Ack! I can't believe I forgot about the practice chart (and even more importantly, my martini recipe!). Here's the link to my website where you will find both: www.knicoleknits.com/2024/03/11/so-flawless-and-easy-its-like-cheating/ 😁🍸🧶👍
You certainly convinced me that mosaic knitting is a fantastic way of creating colourful textured fabric for all kinds of garments or blankets. The best demo ever!
Hi Knicole, I downloaded your practice chart. I loved it and found the knitting process quite easy -- but (there's always a "but", right?) my finished practice piece did not look like the design. I suspect it had something to do with me not knowing what to do with the red outlined section (my practice piece was 32 stitches wide). I looked for your guidance on the red outlined area, but couldn't find it. Can you give me a time stamp so I can locate it? Thanks!
Oh my goodness! You're right - I just went back and watched and I didn't address how the outlined repeat section works. My apologies! Here's how you do it: If you only cast on 11 sts, then you work the chart exactly as shown. BUT, if you want to cast on more stitches, you're going to add them in multiples of 8 because there are 8 stitches inside the RED repeat lines. So, let's say you cast on 19 stitches. Now you're going to work the chart up to and including stitch 9, THEN you go back and work stitches 2-9 again, THEN finish the swatch with stitches 10 and 11. I hope that makes sense! 😋
I've had 10 skeins of khaki and 2 skeins of dark purple Drops Silke-Tweed for the last12 years cuz I couldn't decide what to do with it. I finally decided to do a solid color cardigan and have finished 2/3 of it from the top down. Now after seeing how easy mosaics are I'm thinking I need to frog back a ways and add some mosaic to it. I guess I need to try it on to decide where to put it. Thanks Nicole, you just added some excitement to a boring knit. One question. Is there a trick to measuring sleeve length for a raglan sweater?
Yay! I hope you have great fun playing with mosaic in your project. As for sleeve length, I usually focus on the measurement between the underarm and the desired sleeve length. That point can vary quite a bit depending on the fit. If it's a close fitting sweater, that underarm point is probably higher and so the sleeve would need to be longer. On a loose fit, the point would be lower and farther out, so the sleeve would end up shorter. Does that help? If you have more questions, let me know 😊
I found this video very intriguing. I had never really understood mosaic knitting before this. Your explanation was perfectly clear! I took the sample chart and did a "test" swatch with three version of the colorwork -- I did one repeat in garter stitch mosaic, one repeat in stocking stitch mosaic and a final repeat in fair isle (purling the even # rows). I discovered I did not like the garter stitch for a few reasons - I had to remember to bring the yarn to the front when slipping the stiches, and I didn't care for the look of the finished pattern. I liked the stocking stitch better because I preferred the smoother look and the ease of stitching. When you are purling back, the yard is already on the back of the work. Very interesting lesson - THANK YOU!!!
Bought the Walker book and was surprised to see how many swastika patterns are in it. I guess at the time it was published, folks didn't mind ancient Nordic motifs, but now I would be castigated for producing anything in those patterns. I personally know people who have been accused of heinous beliefs because they bought and wore trim based on historic Nordic motifs like these.
Thank you for calling out Barbara Walker! The algorithm has been pushing this vid at me and I was afraid to click for fear of proper attribution. Her pattern books, recommended by EZ, are awesome!
I always give cred where it's due. BW is such a huge resource. When she called her books "treasuries" I don't think she could have known how valuble they would become to the knitting world. :D
Good lerd how did I forget Marianne Kinzel?!? The list goes on and on... Who will I forget next in the knitting hall of fame? Kaffe fasset I guess, but he's more about machine knitting. Guess we need to split those, but then many machine knitting techniques have found application to hand knitting with tuck stitches and such. This conversation would be so much better in person, martinis in hand 😂 oh and martin storey, he's another commercial designer bringing his machine stuff to us handknitters.... Where does it end?
But of course our dear Elizabeth Zimmermann is the queen of all the knitting greats, though lloie and meg have said that she would refuse this title evrn though it was fully hers
Natasha Hornsby, Catlin Hunter, Jennifer Beale have incredible patterns, but many are charted only. I'm trying to learn charts. Great points for all that are fearful or haven't tried it. I love slip-stitch patterns. I have not done much chart work. How do you locate increasing on a slip-stitch cart?
