5 Trendy Knitting Design Elements Pt 3 ¦ MFT, Ozetta, Alicia Plummer, Coco Amour Knits, & more.

Hey, hi, hello everyone. Welcome or welcome back. This is Alex Talks Knits. If you're new here, my name is Alex. I am a knitter coming to you from Vancouver, Canada, and today I have an exciting episode, if you will. This is another addition to my flagship series, Five Trendy Design Elements, where I go through, as the name says, Five Trendy Design Elements, and basically over the weeks and months of looking at patterns, I've collected patterns, designs that look similar to each other, and I assemble them all together, and we compare and contrast all of the different designs in each category. So it's a really fun one. This is a big one. We've got a lot of patterns to get through, so we'll get right into it in just a moment. If you have not yet subscribed and you like these types of videos, please do subscribe, give me a like, and also I would love if you commented down below if there's any trendy design elements that you have spotted over the weeks and months. I, seagulls, we are on the west coast, so that happens regularly. I would love for you to comment below if there are any trendy design elements that you've noticed or any patterns that are quite similar to each other. Just out of curiosity, I've got a running list going of the ones that I see, but of course I'm only one person. I have my own algorithm, so I don't know what's coming across everyone else's screens, so I'd just love to know. That intel might help me out for my next trendy design element video, so if you've got any ideas, please comment them down below. All right, and before we jump into the patterns, I will just go over what I'm wearing. This is, of course, the Luma Pullover by Sari Nordland, the very popular pattern, colorwork pattern. I made this over the month of December. This was my Christmas sweater, so if you want more details about that, please check out the Ravelry link below, or if you want even more details, more behind the scenes, the making of. I did also create a project vlog video, so I'll also link that, and it will be in the cards here, so if you want to check that out and learn a little bit more about this beautiful number, please do. All right, so let's dive right into it. I will list off the five elements that we will be talking about today. Excitingly, we're going to be starting off with an accessory, which is the first time that I've featured accessories, so the first category of that I'm going to be talking about, the first trendy design element, are low profile beanies with wide brims. The second category is quarter button-up sweaters, or Henley sweaters, we'll say. The third category are rugby style polos. I kind of teased that in my last trendy design elements video. And the fourth category are what I'm calling railroad stripes. This is a term I've made up. It's essentially colorwork sweaters that remind me of railroad tracks or train tracks, so stripes that remind me of train tracks, essentially. It will become clear when we get to it, I promise. The last category in this video are high neck cardigans, so we've got a ton of patterns to go over. We are going to start right now. I've got my computer with my notes, so let's get into it. All right, up first, we've got low profile beanies with wide brims. A lot of these are also quite fluffy, so that was sort of part of the title as well. However, not all of them are super mohair heavy. Hats, and for my other Canadian viewers, toques. Beanies, for my American viewers. They've gone through many different trends and iterations over the years, but you can do with a hat. But yeah, like the more slouchy styles of the 2010s, and then I believe like the 2020s, the earlier 2020s, we had very high profile hats. So just like quite a wide top of the hat would sometimes give the effect of what my boyfriend will cheekily call condom head. So we're leaning away from condom head. We're getting close, closer to the top of the head, a much more rounded, fitted top. The patterns that we're going to be discussing today are the brush loop hat by Other Loops, beanie number seven by My Favorite Things Knitwear, gujo hat by Eggyo Knits, terrazzo hat by Petite Knit, the Mara hat by Suzanne Mueller, and then our honorable mention. So a big category. This actually came about when I was doing my new pattern release videos in February, going over kind of my favorite patterns of the year so far. And I was just finding all of these hats, all of these toques, and realized this had to be in my next 5 Trendy Design Element video. So here we are. This is the first accessory addition to this series. So it's very exciting. Okay, starting off with the brush loop hat by Other Loops. This was released in January 2026. This is a super fluffy hat, which consists of three strands held together. So two strands of mohair and one strand of fingering. So some of the yarns listed are knitting for all of soft silk mohair and merino, guppard kidseta, guppard fine wool, filcalonatilla. So yeah, just... Oh, there's a goose on the... Wow, there's a goose right there. Hi, goose. That's a little distracting. I heard a honk and it seemed