Our Mystery KAL is officially back for year three! We’re knitting a top-down round yoke sweater (or a steeked cardigan) together over seven weekly clues, kicking off on January 16th. This year, we’re leaning into stash-busting, so feel free to start hunting through your yarn collection now. You can get all the details on the Ravelry pattern page or here on Skool in the dedicated Classroom where I’ll also be posting all the relevant video tutorials as clues become available. We’d love for you to jump in and share your yarn picks, questions, and progress photos. Just use the "MYAL 2026" category for your posts. Heads up: we aren’t doing spoiler alerts this time, so feel free to post away in whatever way you like just as long as it is in that category! I can’t wait to see what you all come up with this year.

I have been thinking about how often knitting and crochet projects stall and how much quiet guilt we attach to that. A project gets put down for a day.Then a week.Then it lives in a bag while we tell ourselves we will come back to it soon. In my experience, projects do not stall because of skill or motivation. They usually stall because life changes, energy dips, or the project asks for more decisions than we have space for. A few things that genuinely help when something feels stuck. Try reducing the project to just five minutes of stitches. No finishing, no fixing, just five minutes. Change the context rather than the project. A different room, chair, or time of day can make a surprising difference. And ask one honest question. What do I need from this project right now. Enjoyment, learning, or something easy to hold. I am curious, when a project stalls for you, what usually helps you move forward or let it rest without guilt?

In case you haven't heard the news, today we're launching #refractasweater – my first real adventure into mosaic knitting! It's another top-down round yoke design with geometric motifs that continue beyond the sleeve separation. It’s available in seven languages: English🇬🇧, Danish🇩🇰, Dutch🇳🇱, French🇫🇷, German🇩🇪, Portuguese🇵🇹, and Spanish🇪🇸 and for a limited time you can use the code "REFRACTA" at checkout on Ravelry or Etsy—choose your platform here P.S If you are a newsletter subscriber, check your mailbox for your exclusive discount code. 🎁

I’ve made it to the end of chart 3! Such an enjoyable knit, but definitely need to pay attention 😃

I'm thinking of frogging and picking a different CC it's hard to see the pattern what do you all think, pic is in the comments.