I love your videos. I’m nowhere near as good a knitter as you but I’ve been knitting for six decades now and learn something new each time I watch you. Love your sense of humour, I’d watch even I didn’t knit, really cheers me up. Thank you
@@nanfredman1991 If you're on Ravelry - add me to your friends and I'll find you. I also have a Knicoleknits Ravelry group where I could start a thread for member project pics ☺
To take a picture with your iPhone you don’t even need to take the picture. Actually you can just go to the color filters and view it in mono you don’t actually have to take a picture on the iPhone I don’t know about other phones but on the iPhone you can just switch your color filters tomorrow and look at it through the lens. You don’t need to take a picture.
Nicole, I just love your podcasts and martinis too! I look forward to meeting you on an Island fleece fest. Meanwhile I wanted to remark that your mustard/gray cowl may also be more quiet because you used stocking stitch on the purl side rather than the garter stitch. I find this mosaic approach is a terrific stash buster.
Hi! You can find me at Fibrations in Victoria this Sunday, or at the Cowichan Fleece and Fibre fest in October 😊 I think you're right about the difference between stockinette and garter in my cowl. I was being lazy and just wanted to knit every round 😋
I love mosaic crochet, both regular and tunisian, so your video made me super stoked to try mosaic knitting! I am still a beginner knitter, so I'm quite slow (and I still crochet most of the time) which means my projects take a long time to finish. I don't think I will be able to keep up with the KAL, so I think I will try the pattern in your video or look up some other patterns to try in my own pace :) Thank you for the inspiration!
Excellent! I love mosaic crochet too. You can check out my crochet episode to see badly I failed at it before getting it right...lol. I think mosaic knitting is easier than mosaic crochet (but I might be biased). Let me know how it goes or if you need any help!!
Ooh, I will definitely look up that video! And thank you, I will for sure ask for help if I get stuck. You made it seem so easy in your video so my fingers are crossed that I will be able to do it :D Right now I am trying lace knitting for the first time, with the Farnese shawl by Paula Wiśniewska (Polka Knits). I think I will try the mosaic knitting after completing this shawl.
It's so inspiring to see what can be created in crochet! I came to knitting first so crochet is so fing difficult to wrap my brain around, but powering through the block 😂 amazing to see the beautiful things!
I’m in for the KAL I have watch several of your you tube and have tried to play with converting pattern for your wrap overs. My question if we buy knit will there be enough yarn for the wrap over. IM SO EXCITED. I have done mosaic knitting and love it.
H Nicole, I’m so glad I’ve your channel- you are teaching me so many cool things 😁🧶I also really enjoy your sense of fun. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺
You gave me the urge of trying that technique! I look at your knitting needles and I find them so nice... they are sharp and seem to work very well. What brand are they? Thank you for showing us all that!
Thank you! They are Signature brand needles, but sadly they stopped making them last year. You might be able to track them down used somewhere. I’m still on the lookout for ones I like as much as these 😊
Excellent but when demonstrating your hands and needles are on the edge of the bottom of the screen. It would be helpful if you raised your work up the screen on camera. Regocus camera. Thanks. You have me intrigued.
I enjoyed this episode, thank you. I am knitting the pressed flowers cardigan for my 50th wedding anniversary! It’s not my first mosaic, but I have to say it takes me a while to get going, but then it flies!
Thanks for watching! Most often, these kinds of designs end with a few rows of the background color in garter (same way they start), so you would bind off in whatever color you finished with. Hope this helps!
There are limitations. Straight diagonal lines are pretty much impossible. But you can definitely adapt many stranded chart to mosaic. I’m working on several that I will eventually share. ☺️
I just tried one of Barbara Walkers patterns in the round. Does she have an 'In-the-Round' pattern book? It came out just OK, but a little bit tight. I figure there is a particular way to knit mosaic in-the-round.
She does not have an in the round book that I’m aware of. When working mosaic in the round, you’ll work each row twice, either knitting or purling the unslipped stitches on the second round, depending on whether or not you want stocking stitch or garter. I hope you’re enjoying playing with this method! 😊
@@Knicoleknits I will do a google search. I want to make a bunch of winter socks for the family with a snowflake motif. Thanks for your interesting, knowledgeable and entertaining videos!
