Laine Issue 25

Looking for your next summer knitting project? Laine Magazine Issue 25, Stillness, is a beautiful seasonal collection of lightweight and breathable knitting patterns designed in a variety of summer yarns. Set in a peaceful lakeside cabin surrounded by birch trees, blue skies, and the quiet beauty of nature, Laine’s summer issue captures the soft serenity of Finnish summertime perfectly.

Inside Laine Issue 25, you’ll find 12 light and relaxed summer garments and accessories designed with warmth and sunshine in mind. The knits are worked in a variety of yarns suited for summer knitting, like pure hemp, linen and cotton, and feature loads of interesting knitted textures, techniques and lovely details to complement your handmade wardrobe.

Laine Issue 25, Summer 2025, includes:

• 12 summer knitting patterns: 2 sweaters, 3 cardigans, 3 T-shirts/tops, 3 shawls, 1 pair of socks.
• An interview with the British knitter and yarn entrepreneur Milli Abrams, who is set to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a bid to raise money for charity
• An article about Stéphanie Schiffgens, a shepherdess from Oregon who raises Gotland sheep in the US, producing long and lustrous wool adored by knitters around the world.
• Jeanette Sloan’s column Fibre Talk, where she meets Louis Boria (@brooklynboyknits), a New York-based knitwear designer, teacher, activist and TEDx speaker.
• The Five Ways article providing experts’ tips on how to take better photos of your knits.
• Where I Knit: A regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet the Finnish Tiina Lehtonen, who likes to knit in her allotment garden cabin.
• Seasonal recipes to inspire your summer cooking.
• Book reviews.

Knit designers featured in this issue: Audrey Borrego, Antonio Jesús Castillo Urquízar, Lindsey Fowler, Sus Gepard, Maria Gomes, Kaori Katsurada, Linda Lencovic, Lotta H Löthgren, Marina Storm, Maaike van Geijn, Imke von Nathusius and Marie-Ève Wedge.