New Pattern: Amaya Mosaic Shawl



Mosaic crochet and tassels! What can be better? Only tassels and mosaic crochet, probably… January was surprisingly productive for me, and today I am happy to present Amaya shawl. My hundredth crochet design!
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

Amaya Shawl pattern is available on Ravelry HERE and Etsy HERE and is offered with 25% discount through Monday, January 29th, 2018. The discount is already applied in the price you see, and no coupon codes needed. After January 29th the pattern will be listed at a regular price.
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

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Seems like mosaic crochet was very popular 10-14 years ago. When last year I was searching for some inspiration on Pinterest I occasionally came across this technique. But at the same time there were only several mosaic designs available in contemporary crochet. And I felt that was unfair! Lots of knitting designers widely use mosaic knitting to create wonderful geometrical and ornamental patterns and in crochet there were not so many possibilities.
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

I decided to take mosaic crochet on board and released Nya Mosaic crochet blanket last year which became a total hit. Not because of the pattern but because ornamental and “tribal” theme is very hot right now. Later I created two geometrical panels for Spirits of Life CAL, and I know for many people it was the very first time they tried their hand in mosaic crochet. And I know many people fell in love with this amazing technique.
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

What is mosaic crochet about? In some way it is similar to overlay crochet with a tiny difference: chains are used in mosaic crochet to make the background not so stiff. Mosaic crochet can be worked from only a chart what makes it very easy. Just chains, single crochet and double crochet stitches are used here, and their combinations allow create ornamental effects.

I have been wanted to design a triangle shawl in mosaic crochet for a long time now. Because mosaic crochet (similar as overlay crochet) uses two layers of crocheted fabric, I decided to combine geometrical mosaic panels with light and open parts. So that the shawl is balanced, draping and not heavy.
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

In my idea several colors should had been put together but after some frogging and remaking the design said itself that it wanted only two shades. I made two shawls to show you how the colors can play together. One of them uses Colour Crafter yarn* in shades Alkmaar (1708 x 3 skeins) and Wolvega (1099 x 2 skeins).

And another sample was made with a mix of River Washed* (952 – Rhine x 7 skeins) and Stone Washed* (831 – Axinite x 5 skeins) yarns by Scheepjes. The yardages used for both shawls are approx. the same. All mentioned yarns are available in your local Scheepjes stores or via international retailors - Wool Warehouse HERE* (UK, worldwide shipping) and Loveknitting* (US).
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

Laura (aka taemombo on Ravelry) who was helping me to test this pattern, decided to play with stained glass effect and chose gradient and solid shades for her shawl. She chose Wanderlust* yarn by Scheepjes in shade Rio de Janeiro (3 skeins) and Colour Crafter in black shade (102 Ede – 3 skeins). And I really love her effect!!
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

I used 4.5mm Amour Clover hook* and it gave a very nice size and drape. Amaya shawl is approx. 2m/79” wide across and 90cm/35.5” high.

The pattern contains complete written instructions for every row, charts for mosaic panels (in two versions – to follow on tablet or your phone, and larger version to print out), and a HEAVY photo-tutorial to help with every mosaic row. The pictures are placed in the end of the pattern, so you can only print written instructions if you don’t need visual support.
Amaya Mosaic Shawl - crochet pattern by www.lillabjorncrochet.com

If you make an Amaya Shawl for yourself, please, share your pictures with me! I LOVE to see finished projects :) Which colors would you use?

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Brief Facts about Amaya shawl


  • Level: Intermediate. Mosaic crochet only uses chains, single crochet and double crochet stitches (US terms). The technique is not tricky, but it requires lots of attention and concentration.
  • Language: English (US terms)
  • Pattern contains complete written instructions, charts which can be followed from your phone or printed out (a larger version is included) and heavy photo-tutorial illustrating every mosaic row. All pictures are placed in the end of the pattern, so no need to print them out. And resolution is good enough to be zoomed in.
  • Only two colors are used and almost no ends to weave in.
  • Amaya Mosaic Shawl pattern is available on Ravelry HERE and Etsy HERE and is offered with 25% discount through Monday, January 29th, 2018. The discount is already applied in the price you see, and no coupon codes needed.