Yikes! I can't believe I forgot!!! Thanks so much for jogging my martini-addled memory. I'll post the link to both in the description box right this minute.
It can get a little dense, especially in garter stitch. Pick a mosaic pattern, start with 4.5 mm needle and do a swatch in both garter and stocking stitch and see how the fabric comes out. I generally find that one needle size up from the usual for the yarn weight is enough to resolve any density issues. 😊
It should work well, you could work with either two colours of hand spun, or you could work with a plain dk/light worsted commercial yarn for one colour and a hand spun for the contrast, many of Andrea Mowry's patterns use spincycle yarns, which look quite like hand spun, so you could get a similar look with your own yarns. A 2 or 3 ply fractal spun yarn would have some lovely subtle colour changes.
for us dense folk, haha. in all these charts there are the edge stitches. Now, im sure but going to ask, those stitches are not used in the pattern. those are only on the edges, right? the middle stitches are repeated until reaching the end. This always messes me up in graphs, haha.
Not dense at all! You’re correct - in most charts there are stitches on either side of the pattern repeat. These stitches are worked only at the beginning and end of the row. UNLESS you’re working in the round, then you omit the edge stitches altogether. Clear as mud? 😁
@@Knicoleknits thankyou. I tried mosaic knitting once. I struggled, mostly when I walked away & picked it back up. Your video came up other day. I was subscribed but good old you tube had unsubbed me. I've resulted & am following your guidance. Now, where did I set my martini, haha
I'll take that as a huge compliment! I love Cat Bordhi. She blew my mind with mobius knitting. I also love your handle - I'm very partial to extra pointy knitting needles!
@@Knicoleknits Pointy af is the only way 😂 experienced enough that I can make anything work at this point but as a professional mechanic I'm very picky about my tools! Your videos really do remind me of Cat's. Awesome way of explaining things in a very approachable way
Ack! I can't believe I forgot about the practice chart (and even more importantly, my martini recipe!). Here's the link to my website where you will find both: www.knicoleknits.com/2024/03/11/so-flawless-and-easy-its-like-cheating/ 😁🍸🧶👍
Make sure you don't drink one ti miartoonis!
@@kayceegreer4418 🤣🤣🤣🍸🍸🍸
You certainly convinced me that mosaic knitting is a fantastic way of creating colourful textured fabric for all kinds of garments or blankets. The best demo ever!
Thanks, Monique! Xox
Thanks for the detailed explanation. Just what I needed.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Knicole, I downloaded your practice chart. I loved it and found the knitting process quite easy -- but (there's always a "but", right?) my finished practice piece did not look like the design. I suspect it had something to do with me not knowing what to do with the red outlined section (my practice piece was 32 stitches wide). I looked for your guidance on the red outlined area, but couldn't find it. Can you give me a time stamp so I can locate it? Thanks!
Oh my goodness! You're right - I just went back and watched and I didn't address how the outlined repeat section works. My apologies! Here's how you do it:
If you only cast on 11 sts, then you work the chart exactly as shown.
BUT, if you want to cast on more stitches, you're going to add them in multiples of 8 because there are 8 stitches inside the RED repeat lines.
So, let's say you cast on 19 stitches. Now you're going to work the chart up to and including stitch 9, THEN you go back and work stitches 2-9 again, THEN finish the swatch with stitches 10 and 11.
I hope that makes sense! 😋
I'm a rank beginner. If I want to do 3 pattern repeats would I cast on 28 stitches, 1+24+3? Thank you.
That’s exactly right! Well done 😁
I've had 10 skeins of khaki and 2 skeins of dark purple Drops Silke-Tweed for the last12 years cuz I couldn't decide what to do with it. I finally decided to do a solid color cardigan and have finished 2/3 of it from the top down. Now after seeing how easy mosaics are I'm thinking I need to frog back a ways and add some mosaic to it. I guess I need to try it on to decide where to put it. Thanks Nicole, you just added some excitement to a boring knit. One question. Is there a trick to measuring sleeve length for a raglan sweater?
Yay! I hope you have great fun playing with mosaic in your project.
