Our grandparents grew up with knitting and crochet as a standard part of their education. They passed these skills down to their loved ones—taking joy and an unspoken pride in the tradition of making things by hand to be worn and used year after year. The process of creating something stitch by stitch, and the satisfaction of getting to wear or decorate your home with the finished product, is a sentiment to be shared with those around you. In YARN 18 – The Family Issue, discover twelve delightful designs photographed against the historic backdrop of the Zuiderzee Museum in The Netherlands. This setting beautifully highlights patterns drawn from both contemporary inspiration and selected from Scheepjes archives, ready to be embraced by the next generation of crafters. Besides the lookbook and patterns, the new look of YARN 18 offers plenty of inspiration and information. Become acquainted with the variety of fibres and blends in the extended Scheepjes yarn family and explore essential crafting tools. We discuss how crafting promotes wellbeing and interview Tania at KnitKat, the vibrant hub in Gent where the crafting community comes together in the spirit of family and connectedness, welcoming both young and old. Meet some of the faces behind our parent company De Bondt, each unique and equally valued in our mission to inspire the crafting community.
