Modern knitting patterns & step-by-step tutorials for all levels

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Welcome to the world of Kutovakika!

I design modern, wearable knitting patterns with step-by-step knitting tutorials—perfect for beginners & experienced knitters.

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Explore my collection of knitting patterns designed with thoughtful details, an empahsis on good fit and a timeless yet contemporary feel. Whether you’re looking for a go-to sweater, a breezy top, or a quick weekend project, each design is made to be both enjoyable to knit and beautiful to wear.

Browse by category to discover something that inspires your needles and your wardrobe.

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ACCESSORIES
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CARDIGANS
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DRESSES
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SKIRTS
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SWEATERS
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TOPS

NEW PATTERN

Sophisticable Cardigan

The Sophisticable Cardigan brings together timeless elegance and relaxed comfort. Featuring a dropped shoulder silhouette and an all-over decorative cable pattern, it feels both classic and contemporary—perfect for dressing up or layering casually. The cardigan is worked seamlessly from the top down, allowing you to easily customize the body and sleeve lengths to suit your style. The cable texture adds richness and depth to the fabric, without feeling heavy or overwhelming, making it a piece you’ll want to reach for season after season.

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About Kutovakika

🎉 Featured in The New York Times for modern knitwear design

✏️ Author of two knitting books, including Knits to Wear: Effortless Patterns and Knit this!

🍿375K+ YouTube subscribers and counting, where I share tutorials and behind‑the‑scenes stories

🌊 Over 75 original patterns published, including the popular Salty Days Sweater with more than 38,000 favorited projects on Ravelry

🐚 Known for contemporary, flattering designs with thoughtful details that are fun to both knit and wear

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Step-by-step knitting tutorials

Say goodbye to knit pattern overwhelm and confusion with these clear and high quality knitting tutorials. Get ready to complete your next project with confidence and ease, hooray!

Choose from beginner friendly projects to more advanced patterns with techniques including how to knit lace, I-cord edges, double knitted button plackets and much more.

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GET INSPIRED

Vlogs to keep you company while knitting

Knitting is so much more fun done together! Come hang out with me, Kika in these cozy vlogs filled with inspiration and behind-the-scenes shenanigans of being a full time knit designer and YouTuber.

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Hi! My name is Kika,

I’m a fulltime knit designer and YouTuber who never leaves the house without a knit project.

I love the creative process of transforming yarn into fabric and designing knits I get to wear and share through my patterns with knitters all over the world.

Also, I think yarn stores are the happiest places on Earth.

Here you’ll find modern knitting patterns and links to my step-by-step Youtube video tutorials to help you level up your knitting skills and complete your next project with confidence and ease.

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View fullsize The season of layering is officially upon us! 🥳 Me and Juki were out taking photos the other day, and I knew I wanted to wear my gray Picnic Cardigan paired with my dusty pink jeans. I’m forever obsessed with the pink-and-gray combo 💕 The ca
View fullsize I’ve recently cast on two new projects that I’m super excited about, a simple dark gray scarf in cashmere yarn and a striped cardigan 😍 I’m clearly in a bit of a stripe phase atm, yesterday I wore my two tone Stripe Hype Sweater (s
View fullsize We started a podcast 🥳 I’ve teamed up with @sari_n_ to talk about all things knitting in our new YouTube podcast ”Knit & Tell” ✨ The first episode has just gone live, join our chat as we share the story of how we met, what we&r
View fullsize Late Checkout Sweater in caramel latte colorway🧋 I’m always fascinated by how combining multiple strands of yarns can create really interesting fabrics and with a lot of depth 😍 This one is a combination of one strand merino in cream, one str
View fullsize Two new projects fresh off the needles 🤩 I’m calling this the ”In My Stripes Era” series because I’m definitely in a stripe season right now… and I might want to add a few more striped designs to it still 😏 Also, oh
View fullsize It’s finally pattern release time for the Sophisticable Cardigan ✨ There are so many details I like in this project: the cabled back shoulder shaping, the double knitted button band and the almost transluscent impression of this yarn combinatio
View fullsize Photos from the past weeks ✨ I’m in a bit of an accessory knitting phase, and I’ve cast on a few new projects with stripes that I’m really excited about. I’ve also spent some time getting the new studio organised (there’