As for sleeve length, I usually focus on the measurement between the underarm and the desired sleeve length. That point can vary quite a bit depending on the fit. If it's a close fitting sweater, that underarm point is probably higher and so the sleeve would need to be longer. On a loose fit, the point would be lower and farther out, so the sleeve would end up shorter. Does that help? If you have more questions, let me know 😊
wowwww thank you so very much. I am very happy I found you absolutely amazing tutorial . You are a great educator
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 😊
I found this video very intriguing. I had never really understood mosaic knitting before this. Your explanation was perfectly clear! I took the sample chart and did a "test" swatch with three version of the colorwork -- I did one repeat in garter stitch mosaic, one repeat in stocking stitch mosaic and a final repeat in fair isle (purling the even # rows).
I discovered I did not like the garter stitch for a few reasons - I had to remember to bring the yarn to the front when slipping the stiches, and I didn't care for the look of the finished pattern. I liked the stocking stitch better because I preferred the smoother look and the ease of stitching. When you are purling back, the yard is already on the back of the work. Very interesting lesson - THANK YOU!!!
You're so welcome! That's what I love about mosaic - it's so flexible 😊
Bought the Walker book and was surprised to see how many swastika patterns are in it. I guess at the time it was published, folks didn't mind ancient Nordic motifs, but now I would be castigated for producing anything in those patterns. I personally know people who have been accused of heinous beliefs because they bought and wore trim based on historic Nordic motifs like these.
Hmm…I hadn’t thought of that. I’ll make note for next time I talk about her books.
Thank you for calling out Barbara Walker! The algorithm has been pushing this vid at me and I was afraid to click for fear of proper attribution. Her pattern books, recommended by EZ, are awesome!
I always give cred where it's due. BW is such a huge resource. When she called her books "treasuries" I don't think she could have known how valuble they would become to the knitting world. :D
@@Knicoleknits True that! Her experiments made her a visionary right in line with EZ, Cat Bordhi, Norah Gaughan, Jared Flood, etc...
Good lerd how did I forget Marianne Kinzel?!? The list goes on and on...
Who will I forget next in the knitting hall of fame? Kaffe fasset I guess, but he's more about machine knitting. Guess we need to split those, but then many machine knitting techniques have found application to hand knitting with tuck stitches and such. This conversation would be so much better in person, martinis in hand 😂 oh and martin storey, he's another commercial designer bringing his machine stuff to us handknitters.... Where does it end?
I KNOW! So many amazing resources to explore. I’m madly in love with Thea Coleman right now. I might need to do a whole video on her designs 🥰
But of course our dear Elizabeth Zimmermann is the queen of all the knitting greats, though lloie and meg have said that she would refuse this title evrn though it was fully hers
I am brand new to mosaic knitting. I have only made a dish rag that turned out way smaller than it was supposed to. I guess I'm a TIGHT knitter😂
Try going up a needle size or two. If I'm doing mosaic with a DK yarn, I will use a 4.5mm/7 needle, for example 😊
So glad I found your channel. Everything is always easy and fun! ❤
Thanks for watching 😊
Always love your videos. And the Nightshift Shawl I made last year. Now you’ve inspired me yet again. Thanks for your creativity, skill, and sharing.
Thank you so much! Please let me know if there’s a particular topic you’d like to see 😁
This was very helpful thank you ❤
I'm learning Mosaic. I've found a pattern for a vest in wool ease. Hope it will be easy
Yay! You can do it! 😃
Natasha Hornsby, Catlin Hunter, Jennifer Beale have incredible patterns, but many are charted only. I'm trying to learn charts. Great points for all that are fearful or haven't tried it. I love slip-stitch patterns. I have not done much chart work. How do you locate increasing on a slip-stitch cart?
Great info. However, you are out of frame for the tutorial.
So sorry about that. I'm still working on a good set up for my "hand cam" shots. I haven't quite figured it out yet, but soon I'll have it right!! 😋
I love your videos. I’m nowhere near as good a knitter as you but I’ve been knitting for six decades now and learn something new each time I watch you. Love your sense of humour, I’d watch even I didn’t knit, really cheers me up. Thank you
Thanks so much! I believe strongly in adding fun and entertainment along with education. Thanks for "getting" me :D
To create a reversible mosaic is what I'm waiting for. ❤
Ooo…interesting concept. This is something for my brain to chew on…🤔
I succumbed to the Nightshift shawl and the $$ but drool-worthy Spincycle yarns. Then I found the mosaic knitting book. Mmmmm. So much wooly goodness!
