WESTKNITS NO. 15 EPIC BRIOCHE WRAPS

Epic Brioche Wraps is a Westknits pattern booklet featuring three brioche projects all about colourplay and stashbusting. When knitting these patterns, focus on colours that make you happy, add some mohair accents, and watch the stitches sing! 

All patterns in this booklet are designed by Stephen West.

Patterns included in the booklet:

• Brioripple Wrap
• Brioripple Shawl
• Scrappy Wrappy

Yarn Used in the Book: Fingering-weight yarn (see below for yardage)

Pages: 31
Language: English
Physical dimensions: A5 (14.8 x 21 cm)

Each copy includes e-book codes.

Brioripple Wrap Yardage

Approximately 3200yds / 2926m total if you are using 2 strands of lace weight mohair silk held together for the CC brioche background stripes

MC (main color) = foreground brioche
CC (contrast colour) = background brioche
AC (accent color) = reverse stockinette stitch stripes +
I-cord CO & BO

MC - 1000yds / 914m fingering weight
CC - 1800yds / 1646m lace weight mohair silk
AC - 400yds / 366m fingering weight

Each CC stripe (background brioche colour) uses about 4g of lace weight mohair holding two strands of the same color together. 

Each MC stripe (foreground brioche colour) uses about 5g of fingering weight yarn.

Each AC stripe (reverse stockinette stitch) uses about 2g of
fingering weight yarn

OR

Approximately 2300yds / 2100m total if you are using fingering weight yarn for all colours, including the CC (background brioche colour).

MC - 1000yds / 914m fingering weight
CC - 900yds / 823m fingering weight
AC - 400yds / 366m fingering weight

Brioripple Shawl Yardage

Yardage - Approximately 3800yds / 3475m total if you are using 2 strands of lace weight mohair silk held together for the CC brioche background stripes

OR

Approximately 2900yds / 2652m total if you are using fingering weight yarn for all colours, including the CC (background brioche colour)

MC - 1000yds / 914m
Foreground brioche + reverse stockinette border stripes

CC - 1800yds / 1646m total 185g

Background brioche + stockinette stitch border stripes. Mohair is held double. If you are substituting a fingering weight yarn for your CC background brioche colors, then you will need approximately 900yds / 823m). 8 balls of lace weight mohair silk in 8 different colours (25g each ball) should be enough for all of the CC background brioche sections + stockinette stitch border CC stripes.

AC - 1000yds / 914m
Garter stitch short rows

Each CC stripe (background brioche color) uses about 5g of lace weight mohair holding two strands of the same colour together.

Each MC stripe (foreground brioche color) uses about 7g of fingering weight yarn.

Each AC stripe (garter stitch short row wedge) uses about 10g of fingering weight yarn.

Scrappy Wrappy Yardage

Approximately 3000yds / 2743m total if you are using 1 strand of fingering weight for all of the sections.

If you are using 2 strands of lace weight mohair silk held together for the CC brioche background stripes like the sample, then 16 balls of West Wool Glowhair (50g each colour) is enough for all of the background brioche CC stripes. The CC background brioche sections use lace weight mohair silk held double.

MC (main colour) = foreground brioche
CC (contrast colour) = background brioche
AC (accent color) = reverse stockinette stitch stripes + I-cord CO & BO

Gather a colorful collection of yarns, so you have more than enough colours to play with.