26¼" [66.5 cm] wide; 80" [203 cm] long

Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking.

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern
Rib Cabled Cast On
Joinery Bind Off

Skill Level
3 out of 5

Our sincerest thanks goes to our translators: Bianca French (German), Marina Melnikova (Russian), Sophie Oudry-Braillon (French), and our Japanese translator (who wishes to remain anonymous).