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Learn a New Stitch: Stockinette Chevron

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stockinette chevron knitting stitch patternYou’ve probably seen wavy stitch patterns like Feather and Fan/Old Shale before. These patterns combine increases and decreases unevenly spaced across a row in such a way that it creates a wave in the stitches.

What these patterns have in common is that they’re typically worked in a Garter Stitch type pattern, but this version uses Stockinette and is called, by knittingstitches.org, anyway, Stockinette Chevron.

(I’d call it Stockinette Wave, but that’s just me.)

This is so pretty in multicolored yarn and would be great for all sorts of projects. Though I assume like regular Stockinette it will curl.

Has anyone used this stitch before? I’d love to hear more about it!

 

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  1. Can you, please, tell which kind of yarn is used in this stockinette chevron-pattern? Would like to buy it.
    Regards,

    Ingrid

  2. It’s gorgeous, isn’t it? The page doesn’t say but I think it’s some kind of multicolored yarn and a solid that are switched every couple of rows.

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Mosaic Knit Shawl Patterns

I have a special fondness for mosaic knitting as a step up from knitting stripes. It’s still pretty easy to do and makes really pretty effects in a knitting project. If you’ve never tried it (or even if you have) these mosaic knit shawls are a fun way to show off the technique.

Add some bands of mosaic colorwork along with stripes to a triangular shawl to give it a more dramatic look. The Malibu pattern from Isabell Kraemer uses sport weight yarn and can be worked in two or three colors (three is shown here). It’s worked from the top down and you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Cheryl Faust’s Dark Matter Shawl is another top down triangle, but this one has an allover mosaic pattern with color changes. It can be worked in fingering or sport weight yarn and it’s easy to adjust the size to work with different yarn weights if you want. Check it out on Ravelry.

Chevronopolis is a shifting chevron shawl designed by Maxim Cyr that uses two colors of sport weight yarn. One of them is multicolored so it adds another layer of complexity without making the knitting any harder. This one is also on Ravelry.

Another fun graphic shawl design (and also on Ravelry) is the Pendants pattern from Justyna Lorkowska. This one uses fingering weight yarn with one solid and one gradient with long color changes to make the diamond motifs different colors.

Mix and match mosaic patterns with the Trail Mix Shawl from Industrial Whimsy on Etsy. There are 10 different patterns that you can mix and match or repeat however you like. The design can be worked in two colors or up to 20 colors using mini skeins of sock yarn.

Of course mosaic can be combined with stripes and with other techniques such as lace. The Callisto pattern from Strickwetter uses mosaic designs, stripes and lace in three colors of sock weight yarn. This reminds me of a shawl I knit as a gift a long time ago and I wish I’d made one for myself!

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