Dry Brushing Stain

I posted this in the finishing section as well, but I figured I would post it in this section because I always seem to get way quicker responses.

I just got done putting a dry brushed (not sure if that's the technical term) coat of stain on a china hutch I built. What I did was applied the stain and then rather than using a rag to wipe off the excess, I used a brush to wipe it off which leaves quite a bit more stain on the surface. The reasoning behind it is that when I wiped off the stain with a rag, the finish was not even close to the darkness and tint I needed and applying more coats of stain didn't seem to help much. I am planning on putting on a coat of oil-based polyurethane next and I am wondering if this will affect the finish? With that much stain left on the surface, I'm worried that the solvent in the polyurethane will mess up the stain. If anyone has done this method, how did you go about putting on your top coat? Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.