Brocado by Paula Pereira

Brocado

Knitting
June 2023
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in pattern
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1094 - 2435 yards (1000 - 2227 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)
English Portuguese

Brocado, meaning “brocade” in Portuguese, is another garment mixing knitting with different crafts. The Brocado sweater is Paula’s interpretation of brocade fabrics, and it combines knitting and delicate hand embroidery. The short-sleeved design has an all-over lace stitch pattern with a distinctive, almost three-dimensional effect. With a contrasting color, you embroider a few stitches to enhance the delicate texture even further.

Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)

Recommended ease 2–4” / 5–10 cm of positive ease.

Finished measurements
Chest circumference: 36 (44, 52, 60, 68)“ / 91 (112, 132, 152, 173) cm.
Body length from underarm to hem: 10.5 (10.5, 10.5, 11, 11)” / 26 (26, 26, 27, 27) cm.
Yoke depth: 7 (8.25, 9.25, 9.25, 10.25)“ / 18 (21, 23.5, 23.5, 26) cm.
Neckline circumference: 18.5 (18.5, 19.5, 23, 25)” / 47 (47, 49, 58.5, 64) cm.
Upper arm circumference: 11.75 (13.75, 16.25, 19.5, 22.25)“ / 30 (35, 41, 49, 56.5) cm.
Cuff circumference: 9 (9.75, 11, 12, 13)” / 23 (25, 28, 30.5, 33) cm.
Short sleeves length: 5 (5, 5, 5.5, 5.5)“ / 10 (10, 10, 14, 14) cm.
Long sleeves length: 17.25 (17.25, 18.25, 18.25, 19)” / 44 (44, 46.5, 46.5, 48) cm.
Total length: 18 (19, 20, 20.5, 21.5)“ / 45 (48, 50.5, 52, 54.5) cm.

Materials
Yarn
MC – 3 (3, 4, 4, 5) skeins of Grace by Sonder Yarn Co. (75% merino,
15% cashmere, 10% silk, 490 yds / 448 m – 115 g), colorway Baleine.

Or approx. 999 (1245, 1560, 1852, 2223) yds / 913 (1138, 1426, 1693, 2032) m of fingering weight yarn.

CC – 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) skein of Grace by Sonder Yarn Co. (75% merino, 15% cashmere, 10% silk, 490 yds / 448 m – 115 g), colorway Érable.
Or approx. 95 (119, 149, 177, 212) yds / 87 (109, 137, 162, 195) m of fingering weight yarn.

Needles
US 3 / 3.25 mm and US 4 / 3.5 mm16” / 40 cm circular needles (and a set of DPNs if not working with Magic Loop Method); US 4 / 3.5 mm 24” / 60 cm circular needles; US 4 / 3.5 mm 32” / 80 cm
circular needles. Or size to obtain gauge.

Gauge
28 sts x 38 rnds to 4” / 10 cm on US 4 / 3.5 mm needles in charted
textured st pattern, after blocking.