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Mosaic Heaven…Check This Out!!

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Loving the mosaic! And I’ve found some high end designer mosaic eye candy that is making me crazy. A couple of years ago I found myself in Pam Beach. As I sat in my hotel room at The Breakers Hotel I was looking through a couple of the local magazines a drooled over the mosaic wall in a particular photo shoot. I thought, I’d love to create things like this…still want to. So in my search of the internets to find something interesting to share with all of you I found the company that produced that wall of beauty. Check out the web site of Bisazza Mosaico. 

Now, this company is about interiors. Grand interiors. This isn’t necessarily about the crafty side of mosaic…this is definitely the chic side of mosaic. Not to put down the crafty side, I love the crafty side. But I really love the luscious luxurious mosaic these italian artists produce. Check out their other site…and check out the way I found them, through this designer, Marcel Wanders coffee table he made in conjuction with Bisazza.

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I haven’t knit a lot of hats, because I don’t wear hats that often, and because I don’t wear hats that often, the ones I have knit tend to be pretty basic and utilitarian. There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s also nothing wrong with treating yourself to a lovely hat that takes a little more time to knit but will also be a joy to wear whenever you need to.

I think the Two Grey Hills hat from Tressa Weidenaar is an example of that second kind of hat. With its allover colorwork design and use of DK weight yarn, this is going to take you longer to knit than, say, a ribbed hat in bulky yarn. But you’ll also get that time to enjoy the process and reflect on the meaning behind the colorwork, which is inspired by Navajo weavings.

The pattern calls for two colors of DK yarn and is available in two sizes, adult medium and large. Two colors with a nice contrast will be helpful for seeing the design, which is somewhat intricate in places.

Despite that, this isn’t a difficult pattern if you’ve done stranded knitting before. You need to know how to cast on, knit, purl, work in the round, do colorwork from a chart and decrease stitches to make this hat.

Make this hat with a soft yarn and you’ll want to wear it all day, every day when the weather is cold. You can grab the pattern on Ravelry, and also check out the Rug Weaver’s Headband, which has a different look but is also inspired by Navajo weaving. The headband might be a better choice to knit if you don’t live somewhere where you need a winter hat that often.

Looking for more hats? Check out these hat knitting patterns that use worsted weight yarn leftovers.

[Photo: Tressa Weidenaar]