Hello, I’ve been working on my brioche stitch (thanks salmonmac!) and am struggling with getting my swatch right. 10 mm needles were ending up far too big so I switched down to 8mm and my stitch count is OK but my row count is ridiculously off. The pattern states 10sts x 24 rows for a 4in square with 10 mm needles. I’ve got 14 rows.
I don’t know if this is the ultimate arrogance but don’t think that it could be a misprint in the book? I had a look on Ravelry at brioche patterns using the same yarn suggested in my pattern and the tension is much closer to what I’m getting than what the books says.
The pattern itself is a fairly simple square construction that mainly goes from the length rather than row counts so I’m guessing that the row length on the swatch isn’t vital? But it’s so far off I’m bamboozled. If it was so far off in both directions it would make more sense to me. Maybe I just need much more practice!