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PUNCH NEEDLE - Between The Lines
Anne Lyck calls herself a structure ninja, and her compass and ruler would agree. Her yarn, on the other hand, has never followed an order in its life, and the tug-of-war between the two is where her boldest punch needle work begins.
CROCHET - Objects With Attitude
Nobody needs a crocheted tomato, which is precisely why Rhi makes them. An architecture degree, a Milan apartment and a hook have produced fruit charms, striped tissue covers, and a growing case for objects that refuse to behave.
KNITTING - Spark & Spreadsheets
A sketch in a purse notebook takes seconds. Turning it into a sweater that genuinely works on a body takes Julia Wilkens considerably longer, and involves more spreadsheets than anyone expects. The Amsterdam designer explains why both halves matter.
WEAVING - Small World, Wide Open
Hiroto builds the looms. Masako weaves the ribbons and teaches band weaving across Japan. Together they run Fagelbo Studio in Kamakura, a coastal town of temples and green hills. They have been working this way since 2011, at the scale of an insect at a flower.
TUFTING - Tufted For Joy
A ferry ride from Seattle, on an island where the commute involves whales, Michelle Maclise is tufting sardines into pillows. They are ridiculous, beautifully made, and impossible to walk past without smiling…. do you agree?
WEAVING - Woven Into Meaning
Before the loom, there was a desk job and a craving for sun on her skin. Now every piece starts as a feeling and ends as thread. This is what happens when you finally listen to the itch. Meet the lovely Cansu of No 8 Atölye today….
CROCHET - Maker Without a Map
A pattern would only get in the way. Irene Hoofs lets a bag take shape one decision at a time, no plan, just instinct and a color that catches her eye. From her heritage atelier in Faro, the best pieces, she says, are discovered mid-stitch.
WEAVING - The Long Soak
Karen Sato learned to weave in Sweden and now works from her apartment in Tokyo, where the loom sits in the room like another piece of furniture. Her cloth holds two places at once, Swedish tradition and a Japanese life. She weaves for keeping, not for display....
WEAVING - The Grid Has Soul
She works hard, then she stops, walks the dog, and comes back (and loves football!). Sully Sherrod has built her practice around exactly that rhythm, weaving bold geometric tapestries and then painting directly onto the surface itself...
CROCHET - Only What's Real
There is a particular kind of dust that settles when you work with jute. Olga Panagopoulou of Plextopattern knows it well. It's part of the process, part of the deal, and entirely worth it. A new Story about slow making and the beauty of keeping only what's real…
KNITTING - Japan Within The Yarn
In Tohoku, winters are long and the craft traditions run deep. Akiko Iwaki has been paying attention to both her whole life, and it shows in every stitch. Her knitting is playful, precise, and quietly rooted in a Japan that still knows how to make things by hand.
WEAVING - The Space Between
Some people spend years building the wrong life before they find the right one. Ilary Bottini walked away from a decade in PR to devote herself to fiber art, and the work she has made since is bold, conceptual, and impossible to look away from…
KNITTING - Drawn To Life
What does a knitwear collection look like when an architect designs it without compromise? Lisa Meissner of my.maane has the answer. The Zurich-based designer builds garments the way an architect shapes space. Bold stripes and compositions that treat the body as a canvas.
GUEST MAKERS - Blown Away
Not every creative partnership begins in a studio. Anne and Robin's began in a classroom in Boxtel. Today, their work … bold, graphic, deeply tactile ... makes a case for slowing down, picking up materials, and seeing what happens when you let go of the plan.
WEAVING - String Theory, Solved
What happens when a designer stops designing and starts listening... to the materials, the rhythm, the quiet pull of thread over thread? For Christina Christensen, the answer turned out to be the most honest work of her life…
CROCHET - Light, Made Soft
From Kyiv, Valerie Boiko of Einrou Studio turns yarn into sculptural lighting that shifts a room’s entire mood… handmade pieces where texture meets light, carrying warmth, character, and a quiet sense of resilience into modern interiors.
PUNCH NEEDLE - Yarn Stills
Adrienna Matzeg transforms punch needle into a medium of image and atmosphere. Rooted in photography and memory, her work captures fragments of everyday life and rebuilds them in thread, balancing precision with softness…
KNITTING - The Knitting Mind
Knitting, for Neringa Rūkė, begins long before the yarn. It starts with instinct, with silence, and with the small moments of everyday life. Through Rūkė Knit, she creates garments, like the Grandma Bag that feel both intuitive and lasting …
TUFTING - The Loop Language
Tufting is not quiet. It is physical, hands-on, and full of movement. In this story, Olga of Loop Lab shares how she turns wool into bold, three-dimensional pieces shaped by rhythm, instinct, and process. With a strong sense of color and fearless approach to volume…
KNITTING - Stitches That Hug
What if knitting could feel like a small escape within your day… and a way to make something truly meaningful? Step into the world of Enya Ødegaard of aftenstrikk, where soft toy patterns, nostalgic shapes, and gentle stitches come together. Inside, you’ll find the little swan pattern waiting to be made…