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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A Sky Full of Stars – strikket lue og hals i gull, koboltblå og beige
Knit together in the winter dark: knitting cafés, KALs and knitting parties
When the dark comes early, knitters gather all over the Nordic countries. Three ways to knit with others this winter: a meet-up near you, a KAL online or a knitting... Read more...
To barn sitter i en sofa og strikker hver sin lue, den ene med hodetelefoner på
Knit with read-aloud: patterns you can listen to
Some of my patterns can now be listened to. They are read aloud step by step, with large text and high contrast. Here is the story behind it. Read more...
A Sky Full of Stars – The Beanie i alpakka, mohair og gulltråd
A Sky Full of Stars: the beanie for those we carry with us
A beanie in alpaca, mohair and gold thread, dedicated to everyone who has lost someone they love. The story behind A Sky Full of Stars – The Beanie. Read more...
Gul strikketopp og stripete strikkebukse i sterke farger
Put the screen away: read a book, knit a round
In Norway, 272 minutes a day go to the internet and 18 minutes to printed books. Many people now want to turn that around. Here is what the numbers say,... Read more...
Barn i blå genser som holder oransje garn
28 per cent: what knitting does to your mind over time
A study followed almost 2,000 older adults for four years. Those who did handcrafts were less likely to develop memory problems. Here is what the research says, and what it... Read more...
Spring Kaleidoscope – The Jacket, kort mohairjakke i fire farger med belte, i bruk
One round at a time: Jim Collins and the question of what to make of a life
Jim Collins spent ten years studying what people do when life takes a new direction. The book isn't about knitting, but it describes something every knitter knows: you move forward... Read more...
Strikking på reise – et enkelt strikkeprosjekt å ta med når du er borte
Travel tips – what to knit when you're away
Det beste jeg tar med hjem fra en reise, er sjelden noe jeg har kjøpt. Her er det jeg har lært om å strikke når man er borte. Read more...
Strikking og hjernehelse – bilde til innlegget om craft-psykologi og hvorfor strikking roer hodet
Brain health and knitting. There is a word for what you feel when you knit
The Danes have given it a name: craft psychology. Here is what the research actually says about why knitting does something to your head — and why the level of... Read more...