Aleks Byrd

Our friend Aleks Byrd is a knitwear designer and illustrator. When it comes to designing and illustrating knitwear, Aleks loves to work with many different strands. With a heritage tied to three countries – USA, Estonia and Canada – she has plenty of ideas and inspiration running through her, but tends to play with her Estonian roots in particular, weaving it into new patterns in order to produce modern and unique designs with a connection to the past.
Tähesära

Tähesära

The Tähesära by designer Aleks Byrd is a steeked triangular shawl that features a beautiful central panel of reversible roosimine Estonian inlay. On either side of the roosimine panel are sections of reversible textured seed stitch; the top edge of the shawl is finished with an i-cord bind off.

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Saar

Saar

The Saar vest by Aleks Byrd is based on a particular version of a troi sweater (an Estonian fisherman sweater made on the island of Kihnu) that was made in the 1950s for Kihnu native and historian Theodor Saar (also referred to as Kaerametsä Veeda).


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Vaheldus Socks

Vaheldus Socks


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