Knit a Super Cozy Jacket with Simple Cables

December 24, 2025 by Sarah White

When I’m looking around for patterns to share with you, I often leave myself notes so I remember what the pattern is like without having to click on the link. When I added the Honey Jacket by Anne Ventzel to my list of things I wanted to write about, all I wrote was “love this.”

Because I do. It’s such a pretty jacked and it looks super warm and cozy, and there are lot of variations to make if just the way you want. Let’s dive in.

First, the project is worked at a DK gauge achieved by holding three strands of lace weight yarn together, which includes a mohair yarn. You could of course use whatever single or multiple strands you like that allow you to get gauge.

The garment is worked seamlessly from the top down, starting with the back yoke and picking up stitches for the fronts. The pieces are joined after the armholes to work the rest of the body in one piece, after which stitches are picked up for the edging. Sleeves are worked in the round from the armhole down.

The pattern includes 8 sizes and 5 length options. The bust circumference ranges for 100 to 150 cm (that’s a little more than 39 to 59 inches) and within that range you can determine how much ease you would like. Given that this is a jacket that’s meant to be worn over other garments, you might choose a little more ease that you would otherwise, especially if you know what hole you want this to fill in your wardrobe.

Personally I’d probably end up wearing it over another sweater, but if you want to feel the fuzzy you can wear it over a T-shirt instead.

There are lots of great project photos on the project’s Ravelry page (including three versions knit by the designer) so you can see it in different colors, yarns and on different bodies. Check it out and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Anne Ventzel]

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Easy Knit Baskets to Use All Your Stash

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts.

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts.

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects.

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version.

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want.

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do.

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like.

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.