Mosaic crochet how to#

This way, you’ll first learn how to work with the different stitches used in mosaic crochet (i.e. Make the swatch many times to learn and at the same time get great coasters for your home! This pattern has every row written out, so you do not have to remember the rules above.

What is great about the swatch is that it makes a great coaster. Using the pattern above, you create a swatch and learn a stitch repeat that you then can move forward to use to create your own mosaic crochet pillow.

Your wrong side row is the mirror image of your right side row, except for where you made a long double crochet which is replaced with a single crochet. You work the right side row as according to the chart (from right to left). The chart is different to other crochet charts in the way that every row on the chart represents two rows. The stitches you need to know to make mosaic crochet are (in US terminology) single crochet, double crochet over 2 rows (also known as long double crochet) and chains.įor mosaic crochet you usually have a mosaic chart. Visualizza altre idee su uncinetto, mosaico, schema uncinetto. In this pattern you will be using 2 colors Color A and Color B, noted in the chart below. The sleeves are worked in the round and the final touch is the double sided border. Then you will work in 3 panels before joining them to assemble the shoulders. It is crocheted over two rows, meaning that you work with one colour for two rows and then change to the second colour for two rows. Esplora la bacheca 'Mosaic crochet' di luisella, seguita da 177 persone su Pinterest. Instructions: This sweater is worked bottom up in one piece until you reach the sleeve openings. Mosaic crochet is a way to work with colours while crocheting to bring out a pattern in your work. Regardless of how you decide to manage your ends, I have tried to compile a list of YouTube videos I have found that show a variety of techniques to work a double (or envelope) border.New selection may affect price, shipping options and product availability Mosaic crochet is a cutting-edge technique that allows you to work two-colour patterns without having to change yarns in one row. The only terrifying issue I have found is that, if you are not able to sew over the entire piece, there will be tiny little pieces left to trim on the back of your work at the end and it can be scary trimming them and not cutting into your work! You can use a DK weight, worsted weight or whatever weight yarn you desire.

When doing the front side she will work the front loop of the top and bottom of her work and she will work in the stitch she created when she worked around the border stitch along the sides.

Mosaic crochet full#

Both Overlay and Inset Mosaic Crochet are worked with 2 contrasting colors of yarn. This will result in a full row of double crochet (US terms) for the back side of the border. I have done it so often that it has become second nature. Because of that, you won’t need to finish off each row, creating tails/ends to deal with by weaving them in, turning them into fringe or crocheting a double border. In many of my pieces I have taken to sewing in the ends when I start and end a row so that I do not have to tie them all off at the end.

One deterrent to working overlay mosaic patterns is all of those ends!! Blech – its way too exciting to finish a piece to just be confronted with ends, and ends, and ends, and….ENDS!