like it was just right beside me. Okay, focus. So there are two sizes for this design, and this hat features a spiral decrease at the top. And we will see that in another pattern very shortly. Pattern number two, beanie number seven by My Favorite Things Knitwear, was released in February 2026. The yarns listed are, again, also knitting for all of merino and soft silk mohair. And this pattern is also using two strands of lace plus a fingering. So the same composition, we'll say, as the brushed loop hat by Other Loops. And there are three sizes in this one, and this one features decorative icord edges at the top. I think she does a similar thing in her... Oh, what is that one called? I think she does a similar thing in beanie number six, and that pattern is going to come up as well when we talk about something else. Okay, so all these are kind of relating to each other, which is essentially the point of this video. Okay, third hat is the Gujo Hat by Egeo Knits. This one was also released in January 2026. Some of the yarns listed are Helholtz, Uldspinveri, Dansk, Dansk, Dansk, Dansk, Pelsuld, and two strands of Issyr silk mohair. So again, three strands of yarn held together, we see the pattern. This hat features all over half fisherman's rib, so that's something that's different and unique to the Gujo Hat in this case. There are five sizes total, and this one also features the spiral decrease at the top, so similar to the brushed loop hat. And next up, we've got the Terrazzo Hat by Petite Knit. This one was released in December 2025, so a little bit earlier than the other ones. The yarns listed are Filcolana Peruvian, Norosilk Garden Sock, Issyr silk mohair, and Sanmascarn Atlas. This is listed as a worsted weight pattern using a DK weight yarn held with a fingering. And there are five sizes available for this one as well, and this one also includes children's sizing. This hat is worked from the bottom up, and it has ribbing for the brim and then stockinette for the top of the hat. So this one kind of reminds me of if you were to combine Petite Knit's Oslo Hat with her Weekend Hat. Put those together and you get the Terrazzo Hat. And lastly, we have the Mara Hat by Suzanne Mueller. This one was released in January 2026. She recommends using Rowan Big Wool and Pasquale Maximo. I'm not familiar with either of those yarns, but it is listed as a super bulky weight pattern. This one is using 10mm needles, and there are two sizes, and it's very reminiscent of Beanie No. 6 by My Favorite Things Knitwear, which was incredibly popular, released last year. So we can kind of, yeah, see the similarity here. Obviously, the Mara Hat does have a different appearance than the other hats that I featured, but because it does still have that same silhouette of the wide brim and the low profile, I thought it was worth mentioning. And also because it is so similar to Beanie No. 6. Kind of same vibe. So let's go into our honorable mentions. Up first, we've got the Augustins Accessories No. 1 by Anne-Sophie Belling. This is another recent release that came out in December 2025, and it is also a very low-profile beanie, but the brim is a lot smaller. So it's just a little bit different. It gives a different vibe compared to the other ones. It's a little bit more like what I say is like more classic watch cap style hat, or like a hipster hat, kind of. And then we also have the Chantelle Beanie by Mora Knit, which was released in December 2025. This one is not as low-profile. It has a bit of a taller body of the hat. I don't know what we call that, brim, taller brim. So not quite the same, but it's been released so recently, I thought that it was, you know, worth mentioning at least. These are all kind of the recent hat releases. And I know that we are already in March. We're veering towards spring for a lot of us. So, you know, knitting hats might not be on the top of everyone's priority list at the moment, but these are things that you can keep in mind once we roll back around into the autumn if you're kind of planning for, I mean, not yet, but when you are planning for autumn winter this year, maybe these hats might be of interest to you. So I just thought I'd put them on your radar now. Okay, category number two, quarter button-up sweaters or Henleys. Henley is probably the more like official term, but yeah, I thought quarter button-up was descriptive. So these are very lovely transitional pieces. They can act as not only a pullover sweater, but also potentially as outerwear. One thing that I like about this type of garment is that it feels very like outdoorsy and sporty. I can picture wearing these types of garments camping or like on a cold day at the beach. So that's kind of the overall vibe for this category. And the patterns that I'm going to be talking about are the Calgary Bay Sweater by Cheryl Mokhtari, the Inch Sweater by Rebecca Clow, the Leopold by Chico Design, the Winaka Sweater by Anna Elizabeth Anderson, the Forrester Henley by Alicia Plummer, and then we've got our list of honorable mentions. So starting off with the Calgary Bay Sweater by Cheryl Mokhtari, this pattern has been teased on her Instagram for a while, and I love