When rain, snow, and wind beat against the windows of our house on a small island off the west coast of Norway, my mother answered with wool. She would settle by the lamp, let the weather set the rhythm, and knit into the evening. That feeling of safety, a handmade layer between me and the cold, never left me.

Today Mum lives with Parkinson’s. Her hands are shaking when she knits, but the purpose behind each stitch is unchanged: someone will feel loved because I made this. Knit a motif exists so that purpose can keep travelling, carried forward by anyone who picks up the needles.

My own path has circled the globe. The further I went, the clearer one truth became: whether we speak English, Chinese, or the dialect of a small Norwegian fjord, we all want the same things. We want to belong, to express who we are, and to give something real to the people we care about. That is what you hold when you choose one of our patterns.

I run this company with the same values that guide my life: honesty, respect for people and animals, and the simple joy of making others smile. Every supplier relationship, every line of copy, every pattern has to meet that standard. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t leave the studio.

So when you sit down with a Knit a motif project, I hope you feel what I felt as a child: the world outside can be rough and fast, but inside these stitches is a pause, a place where care is the only thing that counts.

Thank you for letting our story become part of yours. Together, let’s knit warmth that truly lasts.

With gratitude,

Lise

Founder of Knit a motif

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