Stripe Brioche Scarf

Free Scarf Knitting Pattern

This pattern is a great project for knitters who want to explore two-color brioche. The scarf is made with a mix of two-color brioche and two-color garter stitch, creating bold vertical stripes and rich texture. The pattern is worked flat and is reversible, so there's no right or wrong way to wear it. The finished scarf is warm, soft, and long enough to wrap or drape in different ways.
Skills required: To knit this scarf, you need to know how to knit 2-color brioche stitch and 2-color garter stitch.

Size: length 66” (165 cm), width 10” (25 cm)

Materials: 100% worsted weight wool, 220 yards (201 meters) / 100 gr, color beige – 1.5 skeins (LC)
100% worsted weight wool, 220 yards (201 meters) / 100 gr, color brown – 1.5 skeins (DC)

Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm) 47” (118 cm) circular needles OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE

Gauge: 16 sts x 32 rows = 4" (10 cm) in garter stitch.

Please note, that 1 row of brioche consists of 2 rows: 1 row of light color (LC) and 1 row of dark color (DC)

Abbreviations

Please note that I use Nancy Marchant's terminology for brioche stitch. I highly recommend her books Knitting Brioche: The Essential Guide to the Brioche Stitch and Knitting Fresh Brioche: Creating Two-Color Twists & Turns, as well as her lessons on craftsy.com.
yf - yarn forward: bring the yarn to the front, between the tips of the needles.
yb - yarn back: take the yarn to the back, between the tips of the needles.
yfsl1yo - yarn forward, slip 1, yarn over: bring the working yarn between the tips of the needles to front of work, slip the next stitch purlwise, then bring the yarn over the needle and the slipped stitch. Leave yarn in back, ready to knit the next stitch.
brk - brioche knit: knit the stitch together with its accompanying yarnover
brp - brioche purl: purl the stitch together with its accompanying yarnover.
LS – light side
DS – dark side
LC – light color
DC- dark color
k – knit
p – purl
sl – slip the first st


Pattern Notes:

Two-Color Brioche Stitch – Basic Instructions

These instructions are included as a guide to the technique, and as instructions for swatching.

A single brioche row is worked in two passes, one in light color (LC) and the other in dark color (DC). Both colors are worked in one direction, then the work is turned and both colors are worked in the other direction, one by one. The light side (LS) of the project is first worked in light color (LC) yarn, then in dark color (DC) yarn. (The LS of the work is where brioche knit (brk) stitches are worked in light color (LC) yarn.

Odd number of stitches
Set-up row (LC): k1, *sl1yof, p1, rep from *, to last 2 sts, sl1yof, p1. Do not turn, slide work to the other end of the needle.
Set-up row (DC): sl1, yb, *brk1, yfsl1yo, repeat from * to last 2 sts, brk1, yb, sl last st. Turn.
Row 1 (LS, LC): k1, *yfsl1yo, brk1, repeat from * to last 2 sts, yfsl1yo, k1. Do not turn, slide work to the other end of the needle.
Row 1 (LS, DC): sl1, yf, *brp1, sl1yof, repeat from * to last 2 sts, brp1, yb, slip last st. Turn.
Row 2 (DS, LC): p1, *sl1yof, brp1, repeat from * to last 2 sts, sl1yof, p1. DO not turn, slide work to the other end of the needle.
Row 2 (DS, DC): sl1, yb, *brk1, yfsl1yo, repeat from * to last 2 sts, brk1, yf, sl last st. Turn.


Two-Color Garter Stitch

These are included as a guide to the technique, and as instructions for swatching.

Row 1 (LS LC): purl. Do not turn, slide work to the other end of the needle.
Row 1 (LS DC): knit. Turn.

Row 2 (DS LC): knit. Do not turn, slide work to the other end of the needle.
Row 2 (DS DC): purl. Turn.

Chain Selvage

When working the selvage stitches at the beginning and the end of the row, at the start of the LC rows, always bring LC under the DC.


Short Overview of the pattern

The scarf is worked in a combination of 2-color brioche stitch and 2-color garter stitch.


Scarf

Using 2 strands of yarn (LC and DC), cast on 43 sts.

Row SR (DS LC): K5, p1, yf sl1yo, p1, k6, (p1, yf sl1yo) × 2, p1, k4, (p1, yf sl1yo) × 3, p1, k3, (p1, yf sl1yo) × 4, p2. (43 sts)
Row SR (DS DC): K1, p4, yf sl1yo, brk, yf sl1yo, p6, (yf sl1yo, brk) × 2, yf sl1yo, p4, (yf sl1yo, brk) × 3, yf sl1yo, p3, (yf sl1yo, brk) × 4, yf sl1yo, p1.

Row 1 (LS LC): Sl, (brk, yf sl1yo) × 4, brk, p3, (brk, yf sl1yo) × 3, brk, p4, (brk, yf sl1yo) × 2, brk, p6, brk, yf sl1yo, brk, p5.
Row 1 (LS DC): Sl, (yf sl1yo, brp) × 4, yf sl1yo, k3, (yf sl1yo, brp) × 3, yf sl1yo, k4, (yf sl1yo, brp) × 2, yf sl1yo, k6, yf sl1yo, brp, yf sl1yo, k4, p1.

Row 2 (DS LC): Sl, k4, brp, yf sl1yo, brp, k6, (brp, yf sl1yo) × 2, brp, k4, (brp, yf sl1yo) × 3, brp, k3, (brp, yf sl1yo) × 4, brp, p1.
Row 2 (DS DC): Sl, p4, yf sl1yo, brk, yf sl1yo, p6, (yf sl1yo, brk) × 2, yf sl1yo, p4, (yf sl1yo, brk) × 3, yf sl1yo, p3, (yf sl1yo, brk) × 4, yf sl1yo, p1.

Repeat rows 1-2 to desired length.

Bind off.

Finishing

Weave in ends. Block.

Enjoy!