the look of it. The half fisherman's rib just looks so squishy and cozy and warm and yeah, just a classic, beautiful design. This one was released in January 2026, and it's knit with Camarose Snuffnug and Olivia and Oliver Fiber Suri Silk held together, and it's listed as a worsted weight pattern. Although I believe Snuffnug on its own is worsted, and then if you were to add a Suri Silk, to me that reads more as an Aaron pattern. So I don't know, maybe do a little bit more digging on that. I'm just using what the Ravelry page says. So yeah, might want to backtrack that. There are 11 sizes, and the finished bust circumference ranges from 93.5 centimeters to 168 centimeters, and she's recommending 18 centimeters of positive ease. And to tell you a little bit more about this one, this is a reverse half fisherman's rib sweater with a Henley front, and it's worked from the top down. There are regular rib details, including the button band, and the collar is also folded. This is a gorgeous, chunky, squishy looking knit, so very lovely, cozy jumper to add to your wardrobe. Number two, we've got the Inch Sweater by Rebecca Kloh. This one was released in January 2026 as well. It's a DK weight pattern. There are 10 sizes, and there's also masculine and feminine sizing, and a ton of modifications or customizable elements. The quarter button, or the Henley, is just one version of this sweater, so that's the one that I'm going to be kind of like focusing on and showing photos of, but there's just a regular pullover version. There's a ton of different versions of this, so definitely worth looking at the Ravelry page for this one. There is a finished chest circumference of 82 centimeters to 173.5 centimeters, and that's across both the masculine and the feminine sizing. I think just the fit is what changes, not necessarily the range of bust circumference, if that makes sense. And there's a recommended positive ease of 10 to 15 centimeters. There are instructions to knit this up in either plain stockinette or half fisherman's rib, and it's knit from the top down and features a saddle shoulder construction. Number three, we've got Leopold by Chico Design. This was released in March 2024, so a little bit of an older pattern here. This is a DK weight sweater, and the recommended yarn is Seneskarn Pure Gint. There are 10 sizes, with finished chest circumference of 93 to 175 centimeters, and recommended positive ease of 15 centimeters. This sweater is described as a classic apres-ski, and it features broken rib stitch and drop shoulder construction. There's an option for a Henley, or an option to knit this as a full cardigan. Those are both included in the pattern. Next up, we've got the Wanaka sweater by Anna Elizabeth Anderson, which was also released in 2024, released in February 2024. It is also a DK weight sweater, and there are 12 sizes. The finished chest circumference ranges from 105 to 180 centimeters, with 20 centimeters of recommended positive ease. This one is knit top down, also has drop shoulder construction, and features a double knit button band and a folded neckline. All right, and lastly, we've got the Forester Henley by Alicia Plummer. This was released in December 2024, so another 2024 pattern. Okay, didn't put that together. And the yarn recommended is Barroco Ultra Alpaca. This is a worsted weight pattern. There are 12 sizes total, with a finished chest circumference of 94 to 205.5 centimeters, with 5 to 10 centimeters of positive ease. So unlike all of the other patterns that I've featured so far, and I think in all of the other videos as well, we were seeing a man wearing the garment, and it is a unisex pattern. However, it is graded for more masculine sizing, so that's kind of cool. I just feel like it's harder to find patterns for men, or just even with that kind of construction in mind, where the dimensions are kind of built for a more masculine body shape. So I think that's cool, and I wanted to feature it here. This pattern is knitted from the top down in stockinette stitch, and features what is described in the pattern as a distinctive vertical chest ridge. And I think that's a really nice design element. It gives a very sporty look, like I said, for most of this category. But yeah, that ridge is just a really nice detail. It kind of reminds me of like Patagonia pullovers, like zip pullovers or button pullovers. They tend to have that chest line, or either like different color top here, and then like a neutral body. Anyway, I'll put up a photo. We'll see if that's accurate, but just from my memory of like Patagonia sweaters, that line kind of gives a similar vibe. For our honorable mentions, we've got the Portobello sweater by Cheryl Maktari. I absolutely love this design. This is definitely a different feel to the other pullovers that I mentioned in this category. It's a lot more of a top. It's lighter weight. I believe it's a DK weight pattern. So I guess, yeah, we saw other DK weight patterns too, but just the design of it, it's a little bit like slimmer, and it does have the Bretton stripes. So it does read more to me as a top rather than a classic sweater. It's a very great dupe for the Suzanne Leoncin