Brioche Basics Class: A three-session workshop

This class will be held in person on July 13, 20, 27

Have you wanted to try your hand at brioche knitting? Brioche knitting creates an absolutely gorgeous, squishy, and REVERSIBLE fabric! Brioche Basics is a class for knitters who are ready to experience the joys of brioche knitting. 

Over the course of three, one-hour sessions, we'll tackle the essentials of brioche:

• Anatomy of the stitch and how to "read" your brioche knitting
• Common mistakes and how to fix them
• Brioche knit and brioche purl
• One-color brioche knit flat
• Two-color brioche in the round

Projects:
Participants will make a single-color swatch, knit flat, to practice their stitches and brioche reading. Then we'll move on to a two-color hat — don't be nervous, two-color brioche in the round is completely do-able once you have some basics!

Prerequisites:
You need to be able to cast on, knit, purl, decrease, and yarn over. This class is for knitters 14+ and is not suitable for beginner knitters. It's definitely for you if you've got these essentials down, and you're ready to try brioche knitting!

Included:

• 2 skeins of Malabrigo Worsted in your choice of high-contrast colors
• Brioche hat pattern in a beginner-friendly version and standard version.

Tools You'll Need:

• US size 7 16" circular
• US size 5 needles in 16" circular and DPNS or a second circular needle
• Small crochet hook, Repair Hook, or HandiTool
• Opening stitch or split ring markers
  
• Hook-style cable needle
• Darning needle

Optional: Brioche Knitting for Beginners and Beyond By Lesley Anne Robinson

Details:

• Workshop will be held Sunday, July 13, 20, and 27 from 9:30-10:30 am at The Cashmere Goat, 21 Mechanic Street in Camden.
• Deadline to sign up is Thursday 7/10/25.
• Minimum of 3 participants. Participants will be contacted Friday 7/11/25 if class will be canceled due to attendance.
• Cancellations are fully refundable 72 hours prior to the class date.
• Workshop fees are non-refundable if you cancel after 72 hours prior to the class date, or if you don’t show up.
• If there is a cancellation due to weather or other emergency, you will be given as much notice as possible and a full refund will be issued.
• ** If you need to miss a class, keep in mind that we cannot accommodate make-up dates.**

About the Instructor:
Iris Eichenlaub loves brioche knitting and is fascinated by the fabric it creates. She coordinates the Knit Alongs and writes the content for Goat emails and social media. Iris used to be a former school librarian, and the skills of matchmaking in the library have a lot of crossover with matchmaking in the yarn store.