HI: I have been teaching knitting several times in Iceland. I love to knit even though it’s my job, so naturally I always have a knitting project close at hand.Ī: What is the most beautiful place your designs have brought you? HI: I make a strong point of cooking healthy food everyday, but beside that my work doesn’t leave me much spare time for hobbies.

I love this unpredictability.Ī: In the craft world we seem to collect hobbies, cooking, baking, sewing, crochet, what are your favorites? He always uses one or two colors, which don’t match the rest. I’m fascinated by his way of using colors. The colors and forms of the Belgian artist Pierre Alechinsky’s paintings inspired The Home Collection. HI: In the Bird Collection I worked with different shapes of sleeves, and some of them reminded me of wings – that’s why I gave all styles bird names. In aerial photos you often observe different structures, unpredictable patterns and colors clash, and I find this order in chaos very inspiring.Ī: What most influenced the bird/ little bird and home collections? I would like to think of the sweater as a canvas on which I can ‘draw’ with stitches in a more free hand. I have wanted to work with patterns and materials on a more abstract level for a long time. In knit design you usually repeat the same pattern. At the moment I’m working on a collection (The Map Collection) inspired by landscape photos taken from above. Cool people on the street, films, fashion designers and artists.

But it’s interesting how much the outcome differs even though we use many of the same techniques and the same yarns.Ī: Who inspires you? Music? Artist? Designers? Authors? We’re from different generations and have different perspectives on fashion. HI: I think the difference is very natural and unavoidable. When I was younger I couldn’t think of anything I least wanted to do.Ī: Your Mother is also a knitwear/ yarn designer was there a lot of pressure to have a completely different look? Or was it natural? I learned things the hard way, but I wouldn’t have been without these experiences.Ī:Did you always want to design knitwear? In retrospect that was a very haphazard move. Finally in 2003 I tried to get accepted at the Danish Design School, but had no luck, so I decided to start my own company. Helga Isager: When I look back I have always been a knitwear designer, but it took me some years and quite a few detours to realize it. So excited to share the interview.Īsh: You have been designing Amimono since 2005, when did you decide/ start to design? Helga’s designs are amazing and inspiring. I was over the moon excited when she agreed to do an interview for me! Lately I have been crushing on the Isager yarns and Amimono style of Helga Isager. I have always been interested in fashion and fashion design.

Amimono knit collection