Laine Magazine, Issue 17 | Summer 2023

Issue 17, Summer 2023, includes:

• 11 knitting patterns (both charts and written instructions provided): 4 sweaters, 3 cardigans, 1 top, 2 shawls and 1 pair of socks.
• An interview with the French designer and debut author Cinthia Vallet, known for her charming knitted animals. Cinthia talks about her design process and the joy that toy-making can bring to adult knitters. 
• An article about an Australian sheep farmer who shepherds a flock of Finnsheep 15,000 kilometres from their homeland. 
• Jeanette Sloan’s Fibre Talk: a regular article on Jeanette chatting with interesting people. In this issue, she meets Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, a couple making crochet art inspired by their Māori heritage. 
• Five Ways by our regular writer Päivi Kankaro. In this issue, Päivi gathers experts’ tips on how you can start designing your own knitwear patterns!
• Where I Knit: a regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet a Finnish knitter who likes to knit in nature.
• Seasonal recipes to inspire your summer cooking: tomato confit, lemon fizz mocktail and almond pavlovas.
• Book reviews.

Designers featured in this issue: Julia Disini, Rastus Hsu, Elena Solier Jansà, Pauliina Leisti, Veronika Lindberg, Marie Régnier, Jacquline Rivera, Lene Tøsti, Maija Vasala, Pope Vergara and Thea Vesterby.

COVER PATTERN: Yarn + Pattern information for Thea Vesterby’s ‘Wave’ pattern, designed in Sandnes Garn Double Sunday. To see the colors/options click the box next “add for $11.00 each” (near/below wash icons); note that smallest size is the default so please check measurements/sizing for correct number of skeins needed.