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So much more than a knitting magazine, Laine is a unique publication that combines stunning knitting patterns, photography, interviews, travel and recipes. You will want to revisit the beautiful patterns, images and text time and time again!
Issue 25, Summer 2025, takes you to an old summer cabin by the lakeside - nestled in the woods, surrounded by birch and pine trees, fresh waters and blue skies. The photos capture the quiet beauty and serenity of Finnish summer. This issue includes twelve light and relaxed summer garments and accessories, perfect for the warmer months. The knits are worked in a variety of yarns suited for summer, and they feature many interesting techniques and textures.
Issue includes:
- 12 knitting patterns: 2 sweaters, 3 cardigans, 3 T-shirts/tops, 3 shawls, 1 pair of socks. Designers featured in this issue: Audrey Borrego, Antonio Jesús Castillo Urquízar, Lindsey Fowler, Sus Gepard, Maria Gomes, Kaori Katsurada, Linda Lencovic, Lotta H Löthgren, Marina Storm, Maaike van Geijn, Imke von Nathusius and Marie-Ève Wedge.
- An interview with the British knitter and yarn entrepreneur Milli Abrams, who is set to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a bid to raise money for charity.
- An article about Stéphanie Schiffgens, a shepherdess from Oregon who raises Gotland sheep in the US, producing long and lustrous wool adored by knitters around the world.
- Jeanette Sloan’s column Fibre Talk, where she meets Louis Boria (@brooklynboyknits), a New York-based knitwear designer, teacher, activist and TEDx speaker.
- The Five Ways article providing experts’ tips on how to take better photos of your knits.
- Where I Knit: A regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet the Finnish Tiina Lehtonen, who likes to knit in her allotment garden cabin.
- Seasonal recipes to inspire your summer cooking.
- Book reviews.
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These are beautiful needles, lovely to hold and use for Sashiko stitching. Beautifully packaged too with a little note inside about how they are made.
Lovely thread which is perfect for the job it was bought for, namely Sashiko stitching. This was my first time doing this sort of stitching and I found this thread perfect…it gives a really lovely finish. Can be used as a single thread or doubled up.
Thank you Grace! A lovely item to look at and an item that will be well used!!!
Many thanks for the 10yr pencil too. Many congratulations!! Please carry on. X
This beautiful ribbon arrived speedily & makes an appropriate & pretty trim for a seasonal children's story on my little theatre. Thank you.
This is my second purchase from Beyond Measure, expanding my range of colours. It's a lovely thread to work with, in a rainbow of colours. Promptly delivered with hand-written notes on the invoice, which adds a personal touch! Thank you, again