Knitting the Nightshift in the Spincycle is going to be VERY satisfying. I'm feeling a bit jealous...😉
@@Knicoleknits I wish I could post a picture. I love the heck out of that shawl!
@@nanfredman1991 If you're on Ravelry - add me to your friends and I'll find you. I also have a Knicoleknits Ravelry group where I could start a thread for member project pics ☺
To take a picture with your iPhone you don’t even need to take the picture. Actually you can just go to the color filters and view it in mono you don’t actually have to take a picture on the iPhone I don’t know about other phones but on the iPhone you can just switch your color filters tomorrow and look at it through the lens. You don’t need to take a picture.
Really? Cool! Thanks so much for this tip 😁
Can you do a of this wra😊
Nicole, I just love your podcasts and martinis too! I look forward to meeting you on an Island fleece fest. Meanwhile I wanted to remark that your mustard/gray cowl may also be more quiet because you used stocking stitch on the purl side rather than the garter stitch. I find this mosaic approach is a terrific stash buster.
Hi! You can find me at Fibrations in Victoria this Sunday, or at the Cowichan Fleece and Fibre fest in October 😊 I think you're right about the difference between stockinette and garter in my cowl. I was being lazy and just wanted to knit every round 😋
@@Knicoleknits I’ll have to get to the Cowichan event
I love mosaic crochet, both regular and tunisian, so your video made me super stoked to try mosaic knitting! I am still a beginner knitter, so I'm quite slow (and I still crochet most of the time) which means my projects take a long time to finish.
I don't think I will be able to keep up with the KAL, so I think I will try the pattern in your video or look up some other patterns to try in my own pace :) Thank you for the inspiration!
Excellent! I love mosaic crochet too. You can check out my crochet episode to see badly I failed at it before getting it right...lol. I think mosaic knitting is easier than mosaic crochet (but I might be biased). Let me know how it goes or if you need any help!!
Ooh, I will definitely look up that video! And thank you, I will for sure ask for help if I get stuck. You made it seem so easy in your video so my fingers are crossed that I will be able to do it :D
Right now I am trying lace knitting for the first time, with the Farnese shawl by Paula Wiśniewska (Polka Knits). I think I will try the mosaic knitting after completing this shawl.
It's so inspiring to see what can be created in crochet! I came to knitting first so crochet is so fing difficult to wrap my brain around, but powering through the block 😂 amazing to see the beautiful things!
I’ve all the Barbara Walker books. Just wonderful things to do!
Brilliant concept, brilliantly executed…! Glad I discovered your channel! Thanks for sharing with us.
Thanks so much for watching! 😊
I’m in for the KAL I have watch several of your you tube and have tried to play with converting pattern for your wrap overs. My question if we buy knit will there be enough yarn for the wrap over. IM SO EXCITED. I have done mosaic knitting and love it.
I completed my wrap using the yarn in the kit with no problem at all 😊
H Nicole, I’m so glad I’ve your channel- you are teaching me so many cool things 😁🧶I also really enjoy your sense of fun. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you so much! I seem to be collecting quite a few fans in Australia. Maybe there's a trip there in my future 😉😍
3 strands from 1 ball? COOL!!! Can't wait!
Wow! You have really piqued my interest. I am shocked by how easy this looks. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤
You're going to love it! Thanks for watching 😄
You gave me the urge of trying that technique! I look at your knitting needles and I find them so nice... they are sharp and seem to work very well. What brand are they? Thank you for showing us all that!
Thank you! They are Signature brand needles, but sadly they stopped making them last year. You might be able to track them down used somewhere. I’m still on the lookout for ones I like as much as these 😊
Excellent but when demonstrating your hands and needles are on the edge of the bottom of the screen. It would be helpful if you raised your work up the screen on camera. Regocus camera. Thanks. You have me intrigued.
Thanks for your kindness and patience. I’m new at this and still trying to figure out how to do overheads well. Bear with me - I’ll get there 😋
Wow! I was always so intimidated by this style. You have completely de-mystified this for me. 😊
Yay!
