Laine Magazine Issue 22

Issue Laine 22, Aalto, features cosy yet stylish knits for the season! The issue 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 our autumn knits, full of interesting styles and techniques from cables and lace to textured patterns. 

Designers featured in this issue: 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.

We were especially thrilled about the exciting techniques in this issue’s knits. If you have never knitted a garment with saddle shoulders, now is a perfect time, as they are featured in three patterns: Gudrun Johnston’s Luumu cardigan, Maaike van Geijn’s Grafiet sweater and Anna Daku’s Amisk cardigan!The knits also feature beautiful yarns and colour combinations, perfect for autumn.

Recycling is also one of the big themes of the issue, as we feature a long article about circular economy in the world of yarn — how recycled yarns can be turned into a sustainable and viable business. In the Portrait story, we meet the Finnish knitwear designer Jenna Kostet, who has turned the poems of the famous epic, Kalevala, into tradition-inspired knitwear patterns.

See photos and yarn requirements on Ravelry.