Laine Magazine Issue 17, Summer 2023

Laine's Summer Issue 17 is named "Here Comes the Sun" and feels like the first tender rays of sun after a long winter. 

The inspiring summer knits and fun, quirky photos create a happy, relaxed mix with a subtle vintage feel.

Laine Magazine Issue 17, Summer 2023, includes:

• 148 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

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