Laine Magazine Issue 16

Laine Magazine is a high-quality Nordic knit & lifestyle magazine for knit folks. The Laine team cherish natural fibres, slow living, local craftsmanship and beautiful, simple things in life. Their ambition 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 includes patterns from the leading knitwear designers, insightful, long-format stories from the world of wool, interviews, exciting travel articles, seasonal recipes and strong, visual storytelling.

A beautiful, quality publication that you will collect, value and use to inspire you over many years to come.

Issue 16, Winter 2023, includes:

• 148 pages

• 11 knitting patterns (both charts and written instructions provided): 5 sweaters, 2 cardigans, 2 shawls, 1 waistcoat, 1 pair of socks.

• an interview with Elaine Tom – learn how she became the trusted test knitter for many designers, knitting around 40 sweaters a year!

• an article on how the Craft Museum of Finland preserves cultural heritage and inspires the crafters of today.

• NEW! Jeanette Sloan Talks Fibre – a regular article on Jeanette chatting with interesting people. In this issue, she meets Lorraine Amagove Mugere, a Kenyan knitwear and crochet designer.

• NEW! Five Ways by our regular writer Päivi Kankaro. In this issue, Päivi explores how you can keep your favourite knits around for longer by taking care of them the right way.

• NEW! Where I Knit – a regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot, and talking about crafting in their everyday lives. In this issue, we meet a knitter in Indonesia.

• seasonal recipes to inspire your winter cooking

• book reviews

Designers featured in this issue: Fiona Alice, Rachel Brockman, Dee Hardwicke, Thien-Kieu Lam, Lotta H Löthgren, Rosa Pomar, Yan Qian, Eri Shimizu, Anna Strandberg and Orlane Sucche.