Dishcloth in Mosaic #24
If you haven't done Mosaic Knitting before, I recommend a little research before you try it, although it isn't hard at all. I have a free pattern on Ravelry called Dishcloth in Mosaic (orange and purple in the picture) which goes into a lot of detail on how to do it and there are numerous excellent online sources. This is just basically a written out pattern. It is based on Barbara G. Walker's Mosaic Design # 46 from her book Mosaic Knitting (which is an excellent resource). She uses charts but I prefer everything all written out. This pattern is a little different from others I've written out in that it is in stockinette (that is, knit on the right side and purl on the back with an iCord and pattern border).
| DetailsabouttheProjectPicture | |||||
| NeedleSize5 | Gave a finished size about 8.75" wide x 8.25" long | ||||
| Yarn | maincolor | Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton, 2 Black | |||
| contrastcolor | Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton, color 272 Tuscany | ||||
Yarn 100% cotton, 2 contrasting colors, medium weight
Needle
Size 5 or 6, depending on preference for size Tapestry needle for weaving in ends Cast on 49 stitches using main color
Notes:
Odd number rows are the right side, even number rows are the wrong side In other words, if you are knitting an odd number row, you should be looking at the right side Stitches on the front (right) side are slipped wyib (with yarn in back). Stitches on the back (wrong) side are slipped wyif (with yarn in front). You will not be cutting either yarn until you are completely done using it. Instead, carry it up the side of the work (my Dishcloth in Mosaic has detailed explanations and pictures on how to do this or there are many explanations online). I highly recommend using stitch markers 3 in whatever configuration makes sense to you. For the knitted in icord on the right side, there will be a temptation to pull it tight, since youll have the strands from both colors right there. Resist this. If you do pulli too tight, you'll have a skinny icord on one side and a fat one on theother. On the other hand, the icord on the left side (with right side of cloth facing you) has a tendency to be very loose. Try to knit those stitches nice and snug.
| viations and Explanations | |
| k | knit |
| p | μund |
| sl | slip the stitch purlwise |
| wyib | For example, sl-1 would mean slip one stitch from the left needle to the right without working it. This is always done purlwise, which means the needle is facing the new stitch as if you were going to purl it. withyarn inback |
| This means that when you slip a stitch purlwise, your yarn needs to be in the back (or on the side farthest away from you). Your yarn will be in the same position it would normally be if you were going to knit the next stitch instead of | |
| wyif | slipping it. |
| with yarn in front | |
| Your yarn will be in the same position it would normally be if you were going to purl the next stitch instead of | |
| slipping it. | |
| mc | main color |
| CC | contrast color |
| mc | main color |
| icord front | This involves the first 3 stitches and the last 3 stitches on right side rows |
| slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front kl slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front | |
| You slip the first stitch purlwise with the yarn in front. Then you take the yarn around the back so you are ready to knit the next stitch. Then you move the yarn to the front to slip the third stitch. Then move the yarn to the back so you can knit the next that you'll be slipping the stitch with the old color, moving the new color yarn around the back and knitting the next stitch with the new color. | |
| icord back | This involves the first 3 stitches and the last 3 stitches on wrong side rows |
| k1 slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front k1 You knit the first stitch, move the yarn around to the front like you were going to purl and slip the middle stitch purlwise, then | |
| hatch stitch | you move the yarn around to the back again to knit the third stitch. |
| This is actually modified from a stitch I found online called the hatch stitch. It involved four | |
| slip1 kl yarnover | stitches, but I'm only using two stitches here. pass the yarnover over both the k1 and the slipped stitch |
Cast on 49 stitches with main color
Bottom Border
| BorderRow1 | with mc | iCord front | knit to last 3 | iCord front | |
| Border Row2 | with mc | iCord back | knit to last 3 | iCord back | |
| BorderRow3 | with mc | iCord front | knit to last 3 | iCord front | |
| Border Row 4 | with mc | iCord back | knit to last 3 | iCord back | |
| BorderRow5 | with mc | iCord front | k1 | hatch sts | knit to last 6 |
| hatch sts | k1 | iCord front |
| BorderRow6 | with mc | iCordback | purltolast3 | iCordback |
| BorderRow7 | with cc | iCord front | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 | k to last 7 |
| wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 | iCord front | |||
| BorderRow8 | withcc | iCord back | wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | p to last 7 |
| wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | iCord back |
Begin Contrast Color
Begin Pattern Rows - change back to main color
| Row 1 | with mc | beg border | iCord front | k1 | hatch sts | k1 |
| pattern | k1 | * k8 | sl-1 k1 | sl-1 k5 * | ||
| repeat *.* to last 9 | k2 | |||||
| endborder | k1 | hatch sts | k1 | iCord front | ||
| Row 2 | with mc | iCord back | ||||
