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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Gingerbread – The Sweater i karamellbrunt
Autumn's six colours, and the garments in them
Caramel brown, mustard gold, powder pink, two teals and cherry red. Here are autumn's six colours, and which of my garments come in them. Read more...
Pencil Please – The Skirt
Pencil skirt and a big sweater
The pencil skirt is back, and now it is worn with a big sweater. Here is how to knit both. Read more...
Sky High Blue – The Sweater
The high neck: the collar taking over winter
This autumn the neck goes higher than it has in a long time. Here are the sweaters, neck warmers and ponchos with a high neck. 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...
The Pink Hour – The Poncho
The poncho is back - The Poncho Party
The poncho is worn in new ways this autumn: over a coat, with a belt, over a dress and with a high neck. Here are my ponchos sorted by type,... Read more...
Chocolate – The Sweater, raglangenser i brun alpakka med hullmønster og puffermer. Foto: © CosyMonday
Brown is the new black: from chocolate to caramel
Brown has taken the place black used to have. Here are the shades, from chocolate to caramel, and how to combine them in knitwear. Read more...
Rose – The Sweater
Rose and Alba in Null stjerner
Rose – The Sweater appears in Null stjerner on HBO Max, worn by Linn Skåber in the episode from Germany. In the episode from Malta, Ine Jansen wears Alba –... 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...
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...
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...
Heklede vesker i mohair med bølgekant fra Always Lovable-serien
Crochet a bag for Christmas — in colours you choose for her
The three crochet bags in the Always Lovable series — the big one, the raw one and the little one. Choose the yarn for the person you are giving it... Read more...
Red – The Beanie, rød lue med falsk flette og brettekant
Christmas gifts you still have time to knit
From a rose you crochet in half an hour to a hat you knit in an evening or two. Small projects sorted by how much time you have left. Read more...
Golden Champagne – The Beanie
Knitting for the first Sunday of Advent: six weeks, six small projects
Six weeks to go until the first Sunday of Advent. One small project a week, and all six stay at home with you: a dishcloth, wrist warmers, two hats, mittens... 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...
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...
Milk & Honey – The Sweater
Winter knitting 2026: stripes, dresses and shoulders that take up space
Seventies stripes, the knitted dress, the slit, shoulders that take up space and knits that show a little skin. Five things for winter, and what you can knit yourself. 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...
Red Mini – The Skirt i rødt og fersken med naturhvit mohairgenser og hvit skjorte under
Knitting 2026: Styling tips
Mohair against something smooth, a high neck without jewellery, red in one detail. How the trends from part 1 and 2 become outfits. Read more...
Lysegul genser med høy hals og brodert blomsterkrans fra CosyMonday
Knitting 2026: A bit of the fashion picture right now – part 2
Blue, the vest, raglan you can see and the earth colours. Four more things that keep coming up this autumn, and what you can knit yourself. Read more...
Strikk 2026 – strikkeplagg fra CosyMonday i høstens motebilde
Knitting 2026: A bit of the fashion picture right now
High necks, red, lace patterns and the chunky jacket. Eight things that keep coming up ahead of autumn and winter 2026, and what you can knit yourself. 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...
Blue Monday – blå mohairgenser i Fluff med blomster på stilk og blomsterbord over brystet
Blue Monday – a sweater in five shades of blue
Blue Monday is a proper retro sweater, and one of my first designs. Now I have brought it back. Read more...
Pinky Promise – rosa og lilla mohairgenser med puffermer og brodert gullsirkel på brystet
Pinky Promise: a gold ring to remember
In the middle of the chest of Pinky Promise sits a circle embroidered in gold thread. It is there to remind you of one thing: check yourself, once a month. Read more...
Skisse til RED – kjole i flere fargeveier med stram linning over hoften og vidde som faller i bølger
RED – from sketch to skirt
The story of RED - Mini and RED - Maxi, from Marie Olsson Nylander's request to the finished skirt. 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...
A Remake of Liv's Dress – strikket jakke med puffermer og passepoal sydd av stoff fra en 70-tallskjole
A Remake of Liv's Dress – the bottom tier of a 70s dress
Detaljene i denne jakken er hentet fra en 70-tallskjole. Den nederste raden av kjolen ble til lommefôr og passepoilerte detaljer. Read more...
The Dandelion – stripet vest med håndbroderte løvetenner
The Dandelion – the vest that changed its name
Denne vesten het en gang The 60's – UP & UP. Nå heter den The Dandelion, en stripet vest med broderte løvetenner. Read more...