Laine Magazine – Issue 26

Laine 26 Crossing Paths showcases twelve beautiful knitting patterns as well as interesting articles from the world of fibre.

Laine is an international knit and lifestyle magazine. Laine 26, Crossing Paths, takes you to the bohemian Kallio district of Helsinki, Finland. We stroll the streets of this unique, creative neighbourhood, stop by at a local café and pick up flowers from the marketplace. The issue includes twelve beautiful knits to complete your autumn outfits: they feature luscious cables, fascinating textures and innovative stripe patterns — not to mention some meditative stockinette stitch and simple colourwork. This issue truly offers something for everyone!

Looking for a sumptuous cable knit to wrap yourself in? This issue has two amazing options: Soumine Kim’s Bada is a richly cabled, drop-shoulder sweater with an elegant silhouette, while Simone Ryan’s Éimi is a take on a classic Aran cardigan, featuring a variety of cables. Perfectly cosy yet stylish!

Playing with stripes is endlessly fun and fascinating. In Julia Wilkens’ Waveform shawl, wave-like chevron stripes create a rhythmic up-and-down motion, widening gradually at the end. The unique feature of Alice Caetano’s Sixty-Five design is that from far away, it looks like a sweater with thick horizontal stripes — but closer up, you see that the texture has vertical stripes in it, too!

Do you love knits that appear intricate yet remain simple to create? Melanie Berg’s Trustfall shawl is such a piece, with an easy-to-make mosaic pattern that instantly grabs your attention. Anu Ahoniemi’s Semiotic sweater is a fun project for those new to colourwork: half of the rounds are worked with one colour only, and half in simple stranded knitting.

• 148 pages
• 12 knitting patterns: 6 sweaters, 2 cardigans, 1 gilet, 2 shawls, 1 pair of socks.
• An interview with Elena Solier Jansà, the founder of the Catalan yarn brand Xolla, who works to preserve the local sheep breed.
• An article about neurodiverse knitters and makers — why is the creation of stitches a particular balm to a neurodivergent brain?
• Jeanette Sloan’s column Fibre Talk, where she meets Chinua “Chin” Matthews: a knitwear designer and teacher living in California, USA.
• The Five Ways article about how you can increase creativity in your daily life and in your knitting projects.
• Where I Knit: A regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet the Paris-based Natalie Perreau who likes to knit at a local café.
• Seasonal recipes to inspire your cooking.
• Book reviews.

Designers featured in this issue:Anu Ahoniemi, Alma Bali, Melanie Berg, Alice Caetano, Ronja Hakalehto, Soumine Kim, Sanni Pauliina, Anne-Michelle Phelan, Simone Ryan, Irina Shaar, Yucca/Yuka Takahashi and Julia Wilkens.