52 Weeks of Easy Knits: Beautiful Patterns for Year-Round Knitting

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For 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Julia designed Paula: a long scarf that features a beautiful Moss Stitch pattern and stripes.

For 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Pauliina designed three patterns: the Vaapukka mitts, the Duo mittens and the Pisama hat. For 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Jonna designed several patterns: the Audrey headband, the Birke shawl, the Tivoli sweater, the Lullaby cardigan, the Ernest balaclava and the Softie and Arthur hats. Erin Jensen lives in Kansas City, USA. As a long-time knitter, she always wanted to design but couldn’t seem to carve out the time and mental space to do it. After losing her daughter, Erin didn’t know what to do with her life – so she began to knit as she grieved. Erin strives for classic shapes that are clean and shine in modern colour palettes.This method uses three needles for seaming live stitches, for example at the shoulders of a sweater.

George Cullen is intrigued by the combination of different materials or different types of yarn. He likes simple textures applied to simple shapes that allow the characteristics of a yarn to shine out. Using leftovers is his forte – George can find creative ways to use even the smallest scrap. George lives in London and works at Knit With Attitude, a knitting shop selling ethical and eco-friendly yarns. For 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Tuuli designed the Viikka hat whose 3D look is created with changing ribbing sections.

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Laine is a high-quality Nordic knit & lifestyle magazine for knit folks. We cherish natural fibres, slow living, local craftsmanship and beautiful, simple things in life. Our intention 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. For 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Nina designed Diamond Twill, a warm and lightweight vest knitted in unspun yarn. Tiina Huhtaniemi learned to knit when she was in primary school, taught by her mother and grandmothers. From the start, she has also designed her own knits and adapted other people’s patterns to better suit her. Tiina is inspired by nature, art, emotions and atmospheres. She likes simple shapes but also wants to challenge herself as a knitter. Tiina, who lives in Jyväskylä, Finland, is known for her Titityy yarn store and Tukuwool yarn brand. Rebekka Mauser is currently living in Berlin, Germany. Knitting has been her favourite hobby for a long time and in 2016 she started designing her own patterns. She finds lots of inspiration wandering through the streets and museums of her hometown and the diverse people she meets there. Rebekka loves clever constructions, simple but effective stitch patterns and the interplay of colours and textures.

With this method, you can add new stitches to an existing row or round. Use it to create new stitches for the underarm when knitting a top-down sweater, for example. The book uses a “Super Easy” label to mark the patterns that are perfect for your very first knitting project. And when your skills grow, you can move on to the more challenging ones. For 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Faïza designed Cité: a modern, playful sweater with an interesting construction. Evgeniya Dupliy lives in Hanover, Germany, but was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She describes her design style as minimalistic and modern with the focus on shawls. Evgeniya started knitting in 2013 and with time, knitting became more than just a hobby. It is her way of escaping the busy world and recharging energy. For 52 Weeks of Easy Knits, Miriam designed the Joyce set that consists of a hat, a scarf and a pair of fingerless mitts.Elise Damstra’s designs come from a passion for knitting and wanting to make items for herself. She loves simple textures and finds constant inspiration in new techniques and yarns. Elise lives in Stavanger on the west coast of Norway. Jenny Ansah learned to knit from her grandmother, and still knits with her today. Jenny lives in Helsinki, Finland, where she studies at the university and works as a free­lance knitwear designer, as well as a substi­­­­­­tute teacher in upper and lower secondary schools. She loves comfortable and relaxed garments and describes her style as “earthly and sim­ple with a twist (stitch)”.