I love to travel. I love seeing new places, revisiting familiar ones, and catching up with the people I love who are spread out around the world.
Hopefully we can get back in the air and on the road again soon. But in the meantime, this eye-catching little piece is my ode to the travel I miss so dearly. It’s my idea of the perfect travel project - small and
easy to get the hang of, it makes for an easy, interesting knit to take on the road with you.
Then once it’s done, the jacket is a lovely little flexible piece that you can keep in your bag and throw on when it’s a little too chilly in the air conditioning on the plane, or when you want to jazz up a simple outfit.

If you would like extra help to make this, or a preview of how it knits up, there is a full video tutorial available on YouTube.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Sizes

This pattern is fully customisable and #sizeinclusive. The pattern comes with a spreadsheet - you take two simple measurements (across your shoulders and around your arm) and plug the numbers into the sheet for a fully customised knitting pattern.

Skills Needed

• Provisional cast on
• How to work mosaic knitting
• How to do a 3 needle BO
• Using magic loop to knit small circular circumferences

Links are provided to video tutorials for all the techniques listed above.

Yarn

Wren and Ollie Sock. 4 ply (fingering weight); 85% SW merino, 15% nylon; 400m (437yd)/100g

Needles

• 4mm (US 6) (or any size yielding gauge), circular needle at least 24 inches / 60 cm long.
• 3.75mm (US 5) (or one size smaller than the main needle), circular needle at least 32 inches / 80 cm long.

Notions: Yarn needle, 2 stitch markers (plus 10-20 optional markers for marking chart repeats), blocking materials.

From my testers:

“The mosaic was challenging enough to keep me interested but not so hard that I was having to battle with it.” -- Chelsea

“Great easy knitting that produces such a squishy & textured shawl. A comfort knit that I can work on mindlessly once rhythm is established, and be amazed at the colour changes from the yarn. I’m constantly looking forward to the next colour change.” --Jenni

“ I love it! First time doing mosaic and it was good fun to learn the technique.” --Lisa

“It’s a nice small project that can be completed reasonably quickly. Great for a knitter who is moving on from scarves and beanies and want to try something a bit bigger but not as ambitious as a sweater or cardigan.” --Wendy

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