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    16 comments

    1. Congratulations on your 100th design!
      He is gorgeous <3

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    2. I’m almost finished w/my shawl and love it! Quick question - how did you make your tassels? It’s not detailed in the pattern and I'd like to make the same kind you did in the pictures. Thanks!

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      1. Hi Sonja, I just found a tutorial on youTube and made them following the video. They are just basic tassels. You can search for "tassels with yarn" or something :)

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    3. I am loving this pattern! Question on row 80. Do you skip any stitches when you do the ch1? I am working the [ch1 then 3sc, ch1 then 5sc]
      without skipping any stitches or spaces. Is that correct?

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      1. Hi Lynn. I was trying to make instruction shorter so I left out skipping sts/sps on last mosaic panel. But you should continue just in the same way as you did on previous rows: on the wrong side you should make sc in stitches and skip spaces.

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      2. Thanks for the quick reply! I wasn't sure because your instructions are so detailed and spot on that I thought I shouldn't skip the spaces or that maybe it was an error in the pattern for the row. This is a great pattern with an enormous amount of details! Looking forward trying more of your patterns. Thanks again!

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    4. I was wondering if you had this tested with sock yarn too?

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      1. I didn't make it myself but I know some people were using Whirl and Whirlette yarns for this shawl (both fingering weight) and the shawl looked great. But you will probably need to adjust the repeats to make the shawl larger, as with sock yarn it will probably be small.

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      2. Thank you for your quick answer! I have some lovely hand dyed yarn for this. Will potst in your FB group when finished ;-)

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    5. Hi Tatsiana! I have now completed my second Amaya shawl this year. I quite literally become obsessed with this piece once I start it. I'm not fond of yarn tassels & fringe, so I do leave those off. I used (for both shawls) Drops Puna 100% alpaca yarn. Is very warm, has beautiful drape, and perfect for our Wyoming USA Rocky Mountain home. The mosaic crochet is new to me, except years ago using Afghan hook to create . I think I can honestly declare this pattern to be in my top 5 ever!! I hope you develop more of these! I'm trying to figure out how to adjust this pattern into a poncho.
      Laura Brown
      Tatonka Crochet Creations

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    6. Hi Tatsiana!
      I just purchased this pattern on Ravelry and reading through the instructions.
      However was wondering about how to glue the parts together, never came across this before. Is this absolutely necessary or would one be able to crochet the panels together by means of a slip stitch?
      Thanks in advance for your reply

      Kind regards,
      Karen

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      1. hi Karen, oh no! The shawl is made in one picece. you should only glue the instructions printed out on paper...

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    7. Hi Ms Tatiana, I am from Philippines and of my client liked your Mosaic shawl, however, I don't know what is the right price for that, How much you sell your Mosaic shawl?

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    8. Dear Tatsiana, Love this shawl! However, please add at Row 80 to always skip 1 when ch 1. This would have saved me having to frog three rows and much frustration as I was trying to follow the pattern very carefully. In Row 81 and other odd rows you said "skip 1" so it looked like it was intentionally left out of Row 80 and others. When I found these comments
      I see that others had the same question. Thank you. You are an amazing talent.

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      1. I am not affiliated with Tatsiana, but have made the Amaya a couple times and actually working on a 3rd one. In the general notes before the pattern, the last thing written on page 2 is essentially [while working even rows, which is WS] you are to sc in every stitch of previous row and chain over chains of previous[odd] row. So for me, that clarifies for all the mosaic work. This kind of crochet is incredible, but MAN you have to not allow yourself to be distracted for a second and literally let your brain digest the pattern notes! I made all of my Amaya shawls out of alpaca...was very glad it held up to all the frogging I did on my first one!!!!

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