Issue 17 — aptly named Here Comes the Sun — feels like the first tender rays of sunshine after a long winter. The inspiring summer knits, together with the fun and quirky photo location (@midcentury.brick, chosen as one of the most beautiful homes in Finland), create a colourful, happy and relaxed mix with a subtle vintage feel.

Summer 2023, includes:

• 140 pages
• 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.

Publication day: 5 May, 2023.
Print only. No digital download code available.

Available in two language versions: in English and Finnish.

Magazine published in May 2023 by Laine Publishing

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