Mosaic knitting is a kind of slipped stitch color knitting. Barbara G. Walker made it famous. She charted and published all kinds of patterns and motifs. Once you figure out how to chart mosaic patterns, you can make surprisingly representative patterns, like this mosaic pear.
Here’s another example of mosaic knitting, inspired by one of my daughter Eva’s drawings. She was seven years old when she drew the picture in 2003. The knitted version is a bathroom rug.
I teach a 3-hour workshop where you can learn how mosaic knitting works, and how to create your own charts. You never know when you might need to knit a child’s drawing! Find this and more of my knitting workshops here.
Speaking of mosaics, my husband and I love mosaic made of glass, stone and tile. We want to include several mosaic pieces in our new house, so he suggested that I might like to take a week-long mosaic workshop. When? In February. Where? Italy, of course! Why Italy? Because it’s the land of Roman and Byzantine mosaics. I’m all signed up and have airline tickets. This is another reason I needed fabulous new shoes (see Day 5).