Home. The place where family dwells, where friends are welcomed, where we gather close the things we hold most dear. The place that restores us, where we create, where we dream, where we are free to be our most authentic selves.
“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”
- MAYA ANGELOU
CORMEL by Lyudmila Aksenik in Loft
CORMEL by Lyudmila Aksenik in Loft
Bundle I includes: Bresson, Wyke, Cormel and Rhyllis
Bring home your Homewear favorites! Choose from our curated pattern bundles – instant inspiration for the coziest of handmade capsule wardrobes.
Bundle II includes: Maybeck, Burchett and Oiva
Bring home your Homewear favorites! Choose from our curated pattern bundles – instant inspiration for the coziest of handmade capsule wardrobes.
Bundle I includes: Bresson, Wyke, Cormel and Rhyllis
Bundle II includes: Maybeck, Burchett and Oiva
Meet the Designers
Lyudmila Aksenik
Alma Bali
ema marinescu
Ksenia Naidyon
Camille Romano
Viktoria Shevchuk
Cheryl Toy
Designer Bios
Lyudmila Aksenik
Moscow, Russia
Lyudmila is Russian and lives in Moscow with her husband, two daughters and two dogs. Her knitting journey started in middle school, but back then it didn’t quite "stick." Later on, as a stay-at-home mom, she began knitting for her daughters, and in 2014 she started selling her hand-knit items. Realizing she wanted to create her own designs, Lyudmila began publishing patterns in 2016 (with English translations since 2017).
Cormel is offered in both English and Russian.
IG: @Mrs_knowall
Alma Bali first learned to knit as a small child with her grandmother. When she grew up, her mother — a weaver and textile designer — introduced her to the art of weaving, but it’s through knitting that Alma came back to the textile crafts as a designer. She especially appreciates how knitting brings people together, and holds dear the strong friendships she has built throughout the knitting community.
Alma splits her time between architecture — she founded her own architecture company in Paris — and knitting. Wherever she finds herself, Alma always has knitting at hand. She likes how both practices navigate between abstract concepts and concrete objects.
Bresson is offered in both English and French.
IG: @alma.bali | #almabaliknits
Alma Bali
Paris, France
ema marinescu
Romania
Ema inherited the crafting bug from her grandmothers, both of whom were amazingly creative women. After learning to knit as a child, many years later she discovered that her hands didn’t forget and were hungry for more. Nowadays she designs playful garments and accessories inspired by the natural world.
She loves long forest walks, gardening, baking bread and making sure that everyone around her has all the handknits they will ever need during their lifetime.
IG: @ito_ishi | #itoishi
Ksenia Naidyon is a full-time indie designer and a creative force behind Life Is Cozy. After receiving a degree in mathematics and working in the field for many years, Ksenia decided to give her lifelong passion for fiber arts a proper chance. She has been creating knit and crochet patterns since moving to San Francisco in 2015. Life Is Cozy designs are modern, stylish, and easy to wear. They have been featured on the pages of various publications, including Pom Pom, Making and Interweave magazines. Ksenia also produces video tutorials to accompany her patterns, is a passionate knit/crochetwear photographer, and enjoys every minute of it!
IG @life_is_cozy | #lifeiscozy
Ksenia Naidyon
San Francisco, California, USA
Camille Romano
Helsinki, Finland
Camille Romano is a French freelance illustrator and visual designer based in Helsinki, Finland who has not dropped her knitting needles since she learned the basics as a child. She prefers fairly simple yet modern designs with interesting visual or technical details such as cables, the whole range of brioche stitches, and cropped/oversized fits. Inspired by nature, seasons, and landscapes, at the core of her design work is a passion for color, textures, and a curiosity to experiment with new techniques.
Oiva is offered in both English and French.
IG: @camillejulieromano | #camillejulieromano
Knitting for Viktoria is a wonderful world full of creativity, experimentation, mathematical calculations and, of course, communication with an amazing community of like-minded people. She loves to invent new designs which originate in her mind as 3-D models. Ideas may come to her at anytime, in any place, and always result in making her absolutely happy.
IG: @viktoria.ptz
Viktoria Shevchuk
Moscow, Russia
Cheryl Toy
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
From her tiny studio in New Orleans, Louisiana, Cheryl Toy avidly knits, teaches and designs knitwear. A former Set Designer and Art Director for film and television, Cheryl frequently draws on historical references to create engaging knits that focus on simple, timeless shapes. Amusing details and quirky techniques fascinate her. Cheryl’s work can be found in collections by Brooklyn Tweed, Interweave Knits and Hudson + West Co.
IG: @littlechurchknits
Collection Contributors
Creative Direction: Jared Flood
Project Coordination: Jen Hurley
Pattern Writing & Senior Technical Editing: Sue McCain
Technical Editing (Counter Editors): Kerry Bullock-Ozkan & Andrea Lum
Pattern Proofing: Jen Hurley, Lis Smith & Mary Weaver
Pattern Layout & Graphic Design: Alysia Mojica
Knitwear Coordination & Styling: Lis Smith
Select Sample Knitting: Betsy Farmer & Ingrid Trombley
Photography: Shelby Brakken
Models: Chloe Brown & Ceci Orozco
Copywriting: Kel Moore
Marketing: Allison Ause & Kel Moore
Fulfillment: Kathryn Hendrix
Pattern Translations: Alma Bali (Bresson in French), Olga Barshai (Cormel in Russian) & Camille Romano (Oiva in French)
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