Artist's Statement
Knitluxe Studio is a British design studio, creating sophisticated yet playful winter accessories, gifts and homeware using ethically sourced and sustainable luxurious Merino Lambswool.
Knitluxe Studio aims to challenge and transform the perception of knitted textiles while retaining craftsmanship, traditional machine knitting techniques mixed with modern contemporary knitwear designs. It is designed to make the wearer feel empowered and unique, whilst maximising the natural performance properties of wool.
Every piece is created and constructed by hand on a 12gg vintage knitting machine and hand finished to the highest standard. Szilvia is committed to sustainability and only selects traceable luxury yarns to encourage ethical practice, lifestyle and to ensure quality.
Szilvia’s vintage knitting machine is a fine gauge hand flat Dubied knitting machine, considered vintage now as they are no longer being manufactured as digitally operated knitting machines took over. Learning and knowing how to create fabric on these machines is a skill that less and less people are taught and has a chance therefore to be a forgotten trade in the future.
Szilvia is also a knitwear technician in the university where she undertook her degree, teaching machine knitting to the next generation.
With her practice she aims to create timeless knitwear made entirely with the finest quality wool on the market to commit to a better future. She also intends to make woollen knitwear fashionable.