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 [...]
01 June 2023
Melanie Berg: uncompromisingly cool
{Designer of the Month} If you want to tell Melanie Berg's story, you can write a lot about knitting. About the leap from public service to self-employment. About the emergence of pattern, about Ravelry groups, about friendships that reach around the world. If you want to tell Melanie's story, you can't avoid events that at first have nothing to do with [...]