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
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Yarn from the fashion industry, and garments that exist only once
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