Designer of the Month

Our designer of the month for September is Jennifer Berg!

August's Designer of the Month is the remarkable Park & Knit.

 

July's Designer of The Month is the shiny Jaida from Mrs Moon & Heaven.

Our Designer of the Month for June is the incredible Anna from Gregoria Fibres.

Our Designer of the Month for May is the talented Anushka Tay of The Crimson Stitchery.

Our designer of the month for April is the brilliant Nastja Crochets.

Our Designer of the Month for March is the wonderful Dee Hardwicke from Wales.

Our Designer of the Month for February is the incredible Rastus Hsu based in Taiwan.

Our designer of the month for December is the brilliant Anna Strandberg.

Our designer of the month for November is the talented Sari Nordlund.

Our October designer of the month is Marion Mursic.

Our designer of the month for September is Aimee Sher, who is bringing us all the beautiful autumnal inspiration we need to knit our way through late summer and early autumn days. 

Our designer of the month for August is Julie Robinson.

Our Designer of the Month for July is the wonderfully talented Yedra Knits.

Our Designer of the Month for June is the delightful James N Watts.

Our Designer of the Month for May is Cinthia, who creates her fun and playful designs under the name FROM CINTHIA. 

Our Designer of the Month for April is Sylvia Watts-Cherry. Sylvia is a UK based designer who loves bold colours and striking patterns. 

Our Designer of the Month for March is Solène Le Roux, they are a knitwear designer and hosts knitting retreats in the South-West of France.

Our Designer of the Month for February is Holly Woodward. Holly is a crochet and knitwear designer from the UK who designs bright and colourful size inclusive clothing without sacrificing comfort.

Our Designer of the Month for January is Denise Bayron. She a designer and pattern-maker whose work spans the fiber arts to include knitting, sewing, crochet and macrame. Her work has been widely recognised and she has been featured in and collaborated with brands such as Nordstom, New York Magazine, Martha Stewart, Better Homes and Gardens, and more.

Our December Designer of the Month is Weichien Chan, who publishes under thepetiteknitter. Weichien is a size inclusive knitwear designer who lives in the Arctic Archipelago. Her designs heavily feature beautiful colourwork elements.

Our November Designer of the Month is Handmade by Kunbi. She is a UK based designer and whether your preferred craft is knitting or crochet Kunbi has it covered from cosy knits to squishy crochet projects you're bound to find your perfect next project from skirts to tops and cowls to hats there's something for whatever you're in the mood for.

Tif Neilan is our October Designer of the Month and her designs have us excited for sweater season! Tif is a knitwear designer living in Connecticut with her husband and two daughters. Before designing knitwear Tif worked in Interior Design nearly 15 years. She loves to play with colour in her designs as well as mixing in different textures.

Our Designer of the Month for September is Xandy Peters. They are a knitting designer and teacher best known as the innovator of the stacked stitch technique which can be seen in their Fox Paws pattern.

Our August Designer of the Month is Jessie Mae Martinson. She is an Ojibwe/Filipinx artist & knitwear designer living on unceded Anishinaabe land in Chicago, IL. 

Meet  Midori Hirose, our July Designer of the Month. Midori is originally from Japan and she now lives in Northern Germany. Midori loves to knit light sweaters with soft textures and drapey fabric – she loves to offer options for her patterns often having samples knit in different fibres or including modifications so there can be something to suit every body.

Our June Designer of the Month is Cecilia Losada from MammaDIY. Originally fromCórdoba Argentina, Cecilia now lives in Barcelona, Spain and is a designer of knit and crochet patterns and the host of the popular Spanish-language MammaDIY YouTube channel.

Our May Designer of the Month is Sandra Gutierrez of Nomad Stitches. Originally from Mexico, Sandra loves all kinds of crafts, but her real passion lies with crochet.

Orlane is a knitting designer who lives in the North of France with her partner and their two daughters. Like many crafters, she learned to knit from her grandmother when she was a child, but she says the craft finally became serious for her when she realised that knitting is a super power!

Emilie is the designer behind Atelier Emilie. She lives near Bordeaux in France with her husband and three boys. 

Skeindeer Knits is run by Eli - a PhD student and knitting pattern designer. Almost a decade of London living has only increased her nostalgia for traditional-inspired Norwegian knitwear, reflected across her design portfolio. 

Designer of the month for January 2021 is Mina Philipp. Mina is a self-taught knitter and designer with a massive passion for incorporating colour and texture into her designs. 

Designer of the Month for November 2020 is Teti Lutslak of Nutsknitwear. Teti is a botanist by training and at heart, who found a creative escape from strict lab protocols in knitting. 

Designer of the Month for November 2020 is Mieka John - Salt & Stone Knits. Mieka John, the Amsterdam-based designer behind Salt & Stone Knits, enjoys the many facets of being a knitwear designer. 

Xiaowei Hu is a Chinese-French knitwear designer living and working in Lille, France. She specialises in clean, modern knits, many of which are sized for both women and children for bonus twinning fun.

Designer of the Month for September 2020 is Shin Knudsen - Shinysuperhero Shin Knudsen, also known as shinysuperhero, is a Danish crafter. She was taught to knit as a child by a family friend and, after taking a break from knitting in her teens, picked up her needles again in her mid-twenties. 

Kwannie Cheng is the designer behind Studio Manya and is based in The Netherlands. While on maternity leave in 2013, she learnt the basics of crochet from a neighbour

You might recognise Julia from our Staff Spotlight section, because in addition to being a knitwear designer, she used to be the Operations Manager here at Stephen & Penelope. 

Rebecca McKenzie is the knitwear designer and creator of the Raging Purlwind brand. The brand grew out of Rebecca’s desire to create clothes that would fit her body rather than trying to make her body fit into her clothes. 

Noriko is the knitwear and crochet designer behind Norichan Knits. She has been knitting, spinning, and crocheting for over 15 years now, and while she published her first pattern in 2008.

After spending over a decade in corporate finance, Tian Connaughton turned her part-time side hustle as a crochet and knitwear designer and sought-after technical editor into a full-time business.

Former Graphic Designer and Track & Field Heptathlete, Jimenez Joseph took up knitting after severely dislocating her knee joint.

Tina Tse designs and manages a team that works on industrial knitting machines by day and creates hand knitting pattern designs by night.

Noma Ndlovu is a knitwear designer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has been knitting since she was five years old and was fortunate to be born into a family that valued creativity and taught her a lot at such a young age.

I'm Malia, I'm the founder and co-owner of Stephen and Penelope, and when I grow up I want to be a designer. It is November Designer of the Month time, and my staff has convinced me that I should have a go!

Nancy Marchant, a.k.a. the Queen Mother of Brioche, has studied the nuances of this European stitch for more than 20 years. 

Mara Licole is the designer behind Mara Licole Knits. She creates designs that are soulful.

Frenchie of Aroha Knits works as a knitwear designer and coach, she inspires and empowers fibre artists to transform their yarn so they can manifest “Aroha”, one stitch at a time.