#23 - Inset Mosaic Crochet Tutorial & Free Chart

[@alyssadoering1429]

I’ve watched several of your videos tonight to learn mosaic crochet, which is a technique I’m totally new to, even though I’ve been crocheting for more than a decade. You are a very gifted, clear teacher! Thank you for the fabulous tutorials!!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Alyssa! Thank you so much for your kind words! I enjoy teaching others so we can all learn more and advance our crochet skills and knowledge! Don't pass up watching my Adc (#18) and COM (#25) videos for Mosaic Crochet. They're both game changers (to eliminate gaps and ends/tails)!!! Happy crocheting to you today and always!

[@alyssadoering1429]

@@TheCrochetArchitect those two were some that I watched! They’re definitely things I’m glad I learned before starting my first project!

[@sylwia3646]

You're an amazing teacher!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Thank you! I enjoy teaching when I have the time. Happy crocheting!

[@leesaboocrochet]

Thank you for such clear instructions x

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome! Happy Mosaic Crocheting to you!

[@gardensandgracehomestead]

Thank you! Very clear.

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful! Happy crocheting to you!

[@rosacortinas1035]

Love your earings !!! Y su explicacion detallada , habla despacio y es muy importante para los que entendemos poco ingles y sobretodo en puntos tejidos 🤗🥰💕 me encanto ! 💯

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Muchas gracias, Rosa! Feliz crochet para ti!

[@FrancineLongtin]

Thanks. Very clear tutorial.

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Francine! I hope you enjoy practicing the Inset Mosaic Crochet technique! Happy crocheting to you!

[@coronagirl1016]

I love this technique for mosaic You explained it so very well Thank you very much for your teachings♥️

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Deborah! I'm glad that I explained it well!

[@celineburke7344]

OMG I love you - thank you for sharing your knowledge. I just binged watched a bunch of your mosaic crochet videos and they're awesome! Your magnetic board just blew my mind.

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Celine! I'm glad you like my mosaic crochet videos and I hope you have tons of success with all of your mosaic crochet projects! I wouldn't think of trying to follow most crochet charts without my magnetic board!

[@oliviamiller3729]

Great beginner video. Thank you!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Olivia! I hope you enjoy creating lots of mosaic crochet projects!

[@JackieAbecassis1]

What a great explanation! So very clear. Thank you very much!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Jacqueline! I'm so glad my video was helpful for you! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it! Happy Mosaic Crocheting to you!

[@JackieAbecassis1]

@@TheCrochetArchitect

[@paulakoncki4029]

Excellent Video!! and so well explained!! You have a new follower!! ♥️🧶🤗

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

I'm glad you liked the video, Paula. Thanks for subscribing! I hope you enjoy more of my videos! I have more Mosaic Crochet videos coming soon.

[@christinatrusnik9]

This is beautiful. I just downloaded the pattern & chart and am excited to get started. Your video is superb.

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Thank you, Christina! I'm glad you like it! I have other mosaic crochet videos if you'd like to try some other techniques, too. I hope your swatch goes smoothly. Happy crocheting to you!

[@acceptnone46]

Very clearly explained and informative tutorial. Am going to use this to edge my latest throw. Thank you.

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome! I hope it works out great for edging your latest throw!

[@SequoiaMakes]

Thank you for explaining things so clearly and thoroughly. Excellent video!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Happy Mosaic Crocheting to you!

[@sandratracey7893]

I learned to do mosaic crochet with your very well made and clear video instructions. I've made a few baby blankets and purses. I'm about to embark on a large blanket, but the chart is for interlocking mosaic. Can I use the same chart for the inset technique? I fully understand reading charts for inset thanks to your amazing videos, but I can't find an answer to this particular question. Thank you for your time and great videos.

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Hi Sandra. You're very welcome! I'm so glad that you've been able to learn mosaic crochet from my videos! I think it might be easier to convert interlocking charts to overlay mosaic crochet, not inset. But you could always try to do the blanket with inset mosaic crochet. It would probably turn out somewhat taller than the pattern for interlocking crochet, though. Happy crocheting to you now and always!

[@elinoravigad2260]

You are a great teacher! Thank you!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Elinor! Thank you for your kind words about my teaching!

[@maryr7667]

Thank you for sharing! You have made this technique so easy to understand. Is it possible to use the inset technique with a chart written for the overlay technique?

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Mary. Yes, it's totally possible to convert inset to overlay or overlay to inset. Here's the video I did a few months ago for converting them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWTTXoh4bql5mck.

[@maryr7667]

@@TheCrochetArchitect Thank you so much!

[@gerryb111]

Hi firstly thank you for your video tutorials, you've helped me no end to understand mosaic crochet. Can you please tell me if I want to make a small blanket the rows that are included in the pattern repeat on the chart. I understand that the stitches are 4 + 1. Thanks

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Hi Gerry. You're very welcome. I'm so glad that I've been able to help you understand mosaic crochet! Per the free chart that's available on my website, the row numbers to repeat for making a blanket would be 5A through 8B. Then you'd finish off the blanket by working Rows 9A and 9B. Happy mosaic crocheting to you!

[@loisstrock8521]

How do you read pattern if left handed? Love your videos!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Thanks, Lois! I'm glad you love my videos! You can't necessarily follow all written patterns if you're left handed. However, it doesn't really matter which way the lines are slanted in this swatch, so following the written pattern for this swatch will work just fine for you. You'll end up with a piece that has lines going in the opposite direction, which is perfectly fine!

[@loisstrock8521]

@@TheCrochetArchitect Thanks so much I am ready to try the inset mosiac!

