Crochet Leaf Brooch Free Pattern & Pullover with Chunky Thread

Hello again, it’s Kristen from Verity Vintage Studio back with another fall-themed crochet make using Chunky Thread!

This time I decided to make a pullover top for myself, and settled on using Lagoon – a beautiful spruce blue-green color that I’m hoping will work equally well for autumn layering as well as Christmas wear. It’s hard to find crochet sweater patterns that I like and will actually wear, but I did find this lovely one and decided to give it a try.

It definitely stretched me a little out of my comfort zone, as I prefer written instructions to visual graphs, and I was glad I had a lot of experience crocheting to help figure it out – I’d say it’s certainly for the intermediate-advanced crocheter. But isn’t it pretty?

I generally use an F hook with Chunky Thread, but for this one I had to size up to a G in order to get the size to fit me.

This style of sweater is worked from the neck down, skipping stitches for the sleeves. It’s nice because you can try it on as you go and make length adjustments if desired. I ended up switching back to an F hook just for 6 or 7 rounds at the waist, which nipped it in just a trifle and gives it a better fit.

I also adapted the sleeves since I wanted a tad more arm coverage. Again I used the F hook and worked a few rounds to make them longer, and gathered them in a bit with two rounds of single crochet. You can see below how that changes them to a cap sleeve instead of the butterfly sleeve on the WIP photo on the left, and I was very pleased with the alteration.

But because this is fall (September has been SO beautiful here thus far!) I wanted to jazz it up to make it a bit more seasonal. A removable brooch was the answer, styled after the chunky novelty brooches popular in the 1940s, which is my favorite fashion era.

AND I’ve written up the pattern so you can make your own! Download the free PDF here.

For the brooch I combined Wheat with New Penny, one of Lori’s new fall colors. They look great together!

I used some thrifted wooden beads I’ve had for many years. Of course you can swap it up with using different beads, and more or less dangles – or omit them entirely if you just want a leaf cluster brooch.

Here are several variations showing what you can do with arranging the leaves prior to sewing them together. All the instructions for how to crochet and assemble the pieces are found in the pattern download above.

I was very happy with how 1940s it looks, and also what a fun, easily removable seasonal touch it adds to the pullover.

As usual, it was a pleasure to crochet with Chunky Thread. I love the beautiful shades in its expanding color range, and it’s such a good weight and material both for garments like this that can actually be washed and worn, and for smaller detailed things like the leaf brooch. I have a super fun project planned for the winter feature, so I’ll see you again then!

~Kristen