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

• 148 pages

• 12 knitting patterns: 6 sweaters, 2 cardigans, 1 gilet, 2 shawls, 1 pair of socks.

• An interview with Elena Solier Jansà, the founder of the Catalan yarn brand Xolla, who works to preserve the local sheep breed.

• An article about neurodiverse knitters and makers — why is the creation of stitches a particular balm to a neurodivergent brain?

• Jeanette Sloan’s column Fibre Talk, where she meets Chinua “Chin” Matthews: a knitwear designer and teacher living in California, USA.

• The Five Ways article about how you can increase creativity in your daily life and in your knitting projects.

• Where I Knit: A regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet the Paris-based Natalie Perreau who likes to knit at a local café.

• Seasonal recipes to inspire your autumn cooking.

• Book reviews.

• Printed in Estonia.

• Print only. No digital download code available. (Note: A separate digital version is available through Laine’s online shop)