jumper, if that is of interest to you. It is to me. I would really like to make this one. Second honorable mention, we have the Popham's... Is that how you say it? I'm second-guessing myself. I don't know if it's pronounced Popham pullover by Alicia Plummer or Po-pham. I don't know if that PH is supposed to be an F sound or not. You can let me know if you know, but I'm going to just say Popham pullover. Now I'm really second-guessing myself. Okay, Popham sweater. I don't know. I don't know what to land on. Let's move on. So this is another lovely sporty design by Alicia Plummer. It very much fits the vibe of this category, but obviously this one features a zip instead of the buttons or the Henley. So it's just a little bit different. This would be a great dupe, we'll say, for the Zipper Sweater Lite or Zipper Sweater or Zipper Sweater Lite or Zipper Sweater Man by Petite Knit. So something to look into if you're interested in that. This one was released in May of 2025 and so it's not quite a year old. So another reason why I wanted to highlight it, it's like a relatively, relatively recent pattern. So hey, hi, hello. Editing Alex here. I just needed to add one more pattern into the mix for your consideration in the Henley slash quarter button-up pattern roundup and that is the Lauren by Alicia Plummer. She released this literally like a day after I filmed my video and I wasn't aware of it before I filmed, so I didn't include it in the honorable mentions or anything. So it's just absolutely perfect to be in this category, so I definitely didn't want to miss it. It was released, as I said, just days ago. I won't go through all the specs here because obviously I'm not like set up to film. I'm just hopping on as I'm working out of my friend's office today. But yeah, it is the Lauren and it is a worsted weight pattern and in the pattern page she says that it's like 90s outfitter style, very like vintage inspired. And yeah, it's a garter stitch pattern as well, which is kind of interesting. You don't see like a ton of those, especially in this type of design. I especially wanted to include it because I included two of her other designs in this category. So this is obviously a type of like sweater pullover that she enjoys designing and enjoys wearing, so she's definitely someone to check out if this style appeals to you. Next up we've got the Apéro by Chico Designs, another Chico Designs pattern. And this one was released in September 2023, so a little bit of an older pattern. And this is a much more feminine take on the Henley. Obviously we've got the Henley, but it also features those like scalloped edges on the button band, which are so lovely. The slight balloon sleeve and even the color, it's just a lot more feminine. And yeah, it's a really nice feminine take on this type of sweater, so I wanted to feature it here. And lastly, we've got the Lina sweater by Mochi Knits. This was a pattern that I featured in my last Trendy Design Elements video, so if you missed that one, please check it out. I'll link it up in the cards and down in the description box below. So yeah, this one definitely fits within this category. The only difference is that it features a polo collar, which was the category last time, and so it looks a little bit different than the other patterns in this category. The thing that set it apart last video was that it had the button, the quarter button up, and the thing that sets it apart from this category is that it has the polo collar, so it sits right in between these two categories, which is nice. And it also, because of the polo collar, leads us very nicely into our next category, which is rugby style polos. What I really like about these designs is that they give a very collegiate vibe. To me, this category is super fun, preppy, sporty, and also it has a bit of like a vintage feel as well. It seems very vintage inspired, maybe more like, you know, harkening back to the 90s. So the fact that you can knit them yourself is very, very cool. I don't think this would have been a type of thing that I would assume that I could just make myself. So the patterns that we're going to be talking about are polo number one by My Favorite Things Knitwear, the Gemma polo by Cookie the Knitter, the Winona polo, and also the Winona polo heavyweight by Emily Chen, and then we'll get into our honorable mentions. So polo number one by My Favorite Things Knitwear was released in October of 2025. The recommended yarns are knitting for olive merino, soft silk mohair, or compatible cashmere, so it's a fingering weight yarn plus a lace weight, so equals DK. There are eight sizes total with the finished bust circumference of 96 to 150 centimeters, and with 10 to 12 centimeters of recommended positive ease. This design features a contiguous shoulder construction, a double knit collar and button band, and then also has fine rib details. This is a lovely classic design. It's lightweight. Yeah, I feel like this would just be the perfect transitional garment, like perfect for spring, perfect for fall. Obviously this was released in October, and the beautiful burgundy color that she uses really is a, you know, quintessential fall palette, but