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Great resource find: Mosaic Knitting
Feb. 1st, 2010 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareilaI have found a great book of hundreds of knitting patterns... well, not patterns per se, more like motifs that can be adapted in various ways. It is called Mosaic Knitting, by Barbara Walker.
As far as I can tell from my limited experience, her designs use a special colorwork technique to achieve various repeated geometric shapes using rows of alternating color and slipped stitches. Once you grok the chart instructions (they're not intuitive, but they are simple), you can work the designs in your choice of garter stitch or stockinette.
The book retails for $32 but if you order it from Knitpicks like I did, you can take advantage of their big book sale, 40% off through Feb 22. Here's a link.
As far as I can tell from my limited experience, her designs use a special colorwork technique to achieve various repeated geometric shapes using rows of alternating color and slipped stitches. Once you grok the chart instructions (they're not intuitive, but they are simple), you can work the designs in your choice of garter stitch or stockinette.
The book retails for $32 but if you order it from Knitpicks like I did, you can take advantage of their big book sale, 40% off through Feb 22. Here's a link.