About CosyMonday
I design knitting patterns. It started with a bag of leftover yarn.
When I was little, nothing beat being handed a bag of leftovers. Not a single ball — a bag. One ball is one colour and one plan. A bag is possibilities.
I don't think I've changed all that much since.
Fashion school first, needles after
I trained at the Esmod fashion school. That probably explains more about my garments than anything else I could tell you — I think about the garment before I think about the stitch. The silhouette, the way a sleeve falls, where the waist sits. The technique comes afterwards, as a way of getting there.
It's also why my patterns are rarely the most complicated ones. A garment doesn't have to be hard to knit to be well designed.
Why the garments are named the way they are
Almost all my designs are named after Coldplay songs.
Yellow Mellow. A Sky Full of Stars. Higher Power. Adventure of a Lifetime. Fix You. Twenty-three songs in all, spread across more than fifty garments, from Parachutes in 2000 to Music of the Spheres.
It isn't a marketing idea. It's just the music that's playing while I work, and the names stick while the garment takes shape. By now it has turned into a system all on its own.
One batch, one colour, rarely quite the same
I work a lot with surplus yarn — batches from the fashion industry that would otherwise be left sitting. It means my colours can rarely be reproduced exactly, and a garment I knit today can't be repeated identically next time.
That isn't a limitation I've learned to live with. It's the reason I do this.
The finished pieces I sell are my prototypes — the garment I knitted first, while the pattern was taking shape. There is one of each.
Cosiness first, technique after
Every one of my patterns has a free knitting school beside it. Knittipedia is the techniques explained with video and photos, and it costs nothing — because a pattern isn't worth much if you're stuck on round three.
I've also made a free knitting course for children. Ten chapters, six projects and a diploma. The advice I give the grown-ups there really goes for everyone: cosiness first, technique after. The knitter who enjoys it comes back to the needles. The one who has learned to knit perfectly doesn't necessarily.
And one more thing
One of my patterns is called Pinky Promise. It comes with a reminder to check your breasts once a month.
It's the only place in this shop where I ask you for something. Please do it 🤎
If you have a question about a pattern, send me a message in the chat.
Welcome into my knitting universe 🤎
Anne-Turid
Founder & knitwear designer
CosyMonday