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

Included in this issue: 

• 12 knitting patterns: 6 sweaters, 2 cardigans, 1 gilet, 2 shawls, 1 pair of socks
• Interview with Elena Solier Jansà, the founder of the Catalan yarn brand Xolla, who works to preserve the local sheep breed
• Article about neurodiverse knitters and makers and why is the creation of stitches a particular balm to a neurodivergent brain
• Jeanette Sloan’s Fibre Talk: meet Chinua “Chin” Matthews: a knitwear designer and teacher living in California, USA
• Five Ways article about how you can increase creativity in your daily life and in your knitting projects
• Where I Knit: meet the Paris-based Natalie Perreau who likes to knit at a local café
• Seasonal recipes to inspire your autumn cooking
• Book reviews

Featured designers: Anu Ahoniemi, Alma Bali, Melanie Berg, Alice Caetano, Ronja Hakalehto, Soumine Kim, Sanni Pauliina, Anne-Michelle Phelan, Simone Ryan, Irina Shaar, Yuka Takahashi and Julia Wilkens.