Laine – Nordic Knit Life – Issue Twenty Two

Looking for yarn inspiration? Our continuous series are published over on our blog. Read YARN PAIRINGS FOR LAINE ISSUE 22

Laine is a high-quality Nordic knit & lifestyle magazine for knit folks. Laine cherish natural fibres, slow living, local craftsmanship, and beautiful, simple things in life.

Laine's intention is to inspire you to gather and share, to be part of a community of like-minded knitters, makers and thinkers from near and far. Knitting is more than just knit, knit, purl. It is a feeling.

Laine's Autumn issue, Aalto, features cosy yet stylish knits for the season! Issue 22 is also a celebration of architecture — the photos were taken in the Paimio Sanatorium, designed by the famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. The building’s unique colours and shapes offered the perfect backdrop to all the yummy autumn knits, full of interesting styles and techniques from cables and lace to textured patterns.

Designers contributing to Issue 22 - Anna Daku, Inés García Suárez, Maria Gomes, Gudrun Johnston, Pauliina Leisti, Yukie Onodera, Eri Shimizu, Megumi Shinagawa, Karoline Skovgaard Bentsen, Ayano Tanaka and Maaike van Geijn.

Laine Autumn issue features:

- 11 knitting patterns: 6 sweaters, 2 cardigans and 3 shawls.
- An interview with the Finnish knitwear designer Jenna Kostet, who has turned the poems of the famous epic, Kalevala, into tradition-inspired knitwear patterns and charmed both Finnish and international knitters.
- An article about circular economy in the world of yarn — how recycled yarns can be turned into a sustainable and viable business, with end products that delight knitters.
- Jeanette Sloan Talks Fibre – a regular article on Jeanette chatting with interesting people. In this issue, she chats with Alyson Chu: an Edinburgh-based Chinese American podcaster, designer and publisher of the crochet magazine Moorit, among other things.
- Five Ways by regular writer Päivi Kankaro, where we get to read expert’s tips for yarn substitutions in knitting patterns.
- Where I Knit: a regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet Jessica Antonio-Notarianni who knits at the beach on Jersey Shore, USA.
- book reviews
- seasonal recipes to inspire your summer cooking.