Carol Sunday is one of our favorite designers, and I fell in love with her Soutache the moment I saw it. I bought a kit (with pale pink as the main color) and then let it sit marinate for a loooong time. I had glanced at the directions and felt intimidated. I’d never even learned single color brioche.
I kept being drawn back to the pattern and the yarn and finally decided to go for it. I swatched with the pink, but wasn’t sure I liked it against the charcoal (which is where the gradient started). I waffled for a while until Susan pushed me to get the Dijon, which I loved. (I will still use the pink for something else.)
This was a challenge to start, but once I got into it I loved knitting it. I liked Carol’s charting quite a bit — it seems slightly more intuitive than other brioche charting I’ve looked at. (Then again, what do I know? I’m a complete novice!)
This was truly a labor of love. It’s squishy and beautiful and warm. I absolutely adore it. This was my first brioche but it definitely will NOT be my last!
Wait — where did THOSE little cuties come from? One of them will be coming to our home in early February. (That’s the breeder’s hand, not mind. I was only allowed to look not touch as of yet.) They are two weeks old in that photo. Little Golden Retrievers!!
It’s perfect!!
Comment by Lv2knit — January 1, 2019 @ 5:19 pm
Wow! What a wonderful job you did on this, Sally! It’s so beautiful! Happy New Year!
Comment by Kathryn Waldusky — January 1, 2019 @ 10:22 pm
Sally, it’s absolutely lovely! It’s just perfect and, to think, you are a novice? Happy New Year!
Comment by Kathy W. — January 1, 2019 @ 10:26 pm
The brioche is beautiful and those little cuties are simply irresistible!!! 🙂
Happy New Year!
Comment by Raymonde — January 1, 2019 @ 10:52 pm
Learning brioche is knitting goal #2 for me this year— #1 is knocking my stash down by 50%. Yours is beautiful— you give me hope! And oh, those babies— so cute. 🙂 What kind?
Comment by Anya — January 2, 2019 @ 2:31 am
So beautiful! Love the Dijon and the gradients, Perfect. And the pups are too!
Comment by annie — January 2, 2019 @ 1:53 pm
Adorable little burritos!
Comment by kmkat — January 7, 2019 @ 5:31 pm