Farm & Fiber Knits

Knitting Linen on the Train: Antique Flax from Austria

A flax dowry from 1940s Austria makes its way into the hands of a Swedish maker. As she knits, her stitches lead her back to her family’s roots in Vienna after World War I.

Josefin Waltin

Woman in brown and white sweater, arms full of kindling, wearing fingerless knitted mitts

A Lost Mitten

Rediscovering the History of Two-end Knitting

Josefin Waltin

Hands holding knitting needles and working tvåändsstickning

Strong and Sturdy: Two-end Knitting Condensed

Also known as tvåändsstickning, this technique for durable knitting works best with Z-twist yarn.

Josefin Waltin