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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Pink – The Sweater
Changing a pattern yourself: one thing at a time
You can change the length, width, neck and sleeves yourself. What takes some thought is the rest of the garment. Here is how to measure, work from your own gauge... Read more...
Bohemian Rhapsody – mohairgenser i gultoner med fargefelt og bohemske blomster
Change a pattern yourself, part 2: armholes, hood and colours
More room under the arm, a hood on the cardigan, colours in a different order or a pattern in the yoke. This is how you change the garment itself without... Read more...
Anne-Turid som barn, med oransje garn i hendene
Kids knit: patterns and a course for children who want to knit on their own
A free knitting course for children, and patterns the child can read and knit alone: large type, short sentences and one action in each step. Read more...
The Beach – The Sweater i varme høstfarger
Colour analysis for knitters: how to find the yarn colour that suits you or your child
A sweater sits right under your face, so colour matters more in knitwear than in almost anything else. Three simple questions, four colour types and advice for finding the yarn... Read more...
Strikk fra CosyMonday, bilde til innlegget om dominant farge i mønsterstrikk
Colour dominance in stranded colourwork: why the pattern looks different, and how to keep it even
Same chart, same yarn, same needles, and still the pattern stands out more clearly on one of the mittens. Here is what colour dominance is, how to hold the yarns,... Read more...
Strikket plagg fra CosyMonday, bilde til innlegget om hvordan du leser et strikkediagram
How to read a knitting chart: the symbols and what they mean
Squares, dots, lines and small circles. A knitting chart looks difficult the first time, but there are fewer symbols than you think. Here are the most common ones, and how... Read more...
Moodboard i rust og rosa fra CosyMonday
How to read a knitting pattern: 8 sentences that make people stop
It is rarely the technique that stops you. It is the language. Here are the eight sentences in knitting patterns that most often make people put down their needles, and... Read more...
Mira Pop - The Sweater
Substituting yarn without the garment turning out wrong
You can substitute the yarn in almost all my patterns, as long as you match the gauge. Here is how to recalculate the number of balls, and why mohair, alpaca... Read more...
Rambladress – The Dress, stripet strikkekjole. AI-generert bilde
Knitted dresses: length, weight and how they hang
A knitted dress hangs differently from a sweater. Here is how to measure, decide the length and work out the yarn. Read more...
Pencil Please – The Skirt, langt pencilskjørt i grønne og rosa striper. AI-generert bilde
Stripes from leftover yarn: how to plan the colours
Leftover yarn becomes stripes. Here is how to sort your leftovers, choose one colour to carry the piece and get smooth colour changes. Read more...
Strikket mohairponcho med høy hals og knepping på siden – CosyMonday
Swapping yarn in a pattern: how to match the gauge
You can swap yarn in almost any pattern. What decides whether the garment turns out as it should is whether you match the gauge. Here is how to compare yarns,... Read more...
Light Green Daylight – lysegrønt mohairplagg fra CosyMonday
Knittipedia - get started with knitting too
67 techniques, 95 questions with answers, calculators and a knitting school just for children. It is all free. Here is what you will find in Knittipedia, and where to begin. Read more...