Knit a Cowl Using Simple Mosaic Designs

Mosaic knitting is such a fun and easy technique and a great way to do repeating graphic colorwork designs in two colors. It makes projects look more complicated than they are, and it’s really fun and pretty fast to knit this way, since you’re slipping stitches to make the pattern.

The Edda Cowl from Mieka John is a great way to get a lot of mosaic colorwork practice if you’ve never tried it before. It’s worked in sport weight yarn with two mosaic sections separated by garter ridges. Another garter ridge at the end gives you a place to join the cowl into a loop.

You have the option of knitting the pattern flat or in the round as a tube. If you knit it as a tube, you have to purl every other round because the mosaic pattern is worked in garter stitch. If you knit it flat you need to sew the side seam along the length of the cowl to turn it into a tube. In both instances you need to graft in garter stitch to attach the short ends to each other. You’ll also need to work a provisional cast on.

The pattern includes two sizes, for kids and adults. If you want to use a heavier weight yarn on the project you could try making the child’s size with DK or worsted weight yarn so it doesn’t end up so much wider than was intended. Mosaic patterns are usually pretty easy to alter if you want to make it a custom width or length, too.

The pattern is available on Ravelry.

Looking for more fun mosaic knitting patterns? I have a roundup of mosaic knitting projects you can try. It includes socks, a sweater, blanket, bag and more. And speaking of mosaic knit blankets I can’t resist sharing the Mosaic Diamonds Blanket pattern again because it’s such a beauty!

[Photo: Mieka John]

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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