Let’s come together! Based on the popular Craft Club Hel gatherings in Helsinki, Finnish textile artist and knitwear designer Juha Vehmaanperä brings their passion for collaborative design learning to New York. Join Juha for a workshop to learn the hand knitting special techniques of wave pattern and tuck stitch. You’ll need needles of your preferred size, and two or more yarns that fit the needle size. Feel free to try different varieties of needle and yarn sizes for experimentation!

BYOY = Bring Your Own Yarn (and knitting equipment)

This workshop is part of the weekend-long NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER, presented in partnership with New York Textile Month.

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Craft Club HEL is a knitting gathering held in Helsinki in varied locations, for example Architecture and Design Museum, galleries and local artist and designer studios. The aim is to create conversational culture around craft where people from different backgrounds can come together through a shared interest. By choosing locations that exhibit design, art and local professionals Vehmaanperä’s aim is to weave these cultures together seeing craft as an integral and often overlooked part of art and design worlds.

Juha Vehmaanperä is a Helsinki based Textile Artist and Knitwear Designer (Master of Arts, Aalto-University) They have taught numerous courses in the field of art and design in relation to soft materials. In 2022 Vehmaanperä was awarded Young Designer of the Year in Finland. Their work has received international acclaim at Hyéres Fashion Festival and Dutch Design Week. Vehmaanerä’s work has been seen on artists such as CL and Tate McRae.