I think it would work equally as well in the spring. Second pattern, we've got the Gemma polo by Cookie the Knitter. This one was released a little while ago, March 2022, so she was ahead of the trend, we'll say. The recommended yarn in this pattern is Lanigato super soft. I've never used Lanigato. I'm not familiar with that one, so I'm going to take Ravelry's word for it when they say it's a DK weight pattern. There are five sizes total, so a bit of a limited size range here, which is unfortunate. The finished bust circumference ranges from 101 centimeters to 131 centimeters, so again, not the best size range, not very size inclusive, but I still thought it was a good pattern to include. Visually, just, you know, fill out the category here, give you some options. There is a recommended 15 to 20 centimeters of positive ease for a regular fit, or 25 to 30 centimeters if you want an oversized fit. This pattern features a drop shoulder construction and has double knit collar and button band. And the last patterns that we're going to be featuring are kind of, it's kind of a two-for-one here. So we've got the Winona polo and the Winona polo heavyweight by Emily Chen. So the regular version was released in December 2022, and the heavyweight version was released in October 2023, and you can purchase both of the patterns together as a bundle with the code winonabundle. I'm not, I haven't tried it myself, so I'm not sure if that code is still valid given that the latest version of this was put out two and a half years ago at this point, so that might not still work, but you could always try it. For the regular version, it is a fingering weight garment, and the recommended yarn is Knit Picks palette. There are 10 sizes with finished chest circumference of 101.5 to 281.5 centimeters, and this is interesting, 30 to 40 percent positive ease. So that's the first time that I've seen recommended positive ease described as a percentage of your measurement. I don't know how, I didn't do the math to figure out how many centimeters that would be based on the chest circumference given, but yeah, just kind of interesting. So it could be a very, very oversized garment, which I think is why the finished chest circumference goes all the way up to almost 300 centimeters. Good size inclusivity here. For the heavyweight version, it is a worsted weight pattern, and the recommended yarn is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes. I've never used Knit Picks yarn before, so I'm not familiar with either of those, but I know they're very popular. The sizing is the same as the original, the chest circumference is the same, the recommended positive ease is the same, so it's really just the yarn weight that's different. These two patterns stuck out to me a lot because they remind me so much of the rugby shirts from the brand Cotton, a brand that I really like. So I, yeah, this one really stuck out to me as something that I would definitely consider, consider making. I think knitting this up in a worsted weight yarn might make it quite, quite warm and not give quite the same sort of like, for lack of a better term, like store-bought look, whereas I think if I had the wherewithal to knit the garment in fingering weight, if I was brave enough to knit something that large in fingering weight, I think that would really give like a very true to style version of that, of that garment. And I only have one honorable mention in this category. It is the Fisherman's Rib Sweater by Friday Knits. This was released in November of 2025, and the silhouette of this garment, the design features are all very much part of this category. The difference here is that it does feature Fisherman's Rib Stitch, so it gives more of like a sweater feel rather than like a rugby shirt feel in my opinion, but it shares the same other characteristics like the double knit polo collar, the stripes, so I thought it was worth mentioning. All right, here's where we get into a category that I've named, and maybe it's like, maybe it's just me that thinks that, I don't think it's just me that thinks that these are all similar, but that would describe this style of stripe as a railroad stripe or a train track stripe. I don't know, they just remind me of train tracks. I don't, I don't know. There's like an official name for this type of striping. If this is like a common motif, please let me know. I don't think I said in the beginning of this video, but I have only been knitting for three, four years, so I definitely have gaps in my knowledge, and I know many of you have been knitting for much longer than I have and probably have a great resource, mental resource of information, so please do let me know if I've gotten something wrong here, but for the sake of me recording this, I have named this Railroad Stripes. Yeah, this is basically just a version of Colorwork Stripes that I really enjoy. We are going to be talking about the Norma sweater and the new Norma by My Favorite Things Knitwear. I was wearing my Norma sweater in my last video, so if you want to have a look there to see my Norma sweater, it will also be linked in my Ravelry. Oh, and I just realized I forgot to say I did