Colorwork the Easy Way!: Mosaic Knitting

Saturday, February 8, 2025, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Harry Wells

Mosaic slip-stitch patterns can boast amazing colorwork without the hassle of stranding or working with multiple colors in a row! Along with the basic mosaic knitting technique for garter stitch and stockinette stitch, learn to predict when combinations of variegated and solid color yarn work together and when they will not, how charts are written and read differently for mosaic knitting, and practical tips about navigating the technique. Also covered are examples of adding slip stitch to basic garter and progressively adding one, two, and three colors to achieve stunning colorwork results with so little effort!

  

Important Workshop Details:

Price
$49.99
Skill Level
Beginner
Prerequisites
Students must be proficient at casting on (long tail cast-on preferred), knitting, purling, and basic increases and decreases (k2tog, ssk, etc.) Familiarity with reading basic knitting charts is helpful.
Supplies Students Must Bring

US Size 6 or 7 straight or 16” circular knitting needles, two to four small balls (25 grs each) of worsted weight wool yarn in contrasting colors for swatch practice in class, stitch markers.
For scarf project to start in class, worsted weight wool or wool blend yarn, in 2 highly contrasting colors (MC and CC), 100 gr each.

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Worsted-Weight Yarn
Straight Knitting Needles
Circular Knitting Needles
Stitch Markers

 

Homework
No