Seaming Brioche

This tutorial shows you how to use mattress stitch to seam together two pieces of fabric knit in brioche. The exact appearance of the strands of yarn you are seaming into may differ based on how your selvedge edge was worked and whether your strands of yarn were twisted when starting a new row. This technique demonstrates the seaming of edges as they are knit in my patterns such as the Braided Bread Sweater (www.ravelry.co...) and the Chrysanthemum Cardi.

[@aliciaflinchum6511]

My pattern calls for seeming two pieces together horizontally. I can't find a tutorial for that anywhere.:(

[@SynapticStitches]

I can certainly add this to the list of videos to record, but the reason I don't have one already is that I don't do anything differently when mattress stitching the ends of brioche knit pieces together than I would if I were seaming stockinette or traditional ribbing. I pass my darning needle behind one stitch on one piece of fabric, then the other, working in the space between the cast-on/bind-off and the next row of knitting.

[@ssarnecki]

I love the outcome, but I’m having a hard time trying to inderstand what parts of yarn to get in each round especially that I have a fluffy wool in one color 🙄

[@SynapticStitches]

Depending on how you carry your yarns at the edges of your work, your fabric may look different. It may take a bit of experimentation/practice to find a consistent understanding of which strands of yarn you want to pick up with each stitch. Try pulling your selvedge edge away from the column of stitches next to it. The gap between those two columns is where you will want to be working. Make sure with each stitch you are passing your darning needle behind one strand of yarn of each color. The fuzzy yarn may make it a bit harder to see, but hopefully you can still find the right places.