I enjoyed this episode, thank you. I am knitting the pressed flowers cardigan for my 50th wedding anniversary! It’s not my first mosaic, but I have to say it takes me a while to get going, but then it flies!
Congrats on 50 years! Wow!! I’m so obsessed with slip stitch colorwork, I may never go back to stranded knitting 🤣
Excellent informative video, thanks! How do you cast this off? Both threads at a time?
Thanks for watching! Most often, these kinds of designs end with a few rows of the background color in garter (same way they start), so you would bind off in whatever color you finished with. Hope this helps!
Can you convert stranded colorwork charts to mosaic? Are there limitations?
There are limitations. Straight diagonal lines are pretty much impossible. But you can definitely adapt many stranded chart to mosaic. I’m working on several that I will eventually share. ☺️
Thanks for sharing this technique. It looks certainly worth a try!
Thanks so much for watching!!
I just tried one of Barbara Walkers patterns in the round. Does she have an 'In-the-Round' pattern book? It came out just OK, but a little bit tight. I figure there is a particular way to knit mosaic in-the-round.
She does not have an in the round book that I’m aware of. When working mosaic in the round, you’ll work each row twice, either knitting or purling the unslipped stitches on the second round, depending on whether or not you want stocking stitch or garter. I hope you’re enjoying playing with this method! 😊
@@Knicoleknits I will do a google search. I want to make a bunch of winter socks for the family with a snowflake motif. Thanks for your interesting, knowledgeable and entertaining videos!
Pattern with martini recipe, please.❤❤🤣🤣
Yikes! I can't believe I forgot!!! Thanks so much for jogging my martini-addled memory. I'll post the link to both in the description box right this minute.
Does it make the finished fabric overly thick?
I’m a spinner and my usual spin is a DK-weight. How would this knit up using mosaic??
It can get a little dense, especially in garter stitch. Pick a mosaic pattern, start with 4.5 mm needle and do a swatch in both garter and stocking stitch and see how the fabric comes out. I generally find that one needle size up from the usual for the yarn weight is enough to resolve any density issues. 😊
@@Knicoleknits thanks!
I will definitely give it a go… looks interesting.
It should work well, you could work with either two colours of hand spun, or you could work with a plain dk/light worsted commercial yarn for one colour and a hand spun for the contrast, many of Andrea Mowry's patterns use spincycle yarns, which look quite like hand spun, so you could get a similar look with your own yarns. A 2 or 3 ply fractal spun yarn would have some lovely subtle colour changes.
Yes I am interested Nicole. Am I late?
Not at all! Send me an email to knicoleknitsdesign@gmail.com and I’ll send you the links to the previous Zoom sessions 😊
for us dense folk, haha. in all these charts there are the edge stitches. Now, im sure but going to ask, those stitches are not used in the pattern. those are only on the edges, right? the middle stitches are repeated until reaching the end. This always messes me up in graphs, haha.
Not dense at all! You’re correct - in most charts there are stitches on either side of the pattern repeat. These stitches are worked only at the beginning and end of the row. UNLESS you’re working in the round, then you omit the edge stitches altogether. Clear as mud? 😁
@@Knicoleknits thankyou. I tried mosaic knitting once. I struggled, mostly when I walked away & picked it back up. Your video came up other day. I was subscribed but good old you tube had unsubbed me. I've resulted & am following your guidance. Now, where did I set my martini, haha
Can you use a gradient yarn for the dark?
Absolutely! As long as there’s enough contrast with the second color through the whole gradient, it will work beautifully 😊
I mean this as a huge compliment, you remind me of Cat Bordhi. Still can't believe that she's not here 😔
I'll take that as a huge compliment! I love Cat Bordhi. She blew my mind with mobius knitting. I also love your handle - I'm very partial to extra pointy knitting needles!
@@Knicoleknits Pointy af is the only way 😂 experienced enough that I can make anything work at this point but as a professional mechanic I'm very picky about my tools! Your videos really do remind me of Cat's. Awesome way of explaining things in a very approachable way
@@SharpAssKnittingNeedles Will you be my friend? 😉🤣
@@Knicoleknits fuck yeah, 'specially if there's a martini involved! 😁 Live and die by the gin and sharp-ass needles lol