How to: Brioche

     The Brioche stitch (Not to be confused with the bread. Yum!) looks a lot like k1, p1 ribbing. However, it is much stretchier and very soft! Loads of people are intimidated by brioche because, frankly, it's pretty much made of yarn overs.
     First, to be able to make brioche you will have to know a few stitches (if you already know these stitches, just scroll down to the pattern):

sl 1yo-- slip one stitch purlwise and wrap the yarn around your needle
brk-- knit the yo and slipped stitch together

sl 1yo:

     Move your yarn to the front of your work.

     Insert your right hand needle purlwise into the next stitch on your left hand needle.

     Slip the stitch off of your left hand needle and wrap the yarn around your right hand needle.

brk/ brk2tog:

     When you come to a sl 1yo stitch, insert your right hand needle into both the yo and the slipped stitch and knit them together.

Now for the pattern:

     Cast on a number divisible by two (plus one). I did eleven stitches.

Setup row: *sl 1yo, k1; repeat from * to end

Row 1: k1 *sl 1yo, brk; repeat from * to end

Row 2: *sl 1yo, brk; repeat from * to end

Repeat rows 1 and 2 until your project has reached your desired length.

After a few repeats, your work should look like this!