For those of us who have seen a butterfly with wings spread open, we know how hard it is to capture the delicate and brilliant beauty in any two-dimensional media. But that doesn’t mean we don’t keep trying! Here’s an attempt at allowing mosaic stitches and short-row swooping a chance to pass on those breathtaking images!

There are several lines of mid-pattern cast-on sections in this pattern that will later be picked up, so choose a cast-on method such as crochet or knitted that will make it easy to find these stitches later. For the same reason, you’ll be slipping the first st of each row with yarn in front before knitting the second st to help find these sts for picking up later.

This pattern uses mosaic. Each section will use all three CC colors with the MC as border. When choosing colors, one should be significantly lighter than the others and in a different color family. The other two should be somewhat similar but still distinct from each other. For the MC, choose something that is distinct from all three CC.

Yarn
MC - 600g fingering sample used 540yds of Gist Sero in Corvus, 600yds
CC1 - 100g fingering sample used 410yds of Madelinetosh TML + Copper in Medieval, 100g/420yds
CC2 - 100g fingeringsample used A Gentle Whisper’s Mohmer Mohair in Olive
CC3 - 100g fingering sample used 280yds of Hedgehog Skinny Singles in Dusk, 100g/400yds

Needles & Notions
US size 2 needle (or size needed to obtain gauge)
darning needle

Gauge: 14 sts, 8 rows = 1 inch garter unblocked

Measurements: approx. 44 inches wide, 24 inches deep

Stitches:
CO cast on
MC main color
CC contrasting color
pm place mark
rm remove mark
k knit
p purl
st/sts stitch(es)
sl slip
sl1wyif sl one with yarn in front
sl1wyib sl one with yarn in back
k2tog knit two sts together