Laine Magazine Issue 26 (Autumn 2025)

**** Pre order: Publication Date 29th August 2025 ****

From the publisher:

Our autumn issue, Laine 26, Crossing Paths, takes you to the bohemian Kallio district of Helsinki, Finland. We stroll the streets of this unique, creative neighbourhood, stop by at a local café and pick up flowers from the marketplace. The issue includes twelve beautiful knits to complete your autumn outfits: they feature luscious cables, fascinating textures and innovative stripe patterns — not to mention some meditative stockinette stitch and simple colourwork. This issue truly offers something for everyone!

Designers featured in this issue: Anu Ahoniemi, Alma Bali, Melanie Berg, Alice Caetano, Ronja Hakalehto, Soumine Kim, Sanni Pauliina, Anne-Michelle Phelan, Simone Ryan, Irina Shaar, Yucca/Yuka Takahashi andJulia Wilkens. 

Issue 26, Autumn 2025, includes:

148 pages

12 knitting patterns: 6 sweaters, 2 cardigans, 1 gilet, 2 shawls, 1 pair of socks.

An interview with Elena Solier Jansà, the founder of the Catalan yarn brand Xolla, who works to preserve the local sheep breed.

An article about neurodiverse knitters and makers — why is the creation of stitches a particular balm to a neurodivergent brain?

Jeanette Sloan’s column Fibre Talk, where she meets Chinua “Chin” Matthews: a knitwear designer and teacher living in California, USA.

The Five Ways article about how you can increase creativity in your daily life and in your knitting projects.

Where I Knit: A regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet the Paris-based Natalie Perreau who likes to knit at a local café.

Seasonal recipes to inspire your autumn cooking.

Book reviews.