{"id":4275,"date":"2020-08-28T13:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strictlyknit.com\/?page_id=4275"},"modified":"2026-03-29T06:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T06:36:27","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/strictlyknit.com\/?page_id=4275","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]<div class=\"qodef-elements-holder   qodef-one-column  qodef-responsive-mode-768 \" ><div class=\"qodef-eh-item    \"  data-item-class=\"qodef-eh-custom-4510\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-eh-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-eh-item-content qodef-eh-custom-4510\" >\n\t\t\t[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5764&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Kristine Skov Cancar Founder and Textile Designer<\/em>.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"qodef-section-title-holder     \" >\n\t<div class=\"qodef-st-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-st-text-holder clearfix\" style=\"color: #000000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Kristine Skov Cancar is a Copenhagen based Textile designer and the owner behind <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">the knitting company Strictly Knit. Kristine studied Product Design and specialized in <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">the art of knitting \u2013 graduating in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">KADK The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Kristine\u00b4s work is characterized by her excitement of working hands-on with the knitting <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">machine in the studio &#8211; using materials as wool, cotton and metallic yarns in a wide range<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">of different colour combinations. <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Her \u201cstrict\u201d lines and simple forms allow her to focus on<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">the material itself and experiment with texture and color tones. <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">She seeks to create an<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">sustainable collection of knitted pillows that people can slowly collect <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">and use on a daily <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">basis in their home. <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Kristine makes all the samples and the final collection on her\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">4gg Universal industrial knit<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">ting machine in her own knitting studio at N\u00f8rrebro in 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Kristine that the production <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">is <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">as sustainable and transparent as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Find out more about this machine and Kristine\u00b4s making process<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">h<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\"><a style=\"color: #ffcc99;\" href=\"https:\/\/strictlyknit.com\/?page_id=4401\">ere<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: 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