Urban Knit – Modern Nordic Patterns - English knitting book

Urban Knit – Modern Nordic Patterns - English knitting book

Urban Knit is a collection of modern Nordic knitting patterns from Helsinki, Finland. It includes instructions for simple, timeless, and elegant sweaters, socks, and accessories. All garments are made using contemporary methods: sweaters are knitted seamlessly from top to bottom, and socks from toe to cuff.

The finishes and details reflect a vision of quality handmade garments, designed to become everyday essentials and harmonize with modern urban fashion. Urban Knit shows how simplicity becomes interesting when a small original touch is added to the stitches, or when accessories like socks or a hat enhance an entire outfit. Making your own clothes is slow fashion at its best: it's sustainable and, above all, deeply enjoyable.

Leeni Hoimela's knitting patterns have been published in the international Laine Magazine and on the cover of the German magazine Making Stories, Finland's leading craft magazine Suuri Käsityö, and the Finnish magazine Taito. From nine to five, Leeni Hoimela works as a lifestyle journalist and photographer.

Urban Knit is much more than a knitting book. The photographs of Helsinki, the small Finnish capital, are strikingly beautiful, fusing the aesthetic of classical paintings with the contemporary world of knitting. Simply flipping through its pages invites the reader to slow down and take a deep breath.