Makeri Mosaic

An outgrowth of current research by the artist and Carolyn Yackel, this mosaic-knitted scroll shows all seven frieze symmetries. Mosaic knitting, a popular type of two-color knitting, imposes unusual constraints on color placement that limit the types of symmetry attainable in the form. All of the frieze groups are compatible with these constraints.

In older forms of two-color knitting, extended runs of a single color create long yarn floats across the back of the fabric, making the wrong side unruly and prone to snagging and the right side hard to keep neat and even. In this piece, the only floats are at the edges of the fourteen designs, and each is only two stitches wide.

Makeri Mosaic was knit by hand on 1.75 mm needles. The hand-dyed yarn comes from the yarn maker's shop, Makeri 14 in Stockholm.