CosyMonday Knit Diary

Knitting and crochet: trends, techniques and what fashion is wearing

I follow the fashion weeks, the trend reports and the yarn makers, and write about what I see before it reaches the shops. Here you'll find new techniques, crochet, colours and knitting history, along with my patterns that fit them.

New posts every week. Have a lovely week until then <3

Anne-Turid

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My mother, who keeps everything
My mother is the jack of all trades who taught me to sew and knit. She cuts off buttons, unravels old sweaters and knits them up again. That everything can... Read more...
Charlie Brown – The Poncho, kastanjebrun poncho i glattstrikk med frynser og en hals som kneppes på
From Ponchogirl to CosyMonday
CosyMonday used to be called Ponchogirl. Here is the story of the name change, and of the poncho, which is still one of the garments I have made the most... Read more...
Le Soleil – gul mohairgenser med høy hals, halvpatent, hullmønster og puffermer
The special education teacher who knits
I trained at the fashion school Esmod, and I am a special education teacher. Here I explain how the second education shapes my patterns: one step per page, tick boxes... Read more...
O – The Skirt, feminint maxiskjørt strikket ovenfra og ned i paneler med rillestruktur og fargeskift
A pattern everyone can read
Why a knitting pattern can be hard even for someone who knows how to knit, and what happens when it is rewritten so your head only has to hold one... Read more...
Winterlovers, Pop Edition – The Sweater, strikkegenser vist på modell. AI-generert bilde
Why some of the pictures are made with AI
Some garments in the shop are shown in an AI image. Here is why, and how to recognise them. Read more...
Bloom Summer – The Top, håndstrikket sommertopp i mohair, ett eksemplar
Yarn from the fashion industry, and garments that exist only once
Much of what I design in is surplus yarn from the fashion industry. That means the colours rarely come back, and the prototypes in the shop exist in a single... Read more...