create a Ravelry bundle for this entire collection, so if you want any more information about any of these patterns that I've talked about, click on the bundle and you'll be able to find it very easily there. So I'm talking about the Norma and the new Norma, the Ridge sweater by Sandness Garn, the Key sweater by Petite Knit, and then my Honorable Mentions. So the Norma sweater was released in February 2024. If you've followed along with my knitting videos over the last few months, you may know that I knit my mom a Norma sweater for Christmas, and I've knit myself the Norma previously, like earlier last year, so the gauge for this sweater for me has been very confusing. When I knit mine, I held a DK weight strand with a mohair to achieve kind of like a worsted to achieve gauge, and on the Ravelry page it's listed as an Aran weight pattern. The thing is is that the yarns that she is using are very light and airy, and she's holding three strands together, so she recommends using Issyr to Vinny, Issyr Tweed, and Issyr Mohair. So I believe what that works out to are two lace weights plus a sport weight, somewhere between worsted and Aran, but very kind of like light and airy to hold those three strands together as opposed to like one Aran weight yarn. Anyway, we'll move on from the gauge. There are eight sizes. There's no finished bust circumference listed, so they only have the designed for busts of these sizes, so designed for busts between 80 to 140 centimeters in circumference, and there's recommended positive ease of 25 centimeters, and the Norma is a three-color colorwork striped sweater, and then one thing to note is that your own, even though it is three colors, you're only ever working up to two colors at a time, so it's a very beginner knitter friendly colorwork sweater, so highly recommend. The regular Norma is a raglan construction knit from the top down, and you start at the collar, which is a high neck mock neck, not dissimilar to this. For the new Norma, that one was released in January 2025. It has the same gauge, but there are nine sizes total, and it has overall a more oversized fit. The bust circumference ranges from 114 to 176 centimeters, I think a bit better size range on this one, and there's recommended positive ease of 30 to 35 centimeters, so also just a little bit more positive ease worked into the design as well. This one features a drop shoulder construction, so unlike the regular Norma, which is a raglan, the new Norma is a drop shoulder, and also this one features a folded down collar instead of the And from the photos, I think it has 2x2 or 2x1 ribbing as opposed to 1x1 ribbing, but it was a little bit hard to tell because the sample photos, she uses a dark brown yarn, and there's, you know, fluffy, it's a very fluffy sweater, so it's kind of hard to like really see the stitch definition, but I think it's a wider rib, it looks like a wider rib to me. All right, and then up next, we've got the Ridge Sweater by Sandnes Garn. This one was released in October 2025. It recommends using Borset Alpaca or Atlas by Sandnes Garn, of course it's recommending Sandnes Garn yarn, obviously, and it's listed as a worsted weight pattern. There are nine sizes total with finished bust circumference of 101 to 148 centimeters. The recommended positive ease is not listed, but as you can see on the pattern photos, like it's pretty oversized. This is a two-color colorwork design, and something that's interesting, the reason why there's two yarns recommended is because the stripes are knitted in the Borset Alpaca, I believe, so a very fluffy yarn, and it says that it gives the stripes a slightly 3D effect, so that's really cool, that's interesting. This one is knitted from the top down in the round and features a turtleneck with 2x2 ribbing for the collar, the cuffs, and the hem. All right, and lastly, we've got the Key Sweater by Petite Knit. This was released in December 2024. The recommended yarn is Sandnes Garn Pure Gint, Filcolana Peruvian, Filcolana Alba, and Sandnes Garn Alpaca Volgatrad. So what that works out to is a worsted weight yarn held with a lace weight yarn, so in this case, I believe it's a worsted weight wool yarn, 100% wool, with a strand of alpaca. This is listed as an Aran weight pattern, and there are 10 sizes total, with finished bust circumference of 107 to 156 centimeters, and 25 centimeters of positive ease. This one is worked top down, it also has a raglan construction, and features a mock neck with 1x1 ribbed finishing, so in that regard, top down, mock neck, raglan construction, very similar to the Norma. However, obviously the colorwork motif is quite different. It says in the name, it's the Key Sweater, so the design is meant to look like old skeleton keys, I think, but it still overall gives the railroad track vibe to me. All right, the honorable mentions are the Weekend Sweater by Siv Kristen Olsen. This is a free pattern, it was released in January 2023, and is knitted at a bulky weight gauge. You can see it looks a lot bulkier than the other patterns in this category. This one also doesn't have colorwork on the sleeve, so a little bit different there, but that could easily be