June 22, 2024
Knitting meets yoga: Cheryl Mokhtari
{Designer of the month} The United Kingdom brings many things to mind: the royal family, of course, tee time - and rain, no doubt. Knitting is not often an association. The Scandinavian countries with their female designers and this typical Nordic lifestyle are too dominant. But it's also worth taking a look across the English Channel. Quite apart from the fact that [...]
April 10, 2024
Claudia Eisenkolb: perfectly fitting knitwear
{Designer of the month} If you want to write a text about knitwear designer Claudia Eisenkolb, there are several ways to start. For example, there's the fact that the Frankfurt-based designer doesn't really like knitting socks - but her first designs were almost exclusively socks. Or - and this is where her heart lies - you can take a [...]
November 23, 2023
aegyoknit: simply enchanting
{Designer of the month} "Please, what's it called?" Knitters who love the Scandinavian understated style have almost certainly "stumbled" across this name while scrolling: aegyoknit. "Maybe I should have gone for something a bit easier to spell and pronounce," jokes Karoline Skovgaard Bentsen in the Zoom call. But the name for her work as a knitwear designer [...]
August 18, 2023
About the great desire to create something by yourself
{Designer of the Month} Switzerland is considered a neutral country. Maybe it's because of its political restraint that it often doesn't play too big a role in the general perception. Which is, of course, somewhat unfair: Germany's southern neighbor has an incredible amount to offer - also in terms of knitting technology. There are great stories, such as that of the yarn manufacturer Lang Yarns [...]