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Thoughts upon why women must stop knitting for the cushion they married 30 years ago!Knitting is becoming increasingly popular these years. The foc...

How about getting to know some of the reasons for my yarn choice for the Fisherman’s Scarf pattern that I’ve just released?The yarn is the incredib...

A swatch is extremely important for knitters and is useful for: getting to know the yarn and understand how this particular yarn works with that pa...

Have you noticed that I’m very fond of male test knitters? I thought I’d better tell you why!I’ll give you 3 main reasons:1) I focus on men’s knitw...

I’ve always travelled a lot, and I’ve spent a great deal of time in Latin America – a very colourful part of the world. Latin America brings me bea...

Recently I have been in touch with quite a few beginners, or knitters who have taken up knitting after many years of not knitting.I sense that many...

I’m not naïve. I know very well that most of you probably don’t purchase the recommended yarn to my designs. That’s okay!I guess it’s due to one or...

Did you know that my favourite customers are male knitters?I still remember the 1st time a saw a man knitting around 10 years ago. I would spend ti...

Have you ever experienced that a colour made you emotional?I thought about this the other day when one of my test knitters sent me a photo of the y...

You recognise that feeling? I guess we all have our favourite colours. Usually one or a few colours that we tend to stick to …the go-to colours. Th...

Hi guys!Do you have any idea how much your support means to me?I’m the owner of a small scale one-woman-business with huge ambitions within men’s k...

It may seem strange that I, a female knitwear designer, have chosen to focus on men’s knitwear. Therefore, I gathered, I will reveal a presumption ...

I’m born and raised in Denmark and I’m pretty sure that you will find white walls in the majority of Danish homes, just like in the one where I gre...

You know the feeling? Coming home after a full day’s work - you even popped by the gym on the way home…you did the dishes too, and all you need is ...

My favourite customers?Men Who Knit – but anybody else with a passion for nice hand knitted menswear; fantastic fit; interesting knitting technique...

There are so many different fits when talking about fashion and style, and within hand knitting, I see a lot of straight lines and Over Size look. ...

I’m that kind of person that holds a strong ethical opinion about everything…yes, EVERYTHING!I became a vegetarian around 30 years and 30 kg ago. I...

When I had just started as a knitwear designer, my way of working would be to; get an idea, think it through technically, make the math, and write ...

It is not until the last couple of years that I fully understood the great benefit of winding yarns for investigating colours – about the same time...

These days are busy days for my one-woman business and I’ve got quite a few new designs in the making. Hence, my test knitters are also busier than...

Frankly speaking, I have never ever test knitted for a designer, as I always thought that: 1) My knitting time is too scarce, and since I became th...

At the first semester of the Knitwear Design Education, we were given a task: Take photos of a colour that isn’t one of your usual go-to colours. I...

You know the feeling? Such an urge to start knitting….but before you start, you better make a swatch. A swatch is extremely important for knitters...

Next to my business Hands-on Knits I study at the Knitwear Design Education at University College Copenhagen.The education is a crash course in kni...

I find men’s knitwear quite fascinating. I know it may be a little unusual for a female knitwear designer to focus on knitting patterns for men, bu...

.....I’ve made so many sweaters without a pattern and it was always a success…I think!That’s how I used to think! However, since I decided to becom...

On Thursday 19th November, we are celebrating International Men’s Day – even if only few persons know of this. Why, you may ask, is this day releva...

I still remember when being a teenager, and how I learned (the hard way) that I’m not standard – at all. I grew up in a smaller town outside of Cop...