Woolly Thoughts Gallery Creations Clothes Sweaters Roman mosaic Optical illusions Baby sweaters Waistcoats Circles Hats Mittens Afghans Cushions Scarves Here Be Dragons Twists And Turns Toilet roll covers Publications Afghans for schools Activities and workshops Interactive Local tour Needle gauges Links Order Form What's new? Mental Blocks Dolls and toys Commercial patterns for sale	This jacket was inspired by the Sea God Mosaic in Verulamium Museum, St.Albans, England. In a book called Geometric Designs From Roman Mosaics by Robert Field (Tarquin Publications), there are drawings of the geometric elements of several mosaics. One of these was used as a knitting chart. Every square on the diagram became two stitches and three rows of knitting. The jacket was knitted from two balls of double knitting yarn which I made up myself. One was beige and cream shades, the other very dark, nearly-black shades. I used random lengths of yarn tied together and twisted the ends into the back of the garment as I knitted. The photograph shows me wearing the jacket, next to the mosaic on which it is based. This sweater uses the same yarns and is based on the meander mosaic from the floor of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum. More mosaics