modifiable if you want to just continue the colorwork down the sleeves. The second honorable mention, and this was kind of a case that happened in the last video as well, where there is a sweater that I've been following on Instagram, an Ozetta sweater that I've been following on Instagram for quite some time, that were it released would be a main example in the category, but because it is not yet released, I can only include it as an honorable mention, and that is the Harbor Sweater by Ozetta. This is like very much in line with all the other sweaters in the category, and is so so similar in motif to the Norma, just has like a very fine difference in the way that those three colors are worked together. So it's still a unique design, but it's very reminiscent, we'll say, of the Norma, and I like it a lot, I really like this one. Yeah, so I think I'm repeating myself a little bit here, it's a three color colorwork design, it's another one with a bit of a mock neck, I think it's a bit of a lower mock neck than the Norma, it also features one by one ribbing. This is also a raglan, so very much like a sister sweater to the Norma, so if you don't want to knit the Norma, I know the Norma is very very very popular, so if you want something just like a little different, then the Harbor Sweater could be a great option for you. Then the last honorable mention is quite different, quite different than the others, this is the Sailor Light by Ann Wenzel, and there is a both a top and a tunic version of this, so yeah, just a little bit different. The overall scale of the stripes is much smaller, it's just two color colorwork, but it kind of has the similar train track vibe to me as the other one, so I thought I'd throw it in there as just maybe more of like a spring summer version of this type of garment that you can consider. All right, and we are finally on to our last category, thank you for sticking with me if you've made it this far. We just have five more patterns to talk about, and then quickly run through the honorable mentions. Those patterns are the Zakuri Cardigan by Noriko Ichikawa, the DRK Everyday Cardi by Andrea Mowry, the Jilly Jacket by Ann Wenzel, the Kara Jacket by Kadri, and the Regalia Cardigan by Anita Blair, and then like I said, our honorable mentions. So starting off with the Zakuri Cardigan by Noriko Ichikawa, this one was released in January 2023. The recommended yarn is Dererum Natura Gilead, which is a worsted weight yarn. There are nine sizes available, with the finished bus circumference of 121 to 165.5 centimeters, and this pattern does not explicitly list the recommended positive ease, but notes that the model in the sample photos has about 34 centimeters of positive ease, so something that you can keep in mind when you're choosing your sizing. And it also says in the pattern page that zakuri means casual, comfortable, thick fabric in Japanese, so that's very cool to learn. This cardigan is worked from the top down and has an oversized fit. It features a raglan construction and has what appears to be two by one ribbing and rolled stockinette edge on the collar, on the collar, hems, and cuffs. The DRK Everyday Cardi by Andrea Mowry was released in March 2025, so is a year old now. It is a sport weight garment and has 10 sizes total. There is a finished bus circumference of 86.5 to 178 centimeters, with recommended positive ease of 10 to 20 centimeters. This cardi is knit from the top down from the collar, and she says it's a folded down collar in the pattern, but maybe I misinterpreted what that meant. It says, yeah, it was a folded down collar, but in the photos it's worn like up, so maybe folded down just means it's like double knit. I'm not 100% sure on that, but yeah, still a high neck cardigan. Maybe you can lay it down so that it almost looks more like a polo, I'm not sure, but this one is also using raglan construction and it has a wide ribbed raglan line that goes all the way down the body, so that's kind of cool, like a ribbed raglan that continues down past the sleeves to the hem, and this uses one by one ribbed details for the finishing for the cuffs and the hem. Next up, we've got the Gilly Jacket by Ann Wenzel. This is a new pattern release, it was released in March 2026. This one has many yarns recommended, so some of them were Senna's Garn Atlas and Filcalonatilla, so it's basically a worsted weight yarn held with a lace weight to create an Aran weight garment. There are eight sizes total, with finished bust circumference of 104 to 148 centimeters, and recommends 20 to 40 centimeters of positive ease, so 20 to 40 centimeters is quite a big difference. I guess another thing to note, she does say that in the pattern photos there's about 28 centimeters of positive ease, so if you want something similar to the photos, aim for about 30 centimeters, I'd say. This one also features a raglan construction and is knit from the top down. There is shorter shaping both at the top and at the bottom of the back to create a curved hem on the bottom. This one features twisted rib detail and a rolled stockinette edge on the sleeve, so kind of similar finishing to the Zachuri cardigan with that rolled stockinette