Being relatively new to knitting, I have to admit that I wasn't even sure WTF mosaic knitting was until I purchased this cute and colorful kit from Kira K Designs at Lambtown. Certainly I've seen it and admired it but until I actually tried it, I suppose I just assumed that all stranded colorwork was knit in the Fair Isle fashion and I had no idea that the same motifs could also be knit simply using slip stitches and then knitting them with contrasting colors.
Now that I've done it, I'm like, "Duhhh!", but at the time it was a startling revelation. Concept-wise, it's quite similar to tapestry or intarsia crochet and the motif charts are easily interchangeable.
This pattern was extremely easy to follow. It has charts and written options and striping sequence options for a 2-color or 8-color cowl. The yarn included in this kit is from Knitted Wit. It's worsted weight SWM and extremely soft and squishy.
As you can see, I opted for the 8-color version which leaves no shortage of ends to be woven in. I knit this pattern with the US 6 and 9 needles recommended and it came out shorter than the finished dimensions on the pattern but since I had some extra yarn leftover, I just repeated the same color pattern on the bottom and the top.
Xena looks like some sort of extraterrestrial plant with her fashion star pose.
T pins offer endless (dangerous) hours of amusement for a toddler.
I always feel a bit ludicrous posing in a cowl indoors but it's too rainy and foggy (incidentally, it's perfect cowl weather) to take very fine photos outdoors this afternoon. I am completely satisfied with this kit and I look forward to trying this pattern again with some yarn from my own stash and the 2-color option.
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