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 [...]
April 20, 2023
Iridescent like a hummingbird
{Designer of the Month} If you search the Internet for the bird species hummingbird, you will find descriptions such as "unique flying style" or "aerial acrobats" and above all many pictures showing the beautiful plumage of the little flying artists. The fact that they shimmer in so many colors is not due to pigments, by the way, but to the structure of the feathers. Depending on the incidence of light, the [...]