| purl the mc stitches & WYIF slip the cc stitches until 3 left | iCord back | |||||
| Row 3 | with cc | beg border | iCord front | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 |
| pattern | k1 | * k1 | sl-1 k5 | sl-1 k8 | ||
| repeat *.* until 9 left | k2 | |||||
| endborder | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 | iCord front | ||
| Row 4 | with cc | iCord back | wyif sl-1 p2 | wyif sl-1 | |
| purl the cc stitches, and WYlF slip the mc stitches until last 7 | |||||
| wyif sl-1 p2 | wyif sl-1 | iCord back | |||
| Row5 | with mc | beg border | iCord front k1 | hatch sts | k1 |
| pattern | k1 | * k2 sl-1 k1 | sl-1 k1 | sl-1 k3 | |
| sl-1 k1 sl-1 k1 | sl-1 k1 * | ||||
| repeat *.* to last 9 | k2 | ||||
| end border | k1 hatch sts | k1 | iCord front | ||
| Row6 | with mc | iCord back | purl mc stitches and WYIF slip cc stitches until 3 left | ||
| iCord back | |||||
| Row 7 | with cc | beg border | iCord front | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 |
| pattern | k1 | * k9 | sl-1 k5 | Sl-1 * | ||
| repeat *.* until 8 left | k2 | |||||
| end border | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 | iCord front | ||
| Row 8 | with cc | iCord back | wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | |
| purl the cc stitches, and WYIF, slip the mc stitches until last 7 | ||||||
| wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | iCord back | |||
| Row 9 | with mc | beg border | iCord front | k1 | hatch sts k1 |
| pattern | k1 | *sl-1 k1 | sl-1 k13 * | ||
| repeat *.* to last 8 | |||||
| sl-1 k1 | |||||
| endborder | k1 | hatch sts | k1 iCord front | ||
| Row 10 | with mc | iCord back | |||
| iCord back | |||||
| purl the mc stitches & WYIF slip the cc stitches until 3 left | |||||
| Row 11 | with cc | beg border | iCord front | hatch sts | |
| wyib sl-1 | wyib sl-1 | ||||
| pattern | k1 | * k3 sl-1 | k9 sl-1 | k2 * | |
| repeat *.* until 8 left | k2 | ||||
| endborder | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 iCord front | ||
| Row 12 | with cc | iCord back | wyif sl-1 p2 | wyif sl-1 | |
| purl the cc stitches, and WYlF, slip the mc stitches until last 7 | |||||
| wyif sl-1 | p2 wyif sl-1 | iCord back | |||
| Row 13 | with mc | beg border | iCord front | k1 | hatch sts k1 |
| pattern | k1 | * sl-1 k13 | sl-1 k1 * | ||
| repeat *.* to last 8 | sl-1 | k1 | |||
| end border | k1 | hatch sts | k1 iCord front | ||
| Row 14 with mc | iCord back | |||||
| hatch sts | ||||||
| purl the mc stitches & WYIF slip the cc stitches until 3 left iCord back | ||||||
| wyib sl-1 | ||||||
| Row 15 | with cc beg border iCord front | |||||
| pattern k1 *k1 sl-1 | ||||||
| wyib sl-1 k5 sl-1 k8 * repeat * * until 8 left k2 hatch sts wyib sl-1 | ||||||
| wyib sl-1 | ||||||
| end border | ||||||
| Row 16 | with cc iCord back wyif sl-1 p2 | |||||
| wyif sl-1 | ||||||
| iCord front purl the cc stitches, and WYIF, slip the mc stitches until last 7 | ||||||
| hatch sts | ||||||
| wyif sl-1 p2 wyif sl-1 iCord back k1 sl-1 k3 | ||||||
| Row 17 | with mc beg border iCord front k1 pattern k1 *k2 sl-1 k1 | |||||
| sl-1 k1 sl-1 k1 | ||||||
| sl-1 k1 sl-1 k1 * | ||||||
| repeat *.* to last 8 k2 | ||||||
| end border k1 hatch sts k1 iCord front | ||||||
| Row 18 | with mc iCord back | |||||
| purl the mc stitches & WYIF slip the cc stitches until 3 left iCord back | ||||||
| Row 19 | with cc | beg border | iCord front | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 | |
| pattern | k1 | * k9 | sl-1 k5 | Sl-1 * | |||
| repeat *.* until 8 left | k2 | ||||||
| end border | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 | iCord front | |||
| Row 20 | with cc | iCord back | wyif sl-1 p2 | wyif sl-1 | |||
| purl the cc stitches, and WYIF, slip the mc stitches until last 7 | |||||||
| wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | iCord back | ||||
| Row21 | with mc | beg border | iCord front | k1 | hatch sts | k1 | |
| pattern | k1 | * k6 | sl-1 k1 | sl-1 | k7 * | ||
| repeat *.* to last 8 | k2 | ||||||
| end border | k1 | hatch sts | k1 | iCord front | |||
| Row22 | with mc | iCord back | |||||
| purl the mc stitches & WYIF slip the cc stitches until 3 left | iCord back | ||||||
| Row23 | with cc | beg border | iCord front | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 |
| pattern | k1 | k5 | sl-1 k5 | sl-1 k4 * * | ||
| repeat *.* until 8 left | k2 | |||||
| end border | wyib sl-1 | hatch sts | wyib sl-1 | iCord front |
| Use this Row 24 when doing repeats of rows 1-24, use the one below the final time | |||||
| Row 24 with cc | iCord back | wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | |
| purl the cc stitches, and wyif, slip the mc stitches until last 7 | |||||
| wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | iCordback | ||
| Use this Row 24 when doing the final repeat before doing border at end | |||||
| Row 24 with cc | iCord back | wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | |
| purl all the stitches with cc until last 7 | |||||
| wyif sl-1 | p2 | wyif sl-1 | iCordback | ||
Work Rows 1-24 one time. Work Rows 1-24 a second time. End of Pattern.
Top Border
| Border Row 1 | with mc | iCord front | k1 | hatch sts | knit to last 6 |
| hatch sts | k1 | iCord front | |||
| Border Row2 | with mc | iCord back | purl to last 3 | iCord back | |
| BorderRow3 | with mc | iCord front | KNIT to last 3 | iCord front | |
| Border Row 4 | with mc | iCord back | knit to last 3 | iCord back | |
| BorderRow5 | with mc | iCord front | knit to last 3 | iCord front |
Bind off. Weave in ends.
