Oolong knits

Note: I'm using a photo of Jared Flood's Quill as a placeholder until I finish this month's project and take a decent photo of it. My project is not identical to this one, but similar enough, I guess. I'm continuing my challenge for 2026 this month, but I chose to do something slightly different in February. It all started the month before, when I was planning to start a new sweater, even though I hadn't finished my January project yet (far from it). In principle, I have enough yarn in my stash to knit for over 2 years (based on my yarn consumption of last year), but, in practice, I realized I didn't have a single sweater amount, even if I joined different yarns in order to do some colourwork (at least, not if I wanted to like the final piece). After close inspection, I discovered that a large portion of my stash consisted of Drops Alpaca yarn. However, most of this yarn was effectively in use in 2 projects, my January s...

Note: I'm using a photo of PetiteKnit's Cumulus blouse as a placeholder, until I take a decent photo of my January project. My self-drafted pattern is quite different from this sweater, but I couldn't be bothered to find a better picture. I finished almost all the projects I'd started in 2025 before the end of the year and ended up unexpectedly casting on a new project on the 1st day of 2026. Throughout January, as I knitted this project, I found that I rather enjoyed knowing exactly (and without having to do any calculations) when I had started the project and for how long I'd been knitting it. This is how it occurred to me that I could challenge myself to start a new project on the 1st day of every month in 2026. My January project is a simple v-neck worked using a self-drafted contiguous recipe. The neck and cuffs are made of a double-knitted band and the hem in half-twisted rib. This is a very simple recipe, completely seamle...

I just love the strinking geometric design of Oxford by Sanastrik. And it is a free pattern.

Deborah Doherty generously provides most of her patterns for free. tee | 23 is my favourite design of her, but she has other designs that are absolutely beautiful.

Sari Nordlund is one of the most popular designers at the moment and her popularity is undoubtedly deserved. Louise pullover is not one of her most outstanding patterns, but it is still gorgeous and, moreover, it is free *wink, wink* and thus a great opportunity to get to know Sari's pattern writing style without having to pay for it.

Rachel Illsley is one of my most favourite designers and I cannot believe I have never included one of her patterns in eye-candy. Low Tide is probably my favourite pattern of hers, but her colourwork patterns are also outstanding. There is also a Low Tide Shawl which is equally gorgeous.