Mosaic Knitting Represents
First off a big thanks to Natalie for mentioning the Treasury Project on the Craft: blog today! I am daunted by the fact that no one has volunteered for the Mosaic knitting book yet. Really, if you go out and buy the book just for this, you won’t be disappointed.
I finished a swatch for the Treasury Project. I am currently the moderator and sole contributor to the Mosaic Knitting Section. Doesn’t this swatch make you want to participate?
obligatory reverse side photo
I bet your library has the book…. Or you could get it at amazon….. Isn’t there that one chick at your knitting circle that has every knitting book known to man? You should borrow it from her.
Even though I have knit swatches of “mosaic” patterns from some of the earlier treasuries, I didn’t really catch on. These aren’t your average two color fair isle/intarsia swatch… Every one can be knit in garter or stockinette stitch. I think all of the photos in the Mosaic knittign book are of garter stitch swatches. The technique uses only one strand of yarn (one color at a time) for two rows, and stitches for the other color are slipped from the previous rows. This makes a really nice fabric, but I have to confess that it is not conducive to inattentive knitting.