About us
This is a slowly growing creative space in which the owner and creator Lotta H Löthgren’s ideas, designs, thoughts and inspirations come together. There are several parts to this little adventure:
Elk market yarn is the yarn shop, where focus lies on carefully chosen yarns in natural fibres from smaller yarn makers and companies. The yarn shop is located on Gamla Växjövägen 23 in Ingelstad, 15 km south of Växjö in south-eastern Sweden, and available to the rest of the world through the web shop.
Sägen hand dyed yarn is Lotta's own line of yarn, hand dyed in the old mill that also holds the brick and mortar shop. With a palette of earthy and moody colours, Sägen is both a playground and way to explore colour and fibre. Sägen is only available at Elk market yarn.
Lotta H Löthgren is where the knitwear designing takes place. Lotta's patterns are designed to be straightforward and timeless, fun to knit and meant to be worn for years to come. You can find Lotta's independently published patterns on Ravelry, and in 2023 her debut knitwear book Observations: Knits and Essays from the Forest was published by Laine publishing, in English, Swedish and Finnish.
Lotta lives with her family and dogs in a big wooden house near the studio and draws inspiration from this very place; the forest, the changing seasons, the lakes and the starlit night sky can all be traced in her creations.
Elk market is a space for makers and creatives, regardless of race, sexual orientation and identity, physical and cognitive ability, body size, and religion.
You can read more about the work on Instagram;
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