I’m new to mosaic knitting and just wasn’t “getting it” with the pattern I was working. This was an awesome help. Thank you so much for the clear explanation and demonstration!
Thank you for the clear instructions. I was just stuck on how to start the first row and realized the chart “started” using the contrasting color first. Great tutorial!
Unfortunately no, because mosaic has some limitations. You are only working with one color on each row, and you can only slip a small number of sts in sequence before your floats get too long. I've heard of knitters doing standard 2-color colorwork charts by doing each row in two passes - knitting the stitches of one color and slipping the other color. This doesn't allow for good float management though, and honestly would take twice as long as doing standard colorwork, for which there are several techniques.
Gosh, Wendy - all these years I've "known" you and I never once suspected you were a thrower and not a picker. Now I'm **really** impressed by all the sweaters you churn out! Also I didn't realize the snowflake pattern socks were mosaic - I can do mosaic, no problemo. I was checking on M-I-T-R for another sock I saw on Rav. Your snowflake pattern will give me another one to knit! Is there anything special about starting toe-up with MITR? Can I pop in any heel I like? Or is there a heel you recommend?
hope someone can answer me. Like many, I'm new to mosaic so don't know quite how to figure things out. Is a round the entire number of stitches on both the back and front needles or is a round the number of stitches on one needle when working in Magic Loop? Page 2 of the instructions say to knit four rounds after completing the cuff, so that was 56, 64 or 72 stitches per round. The Set up round for the Mystery Sock Clue #2 is where I became confused. It says on Set Up Round 2 to Sl1, then k to end of round. Same on Set Up Round 4. Do I slip the first stitch on the front needle and on the back needle, like you do on the pg 3 chart, or do I slip the first stitch on the first needle and knit the other 55, 63 or 71 sts? What exactly are we calling a round in this case?
Hello Carol! A round is defined as all the stitches on both needles - the full number of sts that you cast on. The rounds that start with a slipped st are done that way to reduce the visibility of the "jog" that occurs due to the color change. When you do those rounds, you slip the first st in the round, and then knit all the remaining sts on both needles. Hope this helps!
Thank you, this explanation is very helpful when knitting mosaic for the first time 👍
I’m new to mosaic knitting and just wasn’t “getting it” with the pattern I was working. This was an awesome help. Thank you so much for the clear explanation and demonstration!
Thank you for the clear instructions. I was just stuck on how to start the first row and realized the chart “started” using the contrasting color first. Great tutorial!
New sub. Better late than never. I found a video that makes it seem a lot easier to do.
Thank you! This was very helpful.
G’day, that was really, really helpful, thank you 🇦🇺
Thanks for this. Attempting my first mosaic knitting with an RBG dissent collar.
Thank you so much!
Super an thank you so much
Love your video. Is there a way to take any chart and turn it into a slip mosaic knit pattern?
Unfortunately no, because mosaic has some limitations. You are only working with one color on each row, and you can only slip a small number of sts in sequence before your floats get too long. I've heard of knitters doing standard 2-color colorwork charts by doing each row in two passes - knitting the stitches of one color and slipping the other color. This doesn't allow for good float management though, and honestly would take twice as long as doing standard colorwork, for which there are several techniques.
Gosh, Wendy - all these years I've "known" you and I never once suspected you were a thrower and not a picker. Now I'm **really** impressed by all the sweaters you churn out! Also I didn't realize the snowflake pattern socks were mosaic - I can do mosaic, no problemo. I was checking on M-I-T-R for another sock I saw on Rav. Your snowflake pattern will give me another one to knit! Is there anything special about starting toe-up with MITR? Can I pop in any heel I like? Or is there a heel you recommend?
hope someone can answer me. Like many, I'm new to mosaic so don't know quite how to figure things out. Is a round the entire number of stitches on both the back and front needles or is a round the number of stitches on one needle when working in Magic Loop? Page 2 of the instructions say to knit four rounds after completing the cuff, so that was 56, 64 or 72 stitches per round. The Set up round for the Mystery Sock Clue #2 is where I became confused. It says on Set Up Round 2 to Sl1, then k to end of round. Same on Set Up Round 4. Do I slip the first stitch on the front needle and on the back needle, like you do on the pg 3 chart, or do I slip the first stitch on the first needle and knit the other 55, 63 or 71 sts? What exactly are we calling a round in this case?
Hello Carol! A round is defined as all the stitches on both needles - the full number of sts that you cast on. The rounds that start with a slipped st are done that way to reduce the visibility of the "jog" that occurs due to the color change. When you do those rounds, you slip the first st in the round, and then knit all the remaining sts on both needles. Hope this helps!
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