The shortest path between two points is a straight line … but that doesn’t mean it’s the most fun! Zigzagging mosaics interspersed with simple garter stitch draw the eye from one color to the next in this easy mosaic knit design.

The original sample is worked with a Miss Babs Yowza Mini Festive Set, using 100 yards each of 12 colors, but the pattern can easily be adapted to any number of colors. Use 6 colors twice each; alternate one main color with 6 contrasts, knit in a highly contrasting variegated and solid … the sky’s the limit, so long as there is enough contrast between each color and the color next to it!

Yarn
Miss Babs Yowza Festive Set
100% superwash Merino wool; 100 yd/1.4 oz (91 m/40 g) mini skeins
12 mini skeins, shown in Quiet Comfort

Or 1200 yards/1092 meters of DK weight yarn, split evenly between at least two different colors. This could be two colors used throughout the project, one main color used six times with six individual contrasting colors, six colors used twice each, or as in the sample twelve different colors.

Finished Measurements
Width: 14”/35 cm
Length: 80”/200 cm

Needles
US 6 4.0 mm circular needle, 24”/60 cm, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge

Blocked: 22 stitches and 32 rows = 4”/10 cm square in garter stitch
Blocked: 22 stitches and 46 rows = 4”/10 cm square in mosaic pattern

Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect yardage and finished size if different from above.

Notions

• Removable stitch marker
• Tapestry needle

This pattern has been professionally tech edited.