How to knit brp – brioche purl

What does BRP mean in knitting?

BRP stands for brioche purl. It’s a stitch required for knitting the brioche stitch in the round or in two colors. Basically, it’s a purl two together worked through a stitch you’ve slipped in the previous row and its overlaying yarn over. You often also hear people saying “burp”. It’s the opposite of a BRK (brioche knit).

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Instructions: How to knit brp

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BRP is a stitch required for knitting the brioche stitch in the round or using two colors. It's typically called for later into a pattern and after one or two preparation rows.

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Materials

• Any yarn works. I am using the Schachenmayr Catania Grande in this tutorial

Tools

• Any type of knitting needle. I am using the Knitter's Pride Dreamz here

Instructions

1. To start the brp, bring the yarn to the front of your work.
   
   
2. With the right needle, enter the double stitch (the sl1yo) on the left needle from right to left (so as if to purl).
   
3. Wrap the working yarn around the needle counterclockwise.
   
4. Pull the working yarn through and towards the back.
   
5. Drop the double stitch (the original sl1yo) off the left needle and tighten up.
   

So, essentially, there is no real difference compared to purl two together. The only tangible difference is that you can work p2tog through any stitches of your choice, whereas a BRP is only worked through a SL1yo combo in brioche knitting. That’s basically it.

It’s also very easy to read your knitting. If the next double stitch has a little (double) bump at its base, then this typically means you have to brioche purl it. If, on the other hand, it has a little column of “V”s at its base, you would have to brioche knit it.

Anyway, that’s how to brp. Comment below, if you still have any questions