The idea for this pattern came to mind while my son was working on a rock climb in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. The name of the climb is “Skwish Mitten” and I thought it fitting to name my new pattern after it. It’s a simple, yet fun intro to mosaic knitting.
The climb zig zags up a prominent arete, just like the mosaic stitches zig zag up the hat.
There will be a matching mitten pattern coming shortly.

Sizes:
SM/MD/LG/XL
Circumference to fit: 18”/20”/22”/24” (40.5cm/45.5cm/50.5cm/56cm/61cm)
Finished pattern has 5” negative ease and will stretch.

Sample size LG: 17” circ & 7” height fits my 22” head x stretches to 8” height

Materials:
Yarn: 2 colors of heavy worsted/aran weight yarn, with color contrast.
Sample shown in: Valley Yarns Beckett (50% Alpaca, 50% wool) 141yds (129m)/100g
1 ball each
MC: Denim Heather
CC: Natural

Notions: US 7 (4mm) 40” circular needle (or needle size required to obtain gauge)
Darning needle

Gauge:
17 sts x 20 rows = 4” (10 cm) in 3x2 ribbing, unstretched

Low Vision Accessibility:
Pattern is written in 23 and 25-point sans serif font (Quicksand) in all-black text. Instructions are fully written out. There are no italics or charts.
Attributes include one-inch margins, left alignment, no columns, and page numbers on the bottom left of the page.
Pattern contains headings.
Pattern has not been tested with a screen reader.