It's here - the book that I've written together with Erika Åberg! The Island and the Forest: a Knitted Correspondence.
Please note that this is a preorder listing - the book will be released on April 16, and the book will ship around this date. If you order other things together with it, your whole order will ship then.
There are two options: we have a limited number of signed books available. If you would like your book signed by me and Erika, it will ship in early May. Regular books will ship on the release date.
The Island and the Forest: A Knitted Correspondence is an exchange of letters and knitwear patterns between two Swedish designers: Erika Åberg on the island of Gotland and Lotta H. Löthgren in the forest in the southeast. The chapters in the book flow through the four elements — earth, water, fire and air — the shifting seasons and the natural world. In their letters, Erika and Lotta reflect on the little things in their life and how they draw out the big questions: meaning, creativity and belonging.
The Island and the Forest includes 12 knitwear patterns designed to be timeless and practical. “The book you’re holding is our attempt at interpreting our surroundings: the landscape, its atmosphere and the weather, in the shape of stitches,” say Erika and Lotta.
Erika Åberg is a knitwear designer and writer living with her family and dog on Gotland, an island off the east coast of Sweden. Erika is deeply rooted in Scandinavian craft and her designs are based on the love of nature, wool and island life. She leads wool and walking tours to destinations such as Gotland, Shetland and Iceland. The Island and the Forest is her eleventh book.
Lotta H. Löthgren is a knitwear designer, writer and yarn-dyer living with her family, dogs and chickens in a village in southeast Sweden, where she also has a yarn shop. As a designer, she loves to translate the natural world into wearable garments. Lotta’s first book, Observations: Knits and Essays from the Forest, was published by Laine Publishing in 2023.
See all the patterns on Ravelry HERE.
A pre-order bonus pattern!
As a special preorder bonus, the designers are offering the pattern for the Mulm hat to anyone who preorders the book. Please use the code ISLANDFOREST to download your free copy on Ravelry after your purchase!
