Designer of the Month

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.

After leaving her life as a pastry chef to start a family, Andrea's hands found the necessary freedom to begin creating with fibre instead of flour. 

Jeanette Sloan is a designer, maker, tutor, and writer based in the seaside town of Brighton & Hove, England. 

This month's Designer of the Month is Lavanya Patricella, a knitting instructor and designer based in North Eastern Pennsylvania.

Jenn Steingass is a Maine-based knitwear designer in love with all things knitting, colour, wool, and circular yoke sweaters. 

Safiyyah Talley is a knitwear designer, teacher, blogger, and podcaster working out of her country style ranch in an unofficial town in central Indiana.

Tori Seierstad has been knitting since she was five years old. She grew up and still lives in Lillehammer, Norway, where the winters are cold and snowy, and wool is welcome.

Designer of the Month January La Maison Rililie"As most knitters out there I had learned how to knit in school and started once more after a really big pause during a long stay in Edinburgh."

Designer of the Month December is Fiona Alice. Fiona is a Canadian knitwear designer, originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, but now resides in Helsinki, Finland.

Designer of the Month November is Paula Pereira. Paula is a legitimate “carioca” as they say in Brazil, as she was born in the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro.

Designer of the Month October is Laura Nelkin. Laura lives in the Fingerlakes region of New York, where the sunny season is short leaving plenty of time to be indoors knitting.

Designer of the Month is back after a summer hiatus with local favourite Alice Caetano. Alice Caetano is a graphic designer, knitter, cat lady, and night owl, originally from Brazil and raised in The Netherlands

Designer of the Month of May is Olga Buraya-Kefelian. Olga learned knitting from her mother at a very young age while growing up in Belarus.

Designer of the Month April is Melanie Berg. German designer Melanie Berg is a favourite of both clients and staff at Stephen and Penelope.

Designer of the Month March is Thea Colman. Thea became a knitwear designer almost by accident. After working in various advertising agencies, she took a break to be home with her young daughters and fell into knitwear design.

Our very special Designer of the Month for February is Susan Crawford. This Designer of the Month is actually coming to Amsterdam to show us her samples in person!

Our Designer of the Month for January is Isabell Kraemer. Her stunning contemporary designs have been published in Laine Magazine, Amirisu, and Vogue Knitting among others. 

Designer of the month December is Natasja Hornby. Natasja Hornby is the woman behind the striking designs of Moonstruck Knits.