This pattern is made in overlay mosaic crochet. I made this pattern in homage to the Brighton Pavilion Palace in my adopted hometown here in England - including our trademark local seagull flying above. The palace was itself inspired by Indian architecture of the 1800’s, like the Taj Mahal, with elaborate domes, towers and minarets, similar to the design of many ancient & modern mosques.

The pattern includes a chart, with drop-down stitches marked with an ‘X’ and written instructions for each row. This is a fairly simple pattern suitable for someone who is intermediate at crochet. If you are new to mosaic crochet patterns, I have added some basic instructions and photos, and links for some of my favorite video tutorials. The pattern also includes a video tutorial & photo guide for the five different ‘special stitches’ used in the pattern to give the curved edges.

I give instructions for making the design into a cushion cover, I suggest doing this in the round. You could adapt or repeat the pattern to turn it into a wall hanging, or a blanket by repeating the design. The pattern has a fairly large repeat - 66 stitches across and 67 rows up (59 across by 47 up for the palace section without the border), so can be scaled up and down accordingly, this would be easiest with a larger project like a blanket.

I used Caron Simply Soft yarn - my yellow leg warmers are in Maize and the others are Tweeds in Gray Heather & Off White. Each adult medium leg warmer used 140g / 228 meters/ 250 yards of yarn. The pattern includes x4 size options - adult small (teen), medium & large plus kids (age 8-12) - but the sizing is quite forgiving in this pattern. Both patterns repeat every 12 stitches.

Please note I use US crochet terminology throughout and the written instructions/ video for the special stitches are focused on right-handed crocheters - but if you are left-handed and can read a chart these are designed to be used in either direction.

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