The Braided Bread Sweater is a beautifully detailed sweater that you’ll want to wear all fall and winter long. With a nod to classic cable sweater motifs, the Braided Bread Sweater brings a new twist by using brioche stitches to allow these cables to pop against a contrasting background color. This project will allow you to take your brioche knitting skills to a new level, but with only two new stitches to learn, you will conquer these deceptively simple cables in no time. Combining the squishy brioche stitch with light fingering weight yarn creates a garment that will keep you warm in the winter chill, while still being comfortable when you step inside. This sweater is knit flat in pieces from the bottom up and seamed. The straight body shape and set in sleeves create a silhouette that is flattering on a person of any gender.

Sizes:
Size 1, 2, 3, (4, 5, 6), 7, 8, 9
Finished bust circumference of garment: 33, 36, 40, (44, 48, 52), 56, 60, 64 in/81, 91, 102, (112, 122, 132), 142, 152, 163 cm
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Recommended ease: 3-6 in (7.5-15 cm), samples are shown with 4 in/10 cm positive ease.

Yarn:
Color A: Fingering Weight 930, 980, 1070, (1140, 1230, 1300), 1370, 1490, 1570 yds/850, 896, 978, (1042, 1124, 1188), 1252, 1362, 1435 m

Harrisville Designs, Shetland in color Silver Mist (217 yds/198 m in 50g, 100% Pure Wool) – Copper and silver sample

Sweet Paprika Designs, Molto Crescendo in color Natural (435 yds/389 m in 100g, 100% superwash merino wool) – Brown to blue gradient sample

Color B: Fingering Weight 1160, 1230, 1340, (1430, 1540, 1630), 1710, 1850, 1960 yds/1060, 1124, 1225, (1307, 1408, 1490), 1563, 1691, 1792 m

Harrisville Designs, Shetland in color Foliage (217 yds/198 m in 50g, 100% Pure Wool) – Copper and silver sample

Sweet Paprika Designs, Crescendo gradient set in color Gaia (522 yds/477 m in 120g, 20g/87yds per mini skein, 100% superwash merino wool) – Brown to blue gradient sample

When selecting yarn colors, I recommend using a lighter color yarn as color A and a darker color yarn as color B to increase the cables popping out against the background

Gauge:
19 stitches x 28 rows = 4in/10cm in 2 color brioche rib after gentle blocking (do not stretch the fabric).

Needles:
32” US 4/3.5 mm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge. Second circular needle of the same size (length is not important).
32” US 3/3.25 mm or needle one size smaller than that used to obtain gauge
16” US 3/3.25 mm or needle one size smaller than that used to obtain gauge

Notions:
Stitch markers, locking stitch markers/cable needles, stitch holder/waste yarn, or an additional US 4 needle, darning needle

If you would like an introduction to brioche cables before jumping into a sweater pattern with all over cables, the Brioche Cable Arrows Scarf is a great place to start.