Broadleaf is our love letter to big texture, designed around a bold brioche motif on the front (and optional back), with the sleeves in stockinette so the fabric can do the talking.

You'll hold one strand of sock yarn with one strand of lace mohair silk to create a cozy, drapey knit with that soft halo we love for brioche. The boatneck and dropped shoulders give it an easy, relaxed shape that's so easy to wear.

Design Details

The brioche motif is emphasized by working the foreground brioche color with a single strand of sock yarn, while the background uses sock yarn held together with lace mohair silk. The contrast between halo and non halo yarns creates depth and a dimensional fabric.

You can knit brioche on both front and back, or work a stockinette back for a lighter feel and a different look.

Pattern Highlights

• Bold brioche texture with soft drape

• Two styling options: brioche front and back or brioche front with stockinette back

• Relaxed silhouette with boatneck and dropped shoulders

• Straightforward finishing: seam panels, then pick up sleeves

Construction Overview

The front and back panels are worked flat. After blocking, they're seamed at the shoulders and sides using mattress stitch, leaving openings for the arms.

Sleeve stitches are picked up around the armholes and worked in the round in stockinette.

Yarn Notes

We knit our samples in Spun Right Round Classic Sock held with Mohair Silk. The combination works especially well for brioche, the sock yarn keeps the stitches defined while the mohair adds glow and softness that enhances the motif.

Classic Sock: 438 yd / 100 g (fingering weight)

Mohair Silk: 459 yd / 50 g (laceweight)

You can keep it tonal and moody, go wildly variegated, or choose a foreground accent color that really pops.

Needles & Gauge

- US 4 (3.5 mm) circular + DPNs for brioche sections

- US 5 (3.75 mm) circular + DPNs for stockinette sections

20 sts x 28 rows = 4" x 4" in stockinette on US 5, wet blocked

Brioche motif repeat on US 4 = 3.5" wide x 1" tall

Yarn & Yardage

Shown in: Spun Right Round Classic Sock + Mohair Silk

MC = foreground brioche color (single strand sock yarn)

CC = background brioche color (sock yarn + mohair)

Option 1: Brioche front and back

MC Classic Sock

300 (380, 430, 460, 520, 580, 620, 680, 720, 780, 830) yards

274 (348, 393, 421, 476, 530, 567, 622, 659, 714, 759) meters

CC Classic Sock

600 (680, 740, 800, 880, 980, 1060, 1120, 1180, 1260, 1340) yards

549 (622, 677, 732, 805, 896, 969, 1024, 1079, 1152, 1225) meters

Mohair Silk

650 (700, 780, 850, 930, 1010, 1100, 1180, 1240, 1300, 1400) yards

594 (640, 713, 777, 851, 924, 1006, 1079, 1134, 1189, 1280) meters

Option 2: Brioche front and stockinette back

MC Classic Sock

150 (190, 215, 230, 260, 290, 310, 340, 360, 390, 415) yards

137 (174, 197, 210, 238, 265, 284, 311, 329, 357, 380) meters

CC Classic Sock

730 (830, 910, 980, 1075, 1200, 1300, 1370, 1440, 1540, 1640) yards

668 (759, 832, 896, 983, 1097, 1189, 1253, 1317, 1408, 1500) meters

Mohair Silk

800 (860, 955, 1040, 1140, 1240, 1340, 1440, 1520, 1590, 1700) yards

732 (786, 873, 951, 1042, 1134, 1225, 1317, 1390, 1454, 1554) meters

Finished Measurements

Broadleaf is designed for 8–12" positive ease

To choose your size:

1. Measure your full bust

2. Add 8–12"

3. Choose the pattern size closest to that number

Bust Circumference:

35 (39, 42, 46, 49, 53, 56, 60, 63, 67, 70)"

89 (99, 107, 117, 124, 135, 142, 152, 160, 170, 178) cm

Armhole Depth:

4.75 (5, 5.5, 6, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8.25, 8.75, 9.5)"

12 (13, 14, 15, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24) cm

Biceps:

10.5 (11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.25, 18.5, 20)"

27 (28, 30, 33, 33, 36, 38, 41, 44, 47, 51) cm

Body Length:

22 (22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 26, 26, 28)"

56 (56, 56, 58, 58, 58, 61, 61, 66, 66, 71) cm

Sleeve Length:

Customizable (sample shown 15" / 38 cm)

Let's Knit Together

Broadleaf includes step by step video tutorials for the brioche and finishing, and you're always welcome to join us in our Discord community for pattern support or to share your progress.

Click here: https://discord.com/invite/M64Ec9yeng