Osgodby Woods wrap/scarf

This wrap is knitted using the mosaic technique. Mosaic knitting is very easy and yet can produce extremely complex looking patterns. It is worked by knitting and slipping (purl wise) stitches on a right side row and then on the wrong side by knitting again those stitches that have been knit on the previous row, and slipping the stitches that were again slipped on the previous row. Mosaic knitting can produce work that looks very similar to two-colour intarsia but most people seem to find the joy of mosaic working is that you only work in one colour at a time and do not end up with long “floats” at the back of the work. You change colour every two rows and the stitches that have been knit in the first colour then become the ones that you would then slip in the next two rows.

The mosaic pattern in this wrap is a simple, repeated, medallion pattern worked over 48 rows. The edges again utilise the medallion pattern but the main body of the wrap is a very simple k1,sl1, pattern.  Both written and chart instructions are given.