Mosaic Maze Cowl

Patterns available on Ravelry
Accessories available on Etsy

I found this Mosaic Maze stitch as I was swatching a variety of slip-stitch and Mosaic patterns and thought it would be the perfect choice for a cowl.

It is actually quite easy to knit. Only one color is worked for each round and the stitches not worked are slipped. The color changes every other round.

The piece begins and ends with a row of eyelets – with a purl row on each side. The size is 23 inches in circumference and 12 inches in height (58.5×30.5 cm).

Your favorite fingering weight yarn could be substituted for the Jamieson Spindrift.

The pattern is available on Ravelry:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mosaic-maze-cowl

You can see from the back view photo that the design includes 2 stitches in every round that are not part of the actual Mosaic Maze stitch pattern. These stitches create 2 columns of interrupted horizontal lines at the back of the cowl. The reason for including these stitches is to avoid the jog that occurs in changing colors when knitting in the round.

Happy Knitting!
MikeH

Summer in Bloom: Easy Knit Lace Shawl

Patterns available on Ravelry
Accessories available on Etsy

 

Summer in Bloom – a lace knit shawl that’s just in time for summer! This easy-to-knit, large triangular shawl is perfect as a summer evening wrap – or works equally as well as an after-beach cover up!

Pattern on Ravelry at: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/summer-in-bloom

This shawl is knit in stockinette stitch with panels of eyelet flowers. The yarn is  listed as a thick and thin fashion yarn. It yields an open-and-opaque fabric, with the eyelet stitch patterns creating additional open spaces.


The King Cole Opium yarn is a blend of 54% cotton with acrylic and polyamide added making it an easy-care as well as light-weight accessory.

Worked on US8 (5mm) needles, the shawl required around 1-2/3 balls of the yarn in the color Peacock. It was actually quite pleasant to work with and very interesting to see the fabric patterning develop.

Size: 80×30 in (203×76 cm)

Happy Knitting!
MikeH