Empty your project bag with us this spring! 🐝🌱 Hey, lovely knitters! It's happening 🧶🤩 ZKAL26 is here, and we are so ready for it! Spring feels like the perfect time to have some fun, and we'd love nothing more than to spend it knitting alongside this wonderful community. Whether you have a WIP that's been patiently waiting at the bottom of your project bag or you're itching to cast on something brand new, you're more than welcome here. All the Rujuu Sweaters are welcome too 🤩 There are no rules about where you start, only that you enjoy the journey and share it with us! KAL Details: 🔔Start Date: April 1, 2026 🏁 End Date: May 31, 2026 📍Where: Skool & Ravelry 🏷️Hashtags: #zaneteknits #zkal26 How to Take Part: 🧶 Choose your project: Any Zanete Knits pattern counts! A long-neglected WIP, a fresh cast-on, or anything in between. 👋🏼 Introduce yourself: Head over to Ravelry forum or say hi here in the ZKAL26 thread. We'd love to know what you're making! 💌 Keep us posted: Share photos, celebrate small wins, and cheer each other on along the way. Tag #zaneteknits and #zkal26 whenever you post on social media. 📷 Share your finish: When you cast off, post your Ravelry project page in the forum or drop a link in Skool. That's your prize draw entry sorted! ❗Friendly reminder: Test knits cannot be included as they are not publicly available patterns yet. 🧶A Little offer to get you started!🧶 If you don't have a WIP or pattern yet, you can use code ZKAL26 at checkout for 25% off any of my self-published patterns on Ravelry or Etsy. Valid until April 12, 23:59 BST. Just a quick note about the discount code, if you encounter any issues, please get in touch before completing your purchase. Discounts cannot be applied once the transaction is finished.

I finished the first sleeve 🙏 And decided that the sweater is not for me. It's pretty but I don't think that it fits into my wardrobe. I will gift it to my sister, and since her birthday is in summer, she will get it for Christmas. Therefore, I'm in no big hurry 🙃

The Pasaka Sweater is the second design in my Tribute to Latvian Mittens collection. The name means "fairy tale" in Latvian, inspired by a traditional mitten that reminds me of a snow flake so perfect it could only exist in a fairy tale. ❄️ The construction is a top-down round yoke and the stranded colourwork has some longer floats in places, which should be caught using the Ladderback Jacquard method. The pattern includes videos, as well as charts with suggested ladder placements. There's also a full construction deep dive on YouTube if you want to see me go in more detail. You can use code PASAKA at checkout on Ravelry or Etsy for 20% off, valid until 22nd March, end of day UK time. Newsletter subscribers, if you haven't already seen it, last Wednesday's newsletter will have your exclusive code. P.S. Discounts cannot be applied after the transaction has been completed.

... but I wanted to finish the cabled beast first while it was still cold enough to wear it (had 2 days with it before spring started). But I just finished Clue 5 and will start the sleeves tonight!

On to the sleeves.