BIAS BRIOCHE BOOKMARK
By Sara Baldwin ©2007
This dainty little bookmark could easily be lengthened into a colorful sash or scarf. The pattern will work for
any even number of stitches, but use the recommended yarn and 22 stitches if you want the colors to do their
wave thing. It is a bit tricky to get started, but knits up quickly once you catch on.
SIZE: About 3.25 inches wide, 14 inches long when blocked.
MATERIALS: One ball of Sara’s Colorwave #10 crochet thread or lace weight yarn. Knitting needles size
1.
GAUGE: not critical
Cast on 22 stitches very loosely.
Prep row (do this only once): *YO S K1* In other words, bring the yarn toward you, in front of your work
(YO or yarn over). Insert your needle into the next stitch as if to purl and slip it to the right needle (S). Then
as you knit the next stitch (K1), wrap the yarn over the right needle and to the back. For the next stitch bring
the yarn forward again between the needles, slip as if to purl, and knit the next stitch while wrapping the yarn to
the back. Repeat to the end. Now you will have 33 stitches.
Row 1: *Purl 1, skip the next stitch, knit the YO from the previous row but don’t slide it off the LH needle,
then knit the stitch you skipped and slide them both off together*
Row 2: *YO S K2tog* Do the same as in the prep row, but knit two stitches together (K2tog): both the next
stitch and the wrap (YO) from the previous row are knitted together.
Repeat these two rows until your bookmark is the desired length. Bind off loosely in *K1 K2tog*. Darn in
ends. Steam iron and starch the bookmark so it doesn’t roll.
By Sara Baldwin ©2007
This dainty little bookmark could easily be lengthened into a colorful sash or scarf. The pattern will work for
any even number of stitches, but use the recommended yarn and 22 stitches if you want the colors to do their
wave thing. It is a bit tricky to get started, but knits up quickly once you catch on.
SIZE: About 3.25 inches wide, 14 inches long when blocked.
MATERIALS: One ball of Sara’s Colorwave #10 crochet thread or lace weight yarn. Knitting needles size
1.
GAUGE: not critical
Cast on 22 stitches very loosely.
Prep row (do this only once): *YO S K1* In other words, bring the yarn toward you, in front of your work
(YO or yarn over). Insert your needle into the next stitch as if to purl and slip it to the right needle (S). Then
as you knit the next stitch (K1), wrap the yarn over the right needle and to the back. For the next stitch bring
the yarn forward again between the needles, slip as if to purl, and knit the next stitch while wrapping the yarn to
the back. Repeat to the end. Now you will have 33 stitches.
Row 1: *Purl 1, skip the next stitch, knit the YO from the previous row but don’t slide it off the LH needle,
then knit the stitch you skipped and slide them both off together*
Row 2: *YO S K2tog* Do the same as in the prep row, but knit two stitches together (K2tog): both the next
stitch and the wrap (YO) from the previous row are knitted together.
Repeat these two rows until your bookmark is the desired length. Bind off loosely in *K1 K2tog*. Darn in
ends. Steam iron and starch the bookmark so it doesn’t roll.
