I want to design a simple scarf using 2x2 brioche rib, so I’m going to create some single and 2 color swatches in 2x2 brioche rib to add to my earlier brioche swatches. My goal is to knit a 2x2 single color brioche rib swatch, a 2x2 2 color brioche swatch, a 2x2 syncopated rib swatch, 2x2 brioche rib in the round, and maybe others depending on where the mood takes me.

Summary

• The syncopated ribbed swatch is a bit weird. When changing from green to brown, you can see some artifacts of the switch. This isn’t seen when switching from brown to green. I switched after row 2b in both cases. The same thing can be seen on the opposite side.

• The 2 stitch brioche stitch is very similar to the standard 1 stitch brioche stitch. In this stitch you wrap 2 stitches with the yarn over. When you come back to work the wrapped stitches (SL2YO), you knit/purl the first stitch with its yarn over, moving the worked stitch to the right needle, but keeping the yarn over on the left needle with the second stitch. You then knit/purl the second stitch with the yarn over, moving the stitch to the right needle (including the yarn over). You can see that the yarn over lays across two stitches.

• The DC round ends with a SL2YO. Just drop the yarn and continue with LC. On the last stitch of the LC round, pickup DC holding it in the YO position and complete the LC BRP2. If you catch the DC with the LC, it will change the look of the final column of stitches.

Journal

2014-03-07: Complete 2x2 brioche ribbed swatch. Complete 2x2 2 color brioche ribbed swatch.

2014-03-08: Complete syncopated 2x2 brioche swatch. Complete 2x2 brioche in the round swatch.

2014-03-09: Complete 2 color in the round swatch

Swatches

2x2 Brioche Rib (bottom 2 photos).
Cast on with German Twisted cast on. Knit 4 rows 2x2 rib. Knit 2x2 brioche rib. Finish with 6 rows 2x2 rib and bind off using k2tog tbl bind off. Pattern is as follows:

K2, (YF SL2YO, BRK2) * , YF SL2YO, K2

P2, (BRK2, YF SL2YO) * , BRK2, P2

2x2 Two Color Brioche Rib (next 3 photos).
Cast on with 2-color German Twisted cast on. Immediately begin knitting 2 color 2x2 brioche rib. Pattern is as follows:

SL1 (BRK2, YFSL2YO) * , BRK2, K1
SL1 (SL2YOF, BRP2) * , YFSL2YO, K1
SL1 (BRP2, SL2YOF) * , BRP2, K1
SL1 (YFSL2YO, BRK2) * , YFSL2YO, K1

Bind off with JSSBO.

2x2 Two Color Syncopated Brioche Rib (next photo).

Cast on 36 with 2-color German Twisted Cast on
Setup Row 1 (WS DC): P1, (sl2yof, p2) * ; slide
Setup Row 2 (RS LC): SL1, (BRK2, YF SL2YO) * to last 3 sts, BRK2, DLCytb SL1; turn

Row 1a (DC):K1, (yfSL2YO, BRK2) * to last 3 sts, yfSL2yo, K1; slide
Row 1b (LC):SL1, (BRP2, sl2yof) * to last 3 sts, BRP2, DLCytf, SL1; turn
Row 2a (DC):P1, (Sl2YOF, BRP2) * to last 3 sts, SL2YOF, P1; Slide
Row 2b (LC):SL1, (BRK2, YFSL2YO) * to last 3 sts, BRK2, DLCytb (except on last repeat before inverse, then DLCytf), SL1

Inverse 1a (DC): K1, (Sl2yof, BRP2) * to last 3 sts, yfSL2yo, K1; slide
Inverse 1b (LC): SL1, (BRK2, yfSl2YO) * to last 3 sts, BRK2, DLCytb, SL1
Inverse 2a (DC): P1, (yfSL2YO, BRK2) * to last 3 sts, Sl2yof, P1; slide
Inverse 2b (LC): SL1, (BRP2, sl2yof) * to last 3 sts, BRP2, DLCytf (except on last repeat before inverse, then DLCytb), SL1

Bind off using JSSBO

2x2 Brioche Rib in the Round (next photo).

Cast on 40 using GTCO. Join in the round. Knit 2 base rows.
Setup Round 1: (K2, yf SL2YO) * to end of round.
Setup Round 2: (SL2YO yf, BRP2) * to end of round.

Round 1a: (BRK2, yf SL2YO) * to end of round
Round 1b: (SL2YO yf, BRP2) * to end of round

knit 2 rows. Bind off.

2x2 Two Color Brioche Rib in the Round (top 2 photos).

Cast on 48 stitches using GTCO. Join in the round.
Knit 1 round

Setup Round 1 (DC): (K2, yf SL2YO) * to end of round.
Setup Round 2 (LC): (SL2YO yf, BRP2) * to end of round

Round 1a (DC): (BRK2, yf SL2YO) * to end of round
Round 1b (LC): (SL2YO yf, BRP2) * to end of round

Knit 1 round.
Bind off.