[@RhavenNightwisp]

Love your videos, thank you. One question tho…if I’m doing a pattern that has 3 stitches of each color together do I do a chain 6, skip 3 stitches? (Don’t know how to insert graph sample here)

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Great question! I had to look back at the video to make sure I covered this topic. Around the 9:50 point in the video, I said you need to add 1 chain to the number of stitches you're skipping so the chain isn't too tight. So instead of doubling the number of stitches skipped, just add one extra chain to the number of stitches skipped and you should be fine (unless you make your chains much tighter than the stitches you're making). If you're working 3 stitches in a row in each color and skipping 3 stitches, you'd work 4 chains, not 6 (6 would be too long). I hope this helps. Thank you for your kind words and I hope your Inset Mosaic Crochet project turns out great! Happy crocheting to you!

[@vanessaguzman8547]

Thank you for this video. I know the overlay technique, but I so hate all those ends and doing one row at a time. Is it possible to make an overlay mosaic pattern into an inset mosaic pattern? I think I've seen it done before. How would you go about that? Again, thank you for your thoroughly explained video on this. 🙂

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Vanessa. Yes. It's possible to convert mosaic patterns to the other technique (overlay to inset or inset to overlay). I did a video on converting patterns that you can watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWTTXoh4bql5mck. I also have another technique that I use called Continuous Overlay Mosaic (COM for short) that eliminates almost all the ends in Overlay Mosaic Crochet. You can watch that video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJjHd5-hlsummtE. Happy Mosaic Crocheting to you!

[@nancyfaraday6117]

Thank you so much for this. It was really clear. What do you do to finish the side where the yarns are carried up? Do you just leave the carried yarn as is or is it normally covered with a border or some other way to hide it?

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

You're very welcome, Nancy! I usually cover all 4 edges with a border, but I don't work a border on my swatches.

[@deecochrane2340]

Please tell me what the multiples of this pattern would be to expand to a larger size. Thanks

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Dee, The chain multiple is 4 + 2. The stitch multiple is 4+1. I hope this helps.

[@deecochrane2340]

Thank you love your way of doing this

[@elainef.rogers2148]

Susan what I’ve heard is “Windows” in the inset mosaic. Do you have a video for that method of “windows”?

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

I've never heard of Inset Mosaic Crochet being referred to as "windows"! That's new to me!

[@elainef.rogers2148]

@@TheCrochetArchitect it’s a way I’ve seen Ashlee Brotzell describe it. She has a video

[@elainef.rogers2148]

@@TheCrochetArchitect it’s interlocking filet crochet I think is the technical name for it!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Interlocking Filet Crochet is a different technique than Inset Mosaic Crochet. Another name for Interlocking Filet Crochet is Intermeshing. It's a fabulous technique. Sometime, I'll do a video for Intermeshing/Interlocking Crochet!

[@philippahaynes9560]

Hi Susan. Is there any way of avoiding having long loops of chains at the back of inset mosaic crochet. Thanks

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Hi Philippa! Yes. There are 2 ways to do inset mosaic crochet without having the long loops of chains on the back. The first is by working a dc "around" the chains instead of in front of them. The second is by working a dc cluster instead of a dc. You can watch me demonstrate the dc cluster in my video #24 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGxeo2LjNeqeq8. I haven't done a video for the dc worked "around" the chains yet, but I plan to do one in July or August. Both of these techniques will also make your inset mosaic crochet project reversible! Enjoy!

[@ConnieCrochets]

Hi, Is 17 stitches the repeat? I wanted to make a scarf and wanted it to have another repeat. TIA!

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Connie, The repeat is actually 4 stitches (plus 1 additional stitch) or 4 chains (plus 2 additional chains). You can add more stitches/chains in multiples of 4 (for instance: 21, 25, 29 stitches total or 22, 26, 30 chains total). If you'd like to crochet a reversible scarf, check out my video #24 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGxeo2LjNeqeq8. Happy mosaic crocheting to you!

[@ConnieCrochets]

@@TheCrochetArchitect Thank you! Yes, I'm going to use your reversible method!

[@elainef.rogers2148]

Where can I find your pattern for this?

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

The free download for this Inset Mosaic Crochet swatch/chart is available on my website here: thecrochetarchitect.com/downloads/inset-mosaic-crochet-swatch-charts-written-directions/. This link is also in the video description (below the video itself). Happy crocheting to you!

[@deecochrane2340]

Hi Susan. Got new phone and tried many times to download inset chart and directions. Having so many errors. Could you please help Thank you do much. So frustrated

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Dee, I saw that you made an account on my website this morning. I'll contact you through email to get the chart to you.

[@deecochrane2340]

@@TheCrochetArchitect thank you. I am stuck and need the chart. Thank you

[@loisstrock8521]

i read chart for overlay right to left...because I am left handed...

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Lois, If you read the chart from left to right (instead of from right to left), you'll end up with a swatch that has lines going in the same direction as my swatch.

[@loisstrock8521]

@@TheCrochetArchitect Will do! Thanks

[@deecochrane2340]

Hi. I keep trying to download the chart etc. I get error. Invalid link to reset password. This is impossible. I so need the chart to continue. Word press sends a password and then says invalid.

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Dee, I emailed the chart to you yesterday. Did you get it?

[@deecochrane2340]

@@TheCrochetArchitect I got a reply, but what came up was purchase history with no way to download

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

Did you get my email with the chart attached?

[@daneillejeneboyd9214]

Do you have patterns

[@TheCrochetArchitect]

I have patterns for Overlay Mosaic Crochet, but not yet for Inset Mosaic Crochet. You can find all of my crochet and knitting patterns on my website, www.TheCrochetArchitect.com.