after the ribbing. This one, the Gilly Jacket, however, has a very short amount of ribbing at the bottom hem compared to the collar and the cuff, and this one also features a double knit button band. Okay, and then next up we've got another new release, the Kara Jacket by Kadri. This one was released in March of this year as well, so this month. They are also recommending a bunch of different yarns, but an example is Snap Knot by Camarose and Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair, so very similar to the Gilly Jacket, a worsted weight yarn held with a lace weight to achieve an Aran weight gauge. There are nine sizes total, and finished bust circumference of 114 to 175 centimeters with 30 centimeters of positive ease, so again very similar kind of specs to the Gilly Jacket, although the construction and the details are different. This one is knit top down and features a drop shoulder construction, so our first drop shoulder of the group, first and only, I should say. This one features one by one ribbing for the collar, cuffs, and hems. One other thing that's kind of interesting about this pattern is that it includes instructions for two different types of buttons, so you can do just the traditional buttonholes, or there's also instructions for those little loops so that you can have a toggle button closure, so that's a nice little addition, I think. And then up next we've got the Regalia Cardigan by Anita Blair. This one was released in December 2021, which, fun fact, makes this the oldest pattern that I'm featuring in this video, so I guess we could say Anita was a trendsetter here. The recommended yarn is the Lanigato VIP and it's listed as a DK weight pattern. There are only five sizes available, so pretty limited sizing. There's finished bust circumference of 90 to 122.5 centimeters with recommended positive ease of 7 to 10 centimeters, so definitely more of like a closer fit and a lighter gauge overall, so more of the cardigan rather than the jacket. The other patterns in this category were more so jackets, really perfect for transitional weather, could be worn as outerwear as opposed to just like a cardigan, kind of nice in that respect. That's why I wanted to feature it in this video, feature these patterns in this video, because it is a great transitional piece going into spring and, you know, could be worn as a light jacket on those cool evenings in summer. Back to the Regalia cardigan, this one is knitted top down and features a contiguous set-in sleeve construction. This features mostly stockinette stitch but is punctuated with both vertical and horizontal textural stripes created by moss rib stitch, so that's very interesting. These stripes begin at the raglan lines and continue down the body of the sweater, so very similar in that regard to the DRK Everyday Cardi by Andrea Mowry. All right, and we'll finish off with our honorable mentions. We've got the Ava jacket by My Favorite Things Knitwear, which is another pattern that I featured in the last Trendy Design Elements video. This design was featured in that video because of the contrast seam. In this case, I'm including it as an honorable mention because of the construction, because of the silhouette, so I thought because I've already talked about it, I don't need to include it in the main category, but it's definitely worth mentioning as it is very much a high neck jacket cardigan situation. Lastly, we've got another Ozetta pattern that is not yet released, and had it been released already, it would be in the main category, and that is the Lakes jacket by Ozetta, which is still in testing. So yeah, very similar to the Harbor sweater, it's totally like a quintessential or like, um, what am I trying to say? Based on the photos and what I can see from the other Lakes patterns, like the Lakes pullover, the Lakes v-neck, I believe this one will have a saddle shoulder construction as well, and it has one by one rib details for the collar and cuffs. In the pattern photos that I could find on Instagram, I couldn't see the hem, so I'm assuming it's a one by one rib hem as well. It actually features a ribbed button band. Yeah, this is like very much like a prototype of this category, it's just it's not out yet, so it has to remain as an honorable mention for now, but yeah, keep that in your brain if you're wanting another example of these high neck cardigans. Ooh, big Okay, that wraps up all of the patterns that I wanted to talk about today. I hope that you enjoyed it. Like I said before, in the middle of the video, which I should have said at the top, there is a Ravelry bundle if you need to find these patterns a little bit more easily. They're all down there, so you can have a look there, and if you've got any other trendy design elements that you want to let me know about and some patterns that would be in those categories, please do comment down below. I'd love to hear what, you know, what you spot as similarities. I think that's always really interesting to know. And with that, if you're watching this on the Friday that it came out, I hope that you have a great day. I hope that you have a lovely weekend, and I'll talk to you next time. Bye!