Afternoon in Lisbon by Lisa Hannes

Craft: Knitting

This large & cosy rectangular wrap features an intriguing interplay of two colours worked in garter stripes and an eye-catching beautiful mosaic motif.

Have you ever been to Lisbon? When you walk through this fascinating city, you’ll see beautiful tiles everywhere decorating the houses and walls, and pavements with graphic mosaic motifs on the sidewalks and many public places. I tried to capture some of its charm that I experienced when visiting about three years ago in this shawl design.

Mosaic knitting is an easy colourwork technique that uses slipped stitches and only one color at a time, which makes for fun knitting and striking results.

Different alternating sections with three mosaic parts make this pattern a fun and engaging knit, resulting in a cosy item to highlight your daily wardrobe.

The pattern comes with fully written and charted instructions so you can choose which you prefer to work from.

I hope you enjoy the pattern!

SIZES

Large, size of original sample: 

length along top edge: 208 cm / 82“, adjustable

width:

55 cm / 21.75“

Variations included in the pattern:

Medium: width approx. 40 cm, length adjustable

Small: width approx. 26 cm, length adjustable

YARN

Designed for fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colours. Allow approx. 730 m / 798 yds per colour to get the size of the sample. The pattern is easily adjustable for other yarn weights and/or yardages (please see requirements for the smaller variations below).

Yarn used for sample:

Malabrigo Mechita (fingering weight, 100g = 384 m / 420 yds), 1.9 skeins each in colourways Pearl and Teal Feather

Yardage requirements for the smaller variations, if knit to approx. the same length:

Medium: approx. 1.5 skeins of each colour (approx. 576 m / 630 yds each)

Small: Approx. 1 skein of each colour (approx. 384 m / 420 yds each)

GAUGE & NEEDLES

Not critical for this project but differences will affect yardage requirements and the finished size.

Gauge on sample: 22 sts x 36 rows = 10x10 cm / 4x4“ in garter stitch after light blocking

Needles used for sample